Mobile Application Development
Introduction to DART
• Flutter Works on Dart
• Programming Language Originally Developed
by Google
• Object Oriented (like C++ and Java)
• Class defined language using a C Style Syntax
• Faster, Smoother, Pretty efficient to be used
for developing applications websites and
server side applications
What makes Dart Versatile
• It compiles in its own format,
• But also compiles into Java Script which is
readable by most devices
• Can be used to make Cross-platform
applications, web applications using Angular
Dart and Command Line applications or server
side applications.
DART is not JUST language
• It Includes
– Libraries
– Tools
– VM
– Compiler to Java Script
– Dart SDK (written mostly in Dart)
– Dart VM is critical part of SDK
Dart Libraries
• Dart:Core
– Provide critical functionality by Dart
– It becomes part of every Dart program automatically
– Includes numbers,collections and strings
• Dart:Async
– Provides Asynchronous Programming
– Generally Uses Callback Functions.
– Alternative to Callback Functions is Future and
Streams
Dart Libraries
• Dart:Math
– Provide common mathematical and trigonometric
Functions
– Such as Sine Cosine , Maximum and Minimum
– Constant Such as Pi, exponentials
• Dart: Convert
– Has Converters for JSON and UTF-8 format Data
– Support for creating additional customized
converters.
Dart Libraries
• Dart:io
– Provides APIs to deal with files, directories,
processes, sockets, Web Sockets, and HTTP clients
and Servers,
• Dart:HTML
– Enables programming for browsers
– Allow manipulations of objects and elements in
DOM and gives access to HTML5 APIs.
Dart Libraries
• Dart:UI
– Exposes the lowest-level services that flutters
framework use to bootstrap applications, such as
classes for driving the input, graphics text, layout
and rending subsystems.
•
Dart Tools
• Insatall Dart SDK
– For Web Developers
– For Script and Server
• Install Flutter SDK
– For Mobile Developers
• IDEs and Editors.(Following IDEs support Dart )
– Android Studio
– VSCode
– InelliJ
• Note that atom, vim and emacs are not supported by Dart
officially but are available as open source plugins.
• DartPad
– Is an online dart compiler which lets you play around with dart.
– https://dartpad.dartlang.org/
• Command Line tools
– Pub package Manager
• Helps in managing packages and distributes them through different
repositories.
– Static analyzer
• Evaluates and reports any errors or warning in your code
– Code Formatter
• Formats your code
Dart VM
• Dart VM borrowed from JavaScript VM used by chrome called
V8
• But browsers actively rejected it reasons being size,
• Dart VM works in the background during the process of
applications building.
• Run in two basis Modes
– JIT (Just in Time)
• Used for dynamically loading Dart source, parsing it and compiling it to
native machine code on the the fly to execute it.
• Used for debugging and hot reload.
– AOT (Ahead of Time)
• Used to support loading and Execution of precompiled machine code. Does
not support dynamic loading parsing or compilation
Dart VM
• Its Included in DART SDK
• How to Use
– All you have to do is type $dart and file name
– $dart filename.dart
• Includes the observatory options (to enable
asserts that checks a Boolean condition.
– $dart –enable-assert test.dart
• Note
– Dart VM cant be used for Mobile App or web Apps
Compiler to JS
• Dart code is compiled into java Script using dart2js or
dartdevc tool included in Dart.
• Dart2js
– Using dart2js a user can compile a dart file by converting it to
Java Script format.
• Dartdevc
– DARDEVC lets you run and debug your dart web app in any
modern web browser and is used for development by dart.
• Note Dartdevc compiler is only for development
• User dart2js for deployment.
Features of Dart
• Easier Animation and Transitions (is twice the time faster
than other languages)
• Package system
• Simple Syntax
• Semantics and Proper Behavior
– No undefined data
– E.g an index out range error for an array is displayed
comprehensibly, proper use of this pointer
•
•Lets Install Dart.
Install VS Code
• https://code.visualstudio.com
• Installing Dart SDK
–Dartlang.org
•Dart.dev
–https://dart.dev/get-dart
