Dart By Example

Design and develop modern web applications with Google's bold and productive language through engaging example projectsAbout This BookFull of engaging and varied example projects to equip you to build your own web applicationsLearn the Dart language and key librariesProductively create fast and reliable web applicationsWho This Book Is ForIf you are a front- or back-end web developer who is looking to build complex full-featured web applications without the quagmire of disconnected JavaScript frameworks, this book is a practical walkthrough of substantial applications that will have you and your team coding Dart in a productive manner.This book will give you a compiled, optional typed, scalable environment to rapidly develop applications. As Dart was designed to be familiar, any developer with even a small amount of knowledge of JavaScript or another programming language will be at home with the language immediately and will be coding quickly.What You Will LearnMaster the core Dart language, type system, and key development toolsConnect to existing web services, process JSON, and create your own framework for the data displayRun and debug the Dart server and web applications and compile them in JavaScriptHandle form data and encryptionBuild and deploy server applications on the major OSes and implement the REST APIWork with PostgreSQL-an industry standard relational database systemCreate robust applications with unit tests, documentation, and diagnostic loggingDevelop command-line applications, and explore the key data structures and librariesIn DetailDesigned to create next generation apps, Google's Dart offers a much more robust framework and also supersedes JavaScript in several aspects. Familiar yet innovative, compact yet scalable, it blows away the accumulated JavaScript legacy limitations. Dart was designed for great tool-ability and developer productivity, allowing you to create better application faster than before. Google chose it for their billion dollar advertising business and you have its power for your projects too.This book will introduce you the Dart language starting from its conception to its current form, and where it headed is through engaging substantial practical projects. You will be taken through building typical applications and exploring the exciting new technologies of HTML5.With example code projects such as a live data monitoring and viewing system, a blogging system, a slides presentation application, and more, then this book will walk you through step by step through building data-driven web applications with ease and speed.Style and approachA varied collection of compelling practical Dart projects that are developed progressively with full explanations of concepts and implementation. Each project introduces features of the language and environment, demonstrating how Dart can be used in rich structured web applications.