Introduction

Why Dart?

Looking back more than two years to the first edition of this book (really? that long?), I realize that my answer to “why Dart?” has changed. A lot.

I am very much a language, library, and protocol hipster. I love learning new stuff. The fun of learning is very much its own reward, but that is not the main reason that I learn. It is always nice to add another tool to the developer’s proverbial toolbox, but I have come to realize even that is not the main driving force to learning.

The main reason that I learn new things like Dart is that I find it to be a most effective way to understand problems from the perspective of others. The folks who write libraries and languages are invariably smarter and/or know the subject matter ...

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