Dart in Action

Dart in Action introduces Google’s Dart language and provides techniques and examples showing how to use it as a viable replacement for Java and JavaScript in browser-based desktop and mobile applications. It begins with a rapid overview of Dart language and tools, including features like interacting with the browser, optional typing, classes, libraries, and concurrency with isolates. After you master the core concepts, you’ll move on to running Dart on the server and creating single page HTML5 web applications.

About the Technology

Dart is a web programming language developed by Google. It has modern OO features, just like Java or C#, while keeping JavaScript’s dynamic and functional characteristics. Dart applications are “transpiled” to JavaScript, and they run natively in Dart-enabled browsers. With production-quality libraries and tools, Dart operates on both the client and the server for a consistent development process.

About this Book

Dart in Action introduces the Dart language and teaches you to use it in browser-based, desktop, and mobile applications. Not just a language tutorial, this book gets quickly into the nitty-gritty of using Dart. Most questions that pop up while you’re reading are answered on the spot! OO newbies will appreciate the gentle pace in the early chapters. Later chapters take a test-first approach and encourage you to try Dart hands-on.

To benefit from this book you’ll need experience with HTML and JavaScript?a Java or C# background is helpful but not required.

Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book.

What’s Inside

Dart from the ground up
Numerous code samples and diagrams
Creating single-page web apps
Transitioning from Java, C#, or JavaScript
Running Dart in the browser and on the server
About the Author
Chris Buckett builds enterprise-scale web applications. He runs Dartwatch.com and is an active contributor to the dartlang list.

“Includes numerous examples of core language features as well as more advanced HTML5 features.”—From the Foreword by Seth Ladd, Developer Advocate, Google

Table of Contents

PART 1 INTRODUCING DART
Hello Dart

“Hello World” with Dart tools

Building and testing your own Dart app

PART 2 CORE DART
Functional first-class functions and closures
Understanding libraries and privacy
Constructing classes and interfaces
Extending classes and interfaces
Collections of richer classes
Asynchronous programming with callbacks and futures
PART 3 CLIENT-SIDE DART APPS
Building a Dart web app
Navigating offline data
Communicating with other systems and languages

PART 4 SERVER-SIDE DART
Server interaction with files and HTTP
Sending, syncing, and storing data

Concurrency with isolates