Deploy

The easiest way to build your app is using the Grinder build system. Redstone.dart provides a simple task to properly copy the server's files to the build folder, which you can use to create a build script.

Note: Since v0.5.18, Redstone.dart uses a new version of Grinder (v0.6.x), which includes some breaking changes. Also, with this new version, it's possible to invoke the build script using the pub run command.

Creating a build script

Create a grind.dart file inside the tool folder

Redstone.dart v0.5.18 or above

import 'package:grinder/grinder.dart';
import 'package:redstone/tasks.dart';

main(List<String> args) {
  task('build', Pub.build);
  task('deploy_server', deployServer, ['build']);
  task('all', null, ['build', 'deploy_server']);

  startGrinder(args);
}

Redstone.dart V0.5.17 or below

import 'package:grinder/grinder.dart';
import 'package:grinder/grinder_utils.dart';
import 'package:redstone/tasks.dart';

main(List<String> args) {
  defineTask('build', taskFunction: (GrinderContext ctx) => new PubTools().build(ctx));
  defineTask('deploy_server', taskFunction: deployServer, depends: ['build']);
  defineTask('all', depends: ['build', 'deploy_server']);
  
  startGrinder(args);
}

Running the build script through DartEditor

To run grind.dart through Dart Editor, you need to create a command-line launch configuration, with the following parameters:

Parameter	Value
Dart Script	tool/grind.dart
Working directory	(root path of your project)
Script arguments	all

Running the build script through command line

Redstone.dart v0.5.18 or above

Just use the pub run command to invoke the build script (your pubspec.yaml file needs to include a dependency to the grinder package):

$ pub run grinder:grind all

If you install Grinder using pub global, you can invoke grind directly:

$ grind all

Redstone.dart V0.5.17 or below

To run grind.dart through command line, you need to set the DART_SDK environment variable:

$ export DART_SDK=(path to dart-sdk)
$ dart tool/grind.dart all

##DartVoid

If you plan to deploy your app at DartVoid, you won't need a build script (since DartVoid will manage the deploy for you), but you will need to split your app in two projects: server and client.

DartVoid already provides a set of app templates built with several frameworks, including Redstone.dart, which you can use to bootstrap your app:

• Hello World
• Guestbook
• Todo List