Dart: Scalable Application Development

Building your first application

Starting simple is a good idea, but we also want to start with something useful that can be expanded as we explore Dart.

In day-to-day software development, the text editor is where gigantic, world-changing software often starts. We are going to build a multi-purpose web-based text editor to use as a scratchpad for snippets of code, a to-do list, or stripping formatting from copied text—immensely handy. For added realism, there will be an imaginary customer along the way asking for new features.

In the next chapter, we will build on this foundation for some flashier features and graphical displays.

Tip

Downloading the example code

You can download the example code files for all Packt books you have purchased from your ...