Dart Note Sharing

This is some notes about Dart programming language. Credit to YouTube video Dart Programming Tutorial - Full Course, GeeksforGeeks Dart Tutorial, Dart Programming Tutorial and Dart's documentation.

Table of Contents

• About Dart
• Installing the Dart SDK
• Getting Started

About Dart

• It is an open-source programming language (FYR: c#, Matlab are closed source).
• It is developed by Google.
• By using Flutter Framework, it can be used on building apps for mobile (iOS and Android), web, desktop (Windows, macOS, and Linux), and embedded devices.
• A great example of Dart application is Gmail.
• It is similar to Java, C, and JavaScript.
• It is a compilation-needed, type-safe (FYR: main static type but allow dynamic type), Object-oriented programming (OOP) langugage.
• It includes both a Dart VM with just-in-time (JIT) compilation and an ahead-of-time (AOT) compiler for producing machine code

Installing the Dart SDK

If you have any problem with installation, you can try the official online compiler first.

For Windows OS

To install the Dart SDK:

choco install dart-sdk

To upgrade the Dart SDK:

choco upgrade dart-sdk

For macOS

Install Homebrew (If you have already installed it, continue to the next step):

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

To install the Dart SDK:

brew tap dart-lang/dart
brew install dart

To upgrade the Dart SDK: brew upgrade dart

Static typed vs Dynamic typed language (Optional)

• Stringly typed language: The type of a variable is known at compile time. For example: C++, Java, Swift

• Dynamic typed language: The type of a variable is known at run time. For example: Python, Ruby, JavaScript