Part 1. Introducing Dart

Dart is a great language for developing web apps. In chapter 1, you’ll get an overview of why Dart was created and how Dart solves some of the problems experienced by many developers coming to web development. You’ll discover some of the features the language offers and see why single-page web applications are a good architecture for building apps in Dart.

In chapter 2, you’ll start to come to grips with the rich tool ecosystem that comes with Dart. Dart is more than a language—it’s an entire development toolset, including an IDE, a custom developer browser for testing and debugging, and a Dart to JavaScript converter.

In chapter 3, you’ll build a simple Dart app, learning how to create a browser-based, single-page web app. Through this example application, you’ll be introduced to the language, including Dart’s classes, functions, and variables. By the end of the chapter, you’ll have a Dart project with a functioning user interface and accompanying unit tests, and you’ll be ready to start learning about the core Dart language in Part 2.