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Product type Paperback

Published in Oct 2021

Last Updated in Oct 2021

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800565999

Length 370 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

Dart

Tools

Flutter

Concepts

Cross Platform Mobile Development

Authors (2):

Thomas Bailey

Alessandro Biessek

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Introduction to Flutter and Dart

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Flutter FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: An Introduction to Dart

4. Chapter 3: Flutter versus Other Frameworks

5. Chapter 4: Dart Classes and Constructs

6. Section 2: The Flutter User Interface – Everything Is a Widget

7. Chapter 5: Widgets – Building Layouts in Flutter

8. Chapter 6: Handling User Input and Gestures

9. Chapter 7: Routing – Navigating between Screens

10. Section 3: Developing Fully Featured Apps

11. Chapter 8: Plugins – What Are They and How Do I Use Them?

12. Chapter 9: Popular Third-Party Plugins

13. Chapter 10: Using Widget Manipulations and Animations

14. Section 4: Testing and App Release

15. Chapter 11: Testing and Debugging

16. Chapter 12: Releasing Your App to the World

17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Chapter 2: An Introduction to Dart

The Dart language is at the core of the Flutter framework. A modern framework such as Flutter requires a high-level modern language so that it can provide the best experience to the developer, as well as make it possible to create awesome mobile applications. Understanding Dart is fundamental to working with Flutter; developers need to know the origins of the Dart language, how the community is working on it, its strengths, and why it is the chosen programming language for Flutter.

In this chapter, you will review the basics of the Dart language and identify resources that can help you on your Flutter journey. You will review Dart's built-in types and operators and how Dart works with object-oriented programming (OOP). By understanding what the Dart language has to offer, you will become comfortable experimenting with Dart yourself and expand your knowledge.

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