Learn Intermediate-Level Dart!Dart is the language you use to write cross-platform applications in Flutter. You're not limited to Flutter, though. You can also use Dart to write command-line and backend server applications. The official documentation is great, but it doesn't go into the depth or provide all the examples that a book can.Dart Apprentice: Beyond the Basics is here to help by building on your foundational knowledge of the language as you grow to become a fully proficient Dart developer.Who This Book is ForDart Apprentice: Beyond the Basics is for developers who already know the fundamental concepts of programming in Dart but want to take their skills to the next level.Topics Covered in Dart Apprentice: Beyond the BasicsString Manipulation: Searching and changing text with regular expressions.Anonymous Functions: Passing functions around as first-class citizens.Object-Oriented Programming: Using inheritance, abstract classes and interfaces.Mixins: Sharing code between classes.Extension Methods: Adding features to classes that don't belong to you.Generics: Making your classes and functions handle multiple types.Enhanced Enums: Letting your enums act more like classes.Error Handling: Planning for what might go wrong.Asynchronous Programming: Using futures and streams to handle long-running tasks.Isolates: Running code in parallel.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be prepared to learn Flutter or server-side app development in Dart.

Make Dart Your Programming Language of Choice There are many programming languages you can start learning today. But not many are as modern, easy to learn, object-oriented and scalable as Dart. Plus, combined with Flutter, Dart allows you to build native iOS, Android, web and desktop applications with a single code base. Dart Apprentice will teach you all the basic concepts you need to master this language. Follow along with the clearly and thoroughly explained concepts and you'll be building Dart applications in a breeze. Who This Book Is For Dart Apprentice is aimed at anyone interested in learning this new and modern programming language. If you're a beginner and want to start programming, this is great place to start. If you're an experienced programmer interested in learning Dart, here you'll find all the concepts you need to know. In either case, following along with this book, you'll be comfortable writing your own Dart programs in less time than you think. Topics covered in Dart Apprentice Expressions, Variables and Constants: The building blocks of the language Types and Operations: Static vs. dynamic typing, inference and strings Control Flow: Booleans, enums, switches, if statements and loops Functions: Named and anonymous functions, parameters and arrow syntax Classes: Objects, constructors, methods and properties Nullability: Null and how to handle it Collections: Lists, sets and maps Advanced classes: Inheritance, abstract classes, interfaces and mixins Asynchronous Programming: Concurrency, futures, streams and isolates One thing you can count on: after reading this book, you'll be prepared to build your own applications using Dart. About the Tutorial Team The Tutorial Team is a group of app developers and authors who write tutorials at the popular website raywenderlich.com. We take pride in making sure each tutorial we write holds to the highest standards of quality. We want our tutorials to be well written, easy to follow, and fun. If you've enjoyed the tutorials we've written in the past, you're in for a treat. The chapters we've written for this book are some of our best yet - and this book contains detailed technical knowledge explained in a way you simply won't be able to find anywhere else.

Learn to Program in Dart!Dart is the language you use to write cross-platform applications in Flutter. You're not limited to Flutter, though. You can also use Dart to write command-line and backend server applications. The official documentation is great, but it doesn't go into the depth or provide all the examples that a book can.Dart Apprentice: Fundamentals is here to help by systematically teaching you the essential elements of programming using the Dart language.Who This Book is ForDart Apprentice: Fundamentals is for anyone who wants to learn the Dart programming language, even if this is their first language and they know nothing at all about coding.Topics Covered in Dart Apprentice: FundamentalsExpressions: Using math and logic to calculate a value.Variables and Constants: Storing values for future use.Data types: Categorizing the kind of information a variable can hold.Control Flow: Making decisions based on values.Strings: Working with text.Loops: Repeating a task multiple times.Functions: Grouping a few lines of code to run later.Classes: Packaging related data and functions together.Nullability: Avoiding crashing when nothing is there.Collections: Grouping data into lists, sets and maps.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll have a solid foundation in programming generally and the Dart language in particular.

