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Learning Dart

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Learning Dart
Jan, 2014 | 388 pages
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Table of Contents (19 chapters)
Learning Dart
Learning Dart
Credits
Credits
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Dart – A Modern Web Programming Language
Dart – A Modern Web Programming Language
What is Dart?
Dart is a perfect fit for HTML5
Getting started with Dart
Getting a view on the Dart tool chain
A bird's eye view on Dart
Making a todo list with Dart
Summary
2
Getting to Work with Dart
Getting to Work with Dart
Variables – to type or not to type
Built-in types and their methods
Documenting your programs
Changing the execution flow of a program
Using functions in Dart
Recognizing and catching errors and exceptions
Summary
3
Structuring Code with Classes and Libraries
Structuring Code with Classes and Libraries
A touch of class – how to use classes and objects
Summary
4
Modeling Web Applications with Model Concepts and Dartlero
Modeling Web Applications with Model Concepts and Dartlero
A short introduction to Git and GitHub
What a model is and why we need it in programming
Model concepts – a graphical design tool for our models
Dartlero – a simple domain model framework
An example of using Dartlero
The categories and links application
Summary
5
Handling the DOM in a New Way
Handling the DOM in a New Way
Finding elements and changing their attributes
Creating and removing elements
Handling events
Manipulating the style of page elements
Animating a game
Summary
6
Combining HTML5 Forms with Dart
Combining HTML5 Forms with Dart
Spiral 1 – the power of HTML5 forms
Spiral 2 – how to validate data with Dart
Spiral 3 – how to store data in local storage
Spiral 4 – reading and showing data
Spiral 5 – changing and updating data
Spiral 6 – working with a list of bank accounts
Summary
7
Building Games with HTML5 and Dart
Building Games with HTML5 and Dart
The model for the memory game
Spiral 1 – drawing the board
Spiral 2 – drawing cells
Spiral 3 – coloring the cells
Spiral 4 – implementing the rules
Spiral 5 – game logic (bringing in the time element)
Spiral 6 – some finishing touches
Spiral 7 – using images
Adding audio to a web page
Using an audio library – Collision clones
Adding video to a web page
Summary
8
Developing Business Applications with Polymer Web Components
Developing Business Applications with Polymer Web Components
How web components change web development
Web components with Polymer.dart
Two-way data binding in Polymer.dart
Creating the polymer_links project
Using Polymer for the category links project
Applying web components to the project tasks app
Summary
9
Modeling More Complex Applications with Dartling
Modeling More Complex Applications with Dartling
The Dartling domain modeling framework
Design of the Travel Impressions model in spirals
Generating Travel Impressions code from the model
Initializing the Travel Impressions model with Data
Testing the Travel Impressions model
Defining and using the MVC pattern
The TodoMVC app
Summary
10
MVC Web and UI Frameworks in Dart – An Overview
MVC Web and UI Frameworks in Dart – An Overview
DQuery
Bootjack
Dart Web Toolkit (DWT)
Dart widgets
Bee
HTML components
Rikulo UI
Hipster-mvc
Puremvc
StageXL
Flash Professional CC – toolkit for Dart
Angular.dart
Summary
11
Local Data and Client-Server Communication
Local Data and Client-Server Communication
The options for browser storage
Asynchronous calls and Futures
Using IndexedDB with Dart
Using Lawndart
A Dart web server
Using JSON web services
Summary
12
Data-driven Web Applications with MySQL and MongoDB
Data-driven Web Applications with MySQL and MongoDB
Database drivers for Dart
Storing todo data in MySQL
Dartlero tasks – a many-to-many model in MySQL
MongoDB – a NoSQL database
Using the mongo_dart driver to store the todo data in MongoDB
Summary
Index
Index

Chapter 10. MVC Web and UI Frameworks in Dart – An Overview

In this chapter, we investigate some of the more important UI frameworks that exist in the Dart universe, indicate how and when to use them, and discuss their pros and cons. For instance, we will discuss whether a framework supports responsive design and provides an optimal viewing experience—easy reading and navigation with minimum resizing, panning, and scrolling—across a wide range of devices (from desktop monitors to mobile phones).

Some of them (DQuery and Bootjack) are ports of, or at least are inspired by, famous JavaScript frameworks, such as jQuery or Twitter Bootstrap.

DWT (Dart Web Toolkit) is a port of the Google Web Toolkit.

Some packages built on the (now deprecated) Dart Web UI components library are as follows:

  • Dart widgets

  • Bee (from Blossom)

  • HTML Components

The following libraries heavily use the MVC pattern:

  • Rikulo UI (using DQuery and Bootjack)

  • Hipster-MVC (no specific UI components)

  • PureMVC (no specific UI components...

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