CHAPTER 1

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Getting Set Up

It is sometimes said, “showing up is half the battle.” If that phrase were to be applied to learning how to program a computer, then successfully completing this chapter would be analogous to “showing up.” Once you have your Dart programming environment set up and are comfortable using its basic functions, you may find the rest of this book as easy as copying text from book to screen. You will then evolve from our first phrase to another apt one—“learning by doing.”

Getting the Tools

Dart is a new language, and its tools are still evolving. Currently, the tools developed by the authors of the language (Google Inc.) are ...

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