Getting started with Dart

Sudar Muthuhttp://sudarmuthu.com

What is Dart?

New Programming Language for creating

web applications.

Still a technical Preview

How is it similar/different

to JavaScriptBorrows lot of features from JavaScript, but tries to improve it.

Check out http://synonym.dartlang.org/

Dart can also be compiled into JavaScript

Trying out DartDartboard – Inside a browser. Try it at http://try.dartlang.org/

Compile Dart into JavaScript – frogc compiler inside SDK

Dartium – Chromium with Dart VM

LibrariesConnect to MySQL - https://github.com/jamesots/sqljocky

Create PhoneGap like mobile apps - https://github.com/Qalqo/dartgap

Using YQL from Dart - http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/using-yql-in-dart

Crypto - http://code.google.com/p/dart-crypto-lib/

… and lot more

Bangalore Dart Hackthon

Happened on 21st April in Thoughtworks, Bangalore

Started with a small introduction to Dart

Spend about a day hacking

Found a couple of bugs ;)

Had around 7 demos at the end of the day

Notable HacksSnakes Game in Dart - https://github.com/devsundar/snake-html5

Graphing tool for Dart - https://github.com/rakesh-gopal/Google-Dart-Graphing-Tools

Mocking framework for Dart

Rich video playback in Dart

Search Twitter using YQL - http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/using-yql-in-dart

Thank You

All the best

Sudar Muthu

http://sudarmuthu.comhttp://github.com/sudarhttp://twitter.com/sudarmuthu