In today's world of software development, companies are looking for efficient programming languages that help them build powerful and scalable applications. One such language that is currently particularly on the rise is Dart. Dart forms the basis of Flutter. It is open-source and is being developed with the support of Google.
How does darts work?
Dart can be used both in the backend and in the front end. In the backend, Dart runs directly on DartVM, while in the frontend it is optimized JavaScriptcode is compiled.
The idea behind darts
Dart is relatively easy for front-end developers to learn, as it is conceptually very similar to JavaScript is, just without many of the negative aspects of it. Since Dart can also be used as a backend language, front-end developers can effectively transition to a full-stack engineer who develops frontend and backend in Dart.
The main idea was JavaScript slowly replace it with darts. However, Dart was unable to establish itself for a long time because other technologies such as TypeScript gained popularity and JavaScript thanks Node.js It also found its way into the backend. First with Flutter, which is based on dart as its main language, darts have reached the mainstream.
Notable features of Dart
Dart allows you to use static typing, which helps improve code quality by identifying errors during compilation.
With a combination of just-in-time compilation (JIT) and ahead of time compilation (AOT), Dart allows you to efficiently generate fast code for various areas of application.
Hot Reload allows developers to see their changes in real time without having to recompile all code. This significantly speeds up the development process.
Dart has efficient garbage collection, which optimizes memory consumption and improves application performance.
Benefits
Dart supports static typing, which helps improve code quality. Errors are identified during compilation, which shortens development time and reduces potential sources of error.
Dart is very similar in style to Javascript, making it easy to learn for developers who are used to Javascript.
Applications written in Dart usually run faster than applications written in JavaScript.
Dart is open-source, which means that the entire source code is public and can be viewed, modified and used by anyone free of charge.
Drawbacks
Compared to widely used languages such as JavaScript, Dart currently has a smaller community. This results in reduced availability of developers and fewer resources in the form of libraries, frameworks, and tools.
In Dart, the selection of libraries and their support is more limited than in other languages due to the still limited distribution.
Our Conclusion
We primarily use Dart for the development of Flutter-Apps. In our experience, Dart does a very good job, because even with very large apps, the code remains very maintainable, while the app's performance and development speed remain very high.