Dart Apprentice: Fundamentals: Modern Cross-Platform Programming With Dart

What You Need
Book Source Code & Forums
Dedications
About the Team
	About the Authors
	About the Editors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
	About This Book Series
	Book Sample Projects
	How to Read This Book
Chapter 1: Hello, Dart!
	Installing Visual Studio Code
	Installing the Dart SDK
	Dart on the Command Line
	Using VS Code for Dart Development
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 2: Expressions, Variables & Constants
	Commenting Code
	Statements and Expressions
	Arithmetic Operations
	Naming Data
	Increment and Decrement
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 3: Types & Operations
	Data Types in Dart
	Object and dynamic Types
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 4: Strings
	How Computers Represent Strings
	Unicode
	Strings and Characters in Dart
	Single Quotes vs. Double Quotes
	Concatenation
	Interpolation
	Multi-Line Strings
	Inserting Characters From Their Codes
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 5: Control Flow
	Making Comparisons
	The If Statement
	Switch Statements
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 6: Loops
	While Loops
	For Loops
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 7: Functions
	Function Basics
	Parameters
	Writing Good Functions
	Optional Types
	Arrow Functions
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 8: Classes
	Defining a Class
	Creating an Object From a Class
	Assigning Values to Properties
	Printing an Object
	Adding Methods
	Cascade Notation
	Objects as References
	Encapsulation
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 9: Constructors
	Default Constructor
	Custom Constructors
	Named Constructors
	Forwarding Constructors
	Optional and Named Parameters
	Initializer Lists
	Constant Constructors
	Factory Constructors
	Constructor Comparisons
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 10: Static Members
	Static Variables
	Static Methods
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 11: Nullability
	Null Overview
	Handling Nullable Types
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 12: Lists
	Basic List Operations
	Mutable and Immutable Lists
	List Properties
	Looping Over the Elements of a List
	Code as UI
	Handling Nullable Lists
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 13: Sets
	Creating a Set
	Operations on a Set
	Set Relationships
	Finding Duplicates
	Challenges
	Key Points
Chapter 14: Maps
	Creating a Map
	Operations on a Map
	Maps, Classes and JSON
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Chapter 15: Iterables
	What’s an Iterable?
	Operations on Iterables
	Creating an Iterable From Scratch
	When to Use Lists, Sets, Maps or Iterables
	Challenges
	Key Points
	Where to Go From Here?
Conclusion