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Tamal Dey
Computer Applications
Introduction to Flutter
Introduction to Dart
Tamal Dey
Recap
• Elements can be added in a hierarchical manner.
• This is not an efficient manner.

Dart
• It is a strongly typed object-oriented programming
language developed by Google.
• It is intuitive and easy to learn.

Variables
• Variables are one of the basics and Dart comes with support
for type inference.
• var value = 18;
• var myName = "Alberto“;
• value is an integer while myName is a string.

Variables
• Dart is able to infer the type of the variable by looking at the
value that has been assigned.
• In other words, the Dart compiler is smart enough to figure
out by itself which is the correct type of the variable.
• The variables can also be declared as
• int value = 18;
• String myName = "Alberto"

Variables
• dynamic value = 18;
• dynamic myName = "Alberto"
• dynamic can be used with any type.
• Any value can be assigned to it and the compiler won’t
complain.
• The type of a dynamic variable is evaluated at runtime and
thus, for a proper usage, it is often not used.

Variables
• Dart guidelines
• Prefer initializing variables with var as much as possible
• When the type is not so easy to guess, initialize it explicitly
to increase the readability of the code
• Use Object or dynamic only if it’s really needed but it’s
almost never the case.

Initialization
• Initialize with var rather than writing the type explicitly.
var pizza = List<List>();
for(var topping in pizza)
{ doSomething(topping); }
• When a variable need not be initialized immediately, use the
late keyword.
• late List names;

Final variables
• A variable declared as final can be set only once.
• Changing its content later will result in an error.
• final name = "Alberto";

Data Types
• Primitive data types
• Numbers
• Strings
• Enumerated types
• Booleans
• Arrays
Numbers
• Dart has two type of numbers
• int.
• 64-bit at maximum, depending on the platform,
integer values.
• This type ranges from -263 to 263-1.
• Double
• 64-bit double-precision floating point numbers that
follow the classic IEEE 754 standard definition.

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Numbers
• Both double and int are subclasses of num which provides
many useful methods such as:
• parse(string),
• abs(),
• ceil(),
• toString().
Numbers
var a = 1; // int
var b = 1.0; // double
int x = 8;
double y = b + 6;
num z = 10 - y + x;
Strings
• A string is an ordered sequence of UTF-16 values surrounded
by either single or double quotes.
• var s = "Double quoted";
• var t = 'Single quoted’; // No differences between s and t
• var age = 25;
• var myAge = "I am $age years old";
• // Interpolate an integer into a string

Strings
var test = "${25.abs()}“
• // Expressions need '{' and '}' preceded by $
• ${expr} is a shorthand to call the toString() method.
• A string can be either single or multiline.
• Single line strings are shown above using single or double quotes.
• Multiline strings are written using triple quotes.

Strings
• To access a particular character of a string use the [] operator.
final name = "Alberto";
print(name[0]); // prints "A"
print(name[2]); // prints "b“
print(details[4] + details[6]);
Enumerated Types
• Also known as "enums“.
• They are containers for constant values that can be declared
with the enum keyword.

Enumerated Types
enum Fruits { Apple, Pear, Grapes, Banana, Orange }

void main() {
// ignore: omit_local_variable_types
Fruits liked = Fruits.Apple;
var disliked = Fruits.Banana;
print(liked.toString()); // prints 'Fruits.Apple’
print(disliked.toString()); // prints 'Fruits.Banana’
}
Enumerated Types
• Each item of the enum has an associated number, called
index, which corresponds to the zero-based position of the
value in the declaration.
• This number can be accessed by using the index property.

Enumerated Types
enum Fruits { Apple, Pear, Grapes, Banana, Orange }
void main() {
var a = Fruits.Apple.index; // 0
var b = Fruits.Pear.index; // 1
var c = Fruits.Grapes.index; // 2
print(a); print(b); print(c); //Original and Indexed Enum values
}
Booleans
• Assign to the bool type only the literals true or false, which are both
compile-time constants.
bool test = 5 == 0; // false
print(test);
bool test1 = !test; // has the opposite value of test
print(test1);
var oops = 0.0 / 0.0; // evaluates to 'Not a Number' (NaN)
print(oops);
double oops2 = oops;
bool didIFail = oops2.isNaN;
print(didIFail);
Arrays
• An "array" in Dart is represented by a List<T>.
• List is a generic container where T can be any type (such
as String or a class)
var myList = [-3.1, 5, 3.0, 4.4];

print(myList);
print(myList[3]);
Arrays
• Another way of declaring an array is
void main() {
var data = List.filled(5, 0.0);
data[0] = 12.8;
data[1] = 56.9;
print(data);
}
Arrays
• Another way of declaring an array is
void main() {
var arr = [12, 23, 56];
print(arr);
}
Arrays - Methods
• Given the array as var arr = [12, 23, 56];

print(arr); //[12, 23, 56]
print(arr.first); //12
print(arr.last); //56
Arrays - Methods
• Given the array as var arr = [12, 23, 56];
print(arr.length); //3
print(arr.reversed); //(56, 23, 12)
print(arr.iterator); //Instance of 'ListIterator<int>'
print(arr.runtimeType); //List<int>
Recap
• Variables
• Data Types
• Primitive
• Num, Strings
• Booleans, Arrays
• Enumerated Types
Thank you
Tamal Dey

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SERVERLESS APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

• Elements can be added in a hierarchical manner.

• This is not an efficient manner.

• It is a strongly typed object-oriented programming

language developed by Google.

• It is intuitive and easy to learn.

for type inference.

• var value = 18;

• var myName = "Alberto“;

• value is an integer while myName is a string.

• Dart is able to infer the type of the variable by looking at the

value that has been assigned.

• In other words, the Dart compiler is smart enough to figure

out by itself which is the correct type of the variable.

• The variables can also be declared as

• int value = 18;

• String myName = "Alberto"

• dynamic value = 18;

• dynamic myName = "Alberto"

• dynamic can be used with any type.

• Any value can be assigned to it and the compiler won’t

• The type of a dynamic variable is evaluated at runtime and

thus, for a proper usage, it is often not used.

• Prefer initializing variables with var as much as possible

• When the type is not so easy to guess, initialize it explicitly

to increase the readability of the code

• Use Object or dynamic only if it’s really needed but it’s

almost never the case.

• Initialize with var rather than writing the type explicitly.

var pizza = List<List>();

for(var topping in pizza)

• When a variable need not be initialized immediately, use the

• late List names;

• A variable declared as final can be set only once.

• Changing its content later will result in an error.

• final name = "Alberto";

• Primitive data types

• Dart has two type of numbers

• 64-bit at maximum, depending on the platform,

• This type ranges from -263 to 263-1.

• 64-bit double-precision floating point numbers that

follow the classic IEEE 754 standard definition.

• Both double and int are subclasses of num which provides

many useful methods such as:

var b = 1.0; // double

• A string is an ordered sequence of UTF-16 values surrounded

by either single or double quotes.

• var s = "Double quoted";

• var t = 'Single quoted’; // No differences between s and t

• var age = 25;

• var myAge = "I am $age years old";

• // Interpolate an integer into a string

var test = "${25.abs()}“

• // Expressions need '{' and '}' preceded by $

• ${expr} is a shorthand to call the toString() method.

• A string can be either single or multiline.

• Multiline strings are written using triple quotes.

• To access a particular character of a string use the [] operator.

final name = "Alberto";

print(name[0]); // prints "A"

print(name[2]); // prints "b“

• Also known as "enums“.