Dart in 60 Seconds: The Language Powering Flutter 🚀

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The language behind the Flutter framework was originally meant to be a Javascript killer. Developed by Google in 2011, it was meant to address issues with Javascript, mainly the difficulty with managing large code bases. Dart has a few key benefits as a programming language. Through its Dart native compiler, Dart can be run on iOS, Android, Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Then through its web compiler, Dart gets compiled to JavaScript to run on web. Dart also has a Just In Time or JIT compiler that compiles source code to machine code, allowing for features like hot reload, creating a pleasant developer experience. Because Dart is type-safe, a variable value always matches its static type. However, since Dart is also flexible, it allows for dynamic types where the type is determined at run time. Then as a null safe language, for a variable to be null, it must specified in the definition. This has been

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Want to build high-performance apps faster? Dart is a powerful programming language for web, mobile, and more development! This short video gives you a quick intro to Dart in 60 seconds. Learn why developers love Dart's clean syntax, fast growth, and versatility. Subscribe for more coding content and check out https://dart.dev/ to dive deeper into Dart!