contents

foreword
preface
acknowledgments
about this book
about the cover illustration

Part 1 Introducing Dart

1 Hello Dart: 1.1 What is Dart?; 1.2 A look at the Dart language; 1.3 Web programming with Dart; 1.4 The Dart tool ecosystem; 1.5 Summary
2 “Hello World” with Dart tools: 2.1 The command-line Dart VM; 2.2 “Hello World” with the Dart Editor; 2.3 Importing libraries to update the browser UI; 2.4 Summary
3 Building and testing your own Dart app: 3.1 Building a UI with dart:html; 3.2 Building interactivity with browser events; 3.3 Wrapping structure and functionality with classes; 3.4 Unit-testing the code; 3.5 Summary

Part 2 Core Dart

4 Functional first-class functions and closures: 4.1 Examining Dart functions; 4.2 Using first-class functions; 4.3 Closures; 4.4 Summary
5 Understanding libraries and privacy: 5.1 Defining and importing libraries in your code; 5.2 Hiding functionality with library privacy; 5.3 Organizing library source code; 5.4 Packaging your libraries; 5.5 Scripts are runnable libraries; 5.6 Summary
6 Constructing classes and interfaces: 6.1 Defining a simple class; 6.2 Constructing classes and interfaces; 6.3 Creating constant classes with final, unchanging variables; 6.4 Summary
7 Extending classes and interfaces: 7.1 Extending classes with inheritance; 7.2 Everything is an object; 7.3 Introducing the dynamic type; 7.4 Summary
8 Collections of richer classes: 8.1 Working with collections of data; 8.2 Building your own generic classes; 8.3 Operator overloading; 8.3 Summary
9 Asynchronous programming with callbacks and futures: 9.1 Why web apps should be asynchronous; 9.2 Using callbacks with async programming; 9.3 Introducing the Future and Completer pair; 9.4 Unit-testing async APIs; 9.5 Summary

10 Building a Dart web app: 10.1 A single-page web app design; 10.2 Building a UI with dart:html; 10.3 Handling browser events with dart:html; 10.4 Summary
11 Navigating offline data: 11.1 Integrating navigation with the browser; 11.2 Using browser cookies to enhance user experience; 11.3 Persisting data offline with Web Storage; 11.4 Summary
12 Communicating with other systems and languages: 12.1 Communicating with JavaScript; 12.2 Communicating with external servers; 12.3 Building installable, server-less browser apps; 12.4 Summary

13 Server interaction with files and HTTP: 13.1 Running server-side Dart scripts; 13.2 Serving browser HTTP requests; 13.3 Serving clients with a RESTful API; 13.4 Summary
14 Sending, syncing, and storing data: 14.1 Serving DartExpense from the server; 14.2 Using web sockets for two-way communication; 14.3 Storing data with HttpClient and CouchDB; 14.4 Summary
15 Concurrency with isolates: 15.1 Using isolates as units of work; 15.2 Loading code dynamically; 15.3 Spawning multiple workers; 15.4 Summary