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Learn Dart: First Step to Flutter

Gain insights into Dart, an object-oriented language crucial for Flutter development. Delve into its fundamentals and prepare to craft high-quality native interfaces on iOS and Android.

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88 Lessons

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Gain insights into Dart, an object-oriented language crucial for Flutter development. Delve into its fundamentals and prepare to craft high-quality native interfaces on iOS and Android.

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13 Challenges

7 Quizzes

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Course Overview

Learn Dart for free with this interactive course. Dart is a clean, simple, class-based, object-oriented language with more structure than JavaScript, the programming language it's heavily based on. However, you can't have a conversation about Dart without mentioning Flutter. Flutter is Google's mobile UI framework for crafting high-quality native interfaces on iOS and Android. Flutter applications are written using the Dart programming language, which has helped make Dart a beloved language by the develop...Show More

Course Content

Introduction

3 Lessons

Get familiar with Dart basics and how it powers Flutter development.

Who Should Take this Course

A Bit About Dart

Dart Before You Flutter

Getting Started with Dart

6 Lessons

Look at building basic Dart applications, user input handling, and output techniques.

Your First Dart Application

Understanding the Code

A Simple Interactive Program

Challenge: Displaying Output

Solution Review: Displaying Output

Chapter Quiz

Data Types and Variables

12 Lessons

Master the steps to utilize and manipulate Dart's data types, variables, and constants.

A Brief Introduction to Objects

Challenge: Embed a Variable in a String

Solution Review: Embed a Variable in a String

Booleans

Type Inference and Annotation

Defining Constants

Chapter Quiz

Operators

13 Lessons

Find out about Dart's operators, their functionality, and practical applications in coding.

An Introduction to Operators

Arithmetic Operators

Equality and Relational Operators

Type Test Operators

Assignment Operators

Logical Operators

Bitwise and Shift Operators

Challenge: Using Multiple Operators

Solution Review: Using Multiple Operators

Operator Precedence

Challenge: Temperature Conversion

Solution Review: Temperature Conversion

Chapter Quiz

Dart's Collection

11 Lessons

Dig deeper into Dart's collections, including lists, sets, and maps, for efficient data management.

Introduction to Functions and Methods

Introduction to Dart's Collection

List: The Dart Array

Working with Lists

Challenge: List of Cubes

Solution Review: List of Cubes

Unordered Sets

Working with Sets

Maps. Keys and Values

Working with Maps

Chapter Quiz

Control Flow Statements

18 Lessons

Follow the process of mastering Dart's control flow statements, including if, loops, and switch.

An Introduction to Control Structures

The if Statement

The else and else if Statement

The Ternary Operator

Challenge: Pass or Fail

Solution Review: Pass or Fail

for Loops

Challenge: Only Even

Solution Review: Only Even

while Loops

Challenge: Oven is Ready

Solution Review: Oven is Ready

The break and continue statement

switch and case

Challenge: Color Wheel

Solution Review: Color Wheel

Assertion with assert

Chapter Quiz

Exploring Functions

16 Lessons

Build on defining, calling, transforming, optimizing, and using advanced Dart functions.

Defining a Function

Calling a Function

Challenge: Absolute Value

Solution Review: Absolute Value

Optional Parameters

Recursive Functions

Challenge: Sum of Lists

Solution Review: Sum of Lists

Higher-Order Functions

Challenge: Write your First Higher-Order Function

Solution Review: Write Your First Higher-Order Function

Anonymous and Nested Function

Scope

Challenge: Max with Nested Functions

Solution Review: Max with Nested Functions

Chapter Quiz

Classes

8 Lessons

Get familiar with creating, using, and extending classes in Dart.

A Brief Introduction to Classes

Creating a Class in Dart

Where to Go From Here

1 Lessons

Look at setting up Flutter for creating basic applications with Dart.

Getting Started with Flutter

Project

Essential Tools to Enhance Your Flutter Workflow

intermediate

1 hour

Project

Essential Tools to Enhance Your Flutter Workflow

This project offers tools to speed up Flutter development and help follow industry standards.

intermediate

1 hour

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