Great news for all of you who cannot wait to get started with all the newly announced products and features: 1.6 is now available on Cloud and Self-hosted. Go to the Init page to find all relevant content and documentation. Or keep reading to learn more about what has been released.
Local Development
On day 0, we released Local Development, which allows you to develop and test functions on your local machine.
Running functions locally has many benefits. Local development allows faster debugging, a quicker feedback loop, and a better overall experience. When running your function locally during development, you are more likely to test it every step of the way instead of shipping multiple big changes all at once.
Watch the product tour for more, or visit our documentation to get started.
New Appwrite CLI
A good, easy-to-use CLI makes all the difference in your experience, so we're really excited to introduce a new version of the Appwrite CLI.
It allows you to test your functions locally, easily migrate databases, and more.
The new CLI’s main features are:
Local development: Test your Appwrite function locally
Data sync: Push and pull data between Appwrite and your CLI in a non-destructive way.
Headless login: Login to your Appwrite account in a non-interactive manner for CI/CD pipelines
Besides those features, this release includes many bug fixes and optimizations.
Watch the product tour for more, or visit our documentation to get started.
Functions ecosystem
Appwrite loves Functions, so it's with great pleasure that we're introducing a host of new updates to the Functions ecosystem.
Faster Functions cold-starts
Dynamic API keys
Delayed executions
Binary executions
Execution and deployment filtering
Functions are now faster, smoother, better, and more secure.
Watch the product tour for more.
Go support
We've added a Go SDK and Function runtime to allow you to take advantage of Go’s speed to handle complex tasks like calculations, statistics, or file transformations more efficiently. The new runtime allowed for up to 3x faster cold starts and a base execution time of less than 1 millisecond. That means your functions will start running much quicker, and once they're up, they'll fly.
What can you build with Go?
Are you excited to start building with Go? Here are a few use cases to get you started:
Create APIs: Build RESTful APIs quickly and efficiently.
Process data: Handle complex data transformations and analysis.
Image processing: Resize, crop, or filter images on the fly.
File conversion: Convert files between different formats.
Machine learning: Deploy machine learning models for real-time predictions.
Mock numbers & Session alerts
We've listened to your feedback and are introducing two new features to simplify phone authentication testing and bolster account security.
Mock numbers allow you to set up a list of phone numbers with a predefined, static verification code, which is perfect for app reviews and testing. Session alerts will help your users maintain their account security.
Community recognitions
This month, we’re excited to feature Ayush Kumar as part of our Monthly Community Recognitions.
The Next.js boilerplate with Appwrite integration helps you launch your SAAS faster with +10 pre-built features and several components.
Visit https://spiralsaas.dev/ to learn more.
If you'd like to participate in next month's Community Recognitions, join our Discord server to showcase your project.
Engineering resources
Read: Local serverless function development with the new Appwrite CLI
Read: Serverless Functions 101: Best practices
Read: CI/CD examples in Appwrite CLI
Read: Comparing serverless functions: Appwrite vs. Supabase vs. Firebase
Read: How to leverage Appwrite Dynamic Keys for enhanced security
Read: 3 things you can build with the Go runtime
Read: Why should you use Golang in your app?
Read: Mock numbers for phone sign-in: Use cases and best practices
Read: Designing Init: Event logo and theme
Read: Celebrating the open source contributors for Appwrite 1.6
Read: Swift 101: how to build a library with Swift Package Manager
Read: Best database pagination technique
Read: A technical deep dive into image classification
Read: How to back up and restore your Appwrite data
Watch: Here's how you do auth with 100% SSR in Next.js
What's to come
Thank you all for making Init another week to remember. Here is a sneak peek of what we will be doing in the next weeks:
We are adding new regions and backups to Cloud
A new Student Program in collaboration with GitHub
The Scale plan will be released soon with supporting features
Follow us on X and check our Changelog regularly, as we will release more information in the coming weeks.