Get started with Dart and learn to program with this language suitable for high-performing, modern applications. You'll gain the basics and be ready to move to the next level: web and mobile apps. While you won't learn the specifics of programming web and mobile apps, you will have the foundation to take your Dart skills in that direction. This book starts with an introduction to the Dart IDE, after which you will take a look at the various components of the Dart programming language. You will look at types and variables, and get to know the significance of collections and arrays in Dart. Once you've familiarized yourself with the initial components of Dart, you will see how flow of control and looping can be achieved by using if, else, and conditional expressions. Moving on to functions and objects, you will dig deeper into the concepts of object oriented programming to gauge the importance of constructors in Dart. You will then discover more about inheritance and mixins, seeing how they contain methods for use by other classes. After gauging the importance of abstract classes and methods, you will learn more about anonymous functions such as lambdas and closures. You will then take a look at key data structures including lists and maps to aid you in organizing your information for storage and retrieval. After all this you’ll move on to managing exceptions arising from executing your program. Finally, Dart programming relies heavily on libraries to perform a variety of functions. You will cover some of these packages and libraries, including dart:core and dart:math, and also build a backend server with the help of the Dart core libraries. What You Will Learn Use variables and conditionals in Dart Work with arrays and collections Apply flow control and looping Explore data structures and their use Handle exceptions Use Dart packages and libraries to build a backend server Who This Book Is For Those new to Dart programming who aim to get a quick introduction to its concepts and programming principles. Readers with no coding experience can also take advantage of this book.

Web Programming with Dart is for programmers who want to master the new Dart programming language from Google, and also web developers who want to understand how Dart can integrate perfectly with HTML5 and CSS3. With this book you will understand the ins and outs of the language, how the tools work, and how to get the most from the core functions and libraries. Web Programming with Dart is a practical, example-led book, with case studies involving developing UI animations for the web, working with web services such as JSON, server side Dart applications, and the new Polymer.dart library for advanced HTML UI web components generation. Take a full tour of Dart's core features and its advanced functionality Learn the tools that come with Dart SDK and the most important libraries. Additionally you will work with the newest Polymer.dart library for web component creation. Develop your own command-line and server side applications and, of course, web applications with Dart.

Masterminds of Programming features exclusive interviews with the creators of several historic and highly influential programming languages. In this unique collection, you'll learn about the processes that led to specific design decisions, including the goals they had in mind, the trade-offs they had to make, and how their experiences have left an impact on programming today. Masterminds of Programming includes individual interviews with: Adin D. Falkoff: APL Thomas E. Kurtz: BASIC Charles H. Moore: FORTH Robin Milner: ML Donald D. Chamberlin: SQL Alfred Aho, Peter Weinberger, and Brian Kernighan: AWK Charles Geschke and John Warnock: PostScript Bjarne Stroustrup: C++ Bertrand Meyer: Eiffel Brad Cox and Tom Love: Objective-C Larry Wall: Perl Simon Peyton Jones, Paul Hudak, Philip Wadler, and John Hughes: Haskell Guido van Rossum: Python Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo and Roberto Ierusalimschy: Lua James Gosling: Java Grady Booch, Ivar Jacobson, and James Rumbaugh: UML Anders Hejlsberg: Delphi inventor and lead developer of C# If you're interested in the people whose vision and hard work helped shape the computer industry, you'll find Masterminds of Programming fascinating.

Build for iOS & Android With Flutter!Flutter is an exciting development toolkit that lets you build apps for iOS, Android and even web and desktop, all from a single codebase.It uses a declarative approach to UI development. You can "hot reload" code while developing, and apps will perform at native speed thanks to its custom rendering engine.With Flutter and Flutter Apprentice, you can achieve the dream of building fast applications, faster.Who This Book Is ForThis book is for developers who are new to Flutter, and also developers that already have some experience with building apps for the iOS and Android platforms, or web apps.Topics Covered in Flutter ApprenticeWidgets: Use Flutter widgets to build modern mobile user interfaces.Navigation: Navigate between multiple screens within a Flutter app, including using deep links.Networking and Persistence: Fetch data from the network, parse the JSON response and cache data locally in a SQLite database.State Management: Explore the all-important idea of state management in Flutter and learn about various state management techniques and tools.Streams: Learn about Dart streams and how to use them in Flutter apps.Deployment: Learn to prepare and deploy your app to mobile app stores.Firebase: Learn how to leverage Firebase Cloud Firestore to store data remotely.One thing you can count on: After reading this book, you'll be prepared to create and deploy full-featured mobile apps to both the iOS App Store and the Google Play Store, without having to write two separate apps.