Learning Dart. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ivo Balbaert, Dzenan Ridjanovic.
• Other Names: Balbaert, Ivo; Ridjanovic, Dzenan
• Contents: Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Dart -- A Modern Web Programming Language; What is Dart?; Dart is a perfect fit for HTML5; A very short history of web programming; Dart empowers the web client; JavaScript is not the way to go for complex apps; Google, GWT, and Dart; Advantages of Dart; Getting started with Dart; Installing the Dart Editor; Your first Dart program; Getting a view on the Dart tool chain; The Dart execution model; A bird's eye view on Dart; Example 1 -- raising rabbits. Extracting a functionA web version; Example 2 -- banking; Making a todo list with Dart; Summary; Chapter 2: Getting to Work with Dart; Variables -- to type or not to type; Built-in types and their methods; Conversions; Operators; Some useful String methods; Dates and times; Lists; Maps; Documenting your programs; Changing the execution flow of a program; Using functions in Dart; Return types; Parameters; First class functions; Recognizing and catching errors and exceptions; Debugging exercise; Summary; Chapter 3: Structuring Code with Classes and Libraries. A touch of class -- how to use classes and objectsVisibility -- getters and setters; Types of constructors; Named constructors; factory constructors; const constructors; Inheritance; Abstract classes and methods; The interface of a class -- implementing interfaces; Polymorphism and the dynamic nature of Dart; Collection types and generics; Typing collections and generics; The collection hierarchy and its functional nature; Structuring your code using libraries; Using a library in an app; Resolving name conflicts; Visibility of objects outside a library; Managing library dependencies with pub. Unit testing in DartProject -- word frequency; Summary; Chapter 4: Modeling Web Applications with Model Concepts and Dartlero; A short introduction to Git and GitHub; Creating a repository on GitHub and a local version; Collaborating on a GitHub project; What a model is and why we need it in programming; Model concepts -- a graphical design tool for our models; Working with model concepts; Explaining the model; Drawing the model; Exporting the model; What is JSON?; Dartlero -- a simple domain model framework; An example of using Dartlero; The categories and links application; Summary. Chapter 5: Handling the DOM in a New WayFinding elements and changing their attributes; Finding elements; Changing the attributes of elements; Creating and removing elements; Handling events; Manipulating the style of page elements; Animating a game; Ping Pong using style(s); How to draw on a canvas -- Ping Pong revisited; Spiral 1 -- drawing a circle and a rectangle; Spiral 2 -- colored circles and rectangles; Spiral 3 -- moving a ball; Spiral 4 -- reorganizing the code; Spiral 5 -- a bouncing ball; Spiral 6 -- displaying the racket; Spiral 7 -- moving the racket using keys. Spiral 8 -- moving the racket using the mouse.
• Publisher Details: Birmingham : Packt Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (388 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 005.3; COMPUTERS -- Internet -- Application Development; Application software; Programming languages (Electronic computers); COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Algorithms; COMPUTERS -- Programming -- Open Source; COMPUTERS -- Software Development & Engineering -- Tools; Application software; Programming languages (Electronic computers); COMPUTERS -- Web -- Web Programming; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781849697439; 1849697434
• Related ISBNs: 9781849697422; 1849697426
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 19, 2014).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.