Anonymous Functions
The experienced JavaScript programmer is well versed in using anonymous functions. Since functions in JavaScript are a first-order concept, functions are passed around in JavaScript with abandon. Some even lament the callback hell of certain frameworks, but aesthetics aside, there can be no denying that anonymous functions are an important thing in JavaScript. So, the same must surely be true in Dart, right?
In JavaScript, an anonymous function omits the function name, using only the function keyword.
| | function(i) { |
| | if (i < 2) return i; |
| | return fib(i-2) + fib(i-1); |
| | } |
We have already seen that the only difference between JavaScript and Dart functions is that the latter do not have the function keyword. It turns ...
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