Development Roadmap#

This document outlines the future development plans and roadmap for ContainerPub.

Current Status#

Version: Pre-release (Development)

Completed Features#

• CLI Tool - dart_cloud_cli with deploy, list, invoke, delete commands
• Backend Server - dart_cloud_backend with REST API
• Authentication - Dual-token JWT system (access + refresh tokens)
• Function Deployment - Archive upload and container building
• Function Execution - Isolated container execution with Podman
• Code Analysis - Static analysis and security validation
• Main Injection - Automatic main.dart generation
• Token Service - Encrypted Hive storage with whitelist approach
• Documentation Site - Jaspr-based docs with jaspr_content

Phase 1: Core Stability (Current)#

Priority: High#

Analyzer Fix Details#

The CLI analyzer currently only checks main.dart, but FunctionMainInjection scans all .dart files. Need to:

1. Update analyzer to scan all .dart files in function directory
2. Find @cloudFunction annotated class anywhere in project
3. Validate it exists and is unique
4. Allow deployment regardless of file location

Phase 2: Developer Experience#

Priority: High#

Local Testing Details#

# Run function locally without deployment
dart_cloud test ./my-function --data '{"key": "value"}'

# Watch mode for development
dart_cloud test ./my-function --watch

Phase 3: Platform Features#

Priority: Medium#

Environment Variables#

# Set environment variables for a function
dart_cloud env set <function-id> DATABASE_URL=postgres://...
dart_cloud env list <function-id>
dart_cloud env delete <function-id> DATABASE_URL

Scheduled Functions#

# function.yaml
schedule:
  cron: "0 * * * *" # Every hour
  timezone: "UTC"

Phase 4: Scaling & Performance#

Priority: Medium#

Cold Start Optimization#

1. Pre-build base images with common dependencies
2. Container pool with warm instances
3. Lazy loading for rarely-used functions
4. Image layer caching

Phase 5: Enterprise Features#

Priority: Low#

Phase 6: Ecosystem#

Priority: Low#

Technical Debt#

Release Schedule#

Contributing#

We welcome contributions! Priority areas:

1. Bug fixes - Help us squash bugs
2. Documentation - Improve docs and examples
3. Testing - Add test coverage
4. Features - Implement planned features

Feedback#

Have ideas or suggestions? Open an issue on GitHub:

• Feature Requests
• Bug Reports
• Questions