Keep pulling the thread on Google Cloud.
Google is launching support for the Dart programming language in Firebase Functions.
Natively compiled Dart server applications can be deployed in 20 to 30 seconds.
Natively compiled Dart server applications have cold start times in the millisecond range, with a first start taking less than a second.
The fast cold start times of natively compiled Dart applications enable serverless functions to scale to zero.
Google Cloud has a feature called 'OS Only Deploys' that allows developers to deploy a zipped binary directly, without a container.
Google has released a Dart Admin SDK for backend services, mirroring the client-side SDKs for Flutter.
The new Dart support for Firebase Functions includes full local emulator support for services like Firestore, storage, and auth.
The new support for Dart in Firebase Functions is being released as an early-stage experiment.
The initial experimental release of Dart for Firebase Functions only supports HTTP-triggered functions and does not yet support event-based triggers like Auth or Firestore events.
The Dart Admin SDK for backend services allows developers to interact with Firestore, Cloud Storage, and check authentication tokens from within an HTTP-triggered function.
Google's Flutter framework can compile applications to run on Android, iOS, desktop, and web platforms.
A plurality of new applications submitted to the Google Play Store are built using the Flutter framework.