Introduction: Dart

What is Dart?

Dart is a client-optimized language for fast apps on any platform 

Dart is an open-source general-purpose programming language. It is originally developed by Google. Dart is an object-oriented language with C-style syntax. It supports programming concepts like interfaces, classes, unlike other programming languages Dart doesn’t support arrays. Dart collections can be used to replicate data structures such as arrays, generics, and optional typing.

Dart is a single-threaded language with an Event loop much like JavaScript in your browser and Node.js. But it supports creating other threads to launch background jobs AKA asynchronous programming.

 

Setting Up the Local Environment

Using the Text Editor

Examples of a few editors include Windows Notepad, Notepad++, Emacs, vim or vi, etc. Editors may vary from one Operating System to another. The source files are typically named with the extension ".dart".

Installing the Dart SDK

The current stable version of Dart is 1.21.0. The dart sdk can be downloaded from −

 

 Dart Installation

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