Chapter 3. Building and testing your own Dart app

This chapter covers

  • Building a user interface in the browser
  • Reacting to user events
  • Reusing code with functions
  • Getting familiar with Dart classes
  • Writing simple unit tests

It’s time to get your hands on some real Dart code. Using the core language constructs of variables, functions, and classes, you’ll build a simple browser-based packing-list app called PackList to let users keep track of things to take on their vacations. One of Dart’s design goals is to be familiar; this chapter should help you feel comfortable with the Dart functionality around variables, functions, and classes before we get to the more surprising and interesting features in later chapters.

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