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Bleeding Edge May Be Incomplete 27 Aug 2013 | 08:45 am
I need to stay away from the Dart mailing list because there is so much exciting stuff coming out that it is distracting me from what I need to do in order to finish up the next edition of Dart for Hi...
I Got Served… at Dart Pub 26 Aug 2013 | 08:37 am
Last week on the Dart mailing list, I learned that words like "pants" and "scissors" that have no singular form are called "pluralia tantum." The exquisite Bob Nystrom laid that one on us along with t...
Self-Inflicted Dangers of Multiple Method Operators in Dart 25 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
This may seem an odd confession, but I struggle with operator precedence at times. I think this is because I don't have a background in computer science and/or have not played extensively with abstra...
Dartanalyzer Type Checking 24 Aug 2013 | 07:11 am
I enjoyed exploring function signature parameters in Dart yesterday. It seemed pretty powerful stuff, with just one bit that did not work quite as expected. There was one case in which the dartanalyze...
Function Signatures as Parameters in Dart 23 Aug 2013 | 08:59 am
One of the hazards of reading through other people's code is coming across syntax that you do not recognize. OK, so maybe that is not so much a hazard as it is awesome… One of the things that I found...
Client Server Scheduled Tests in Dart 22 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
When I actually used my “real fake” HTTP test server (code-named plummbur_kruk), I found it wanting. Nothing too horrible, but it does need a few higher-level API methods. Since this is a server for r...
Coding Humility: Actually Trying to Use My Library 21 Aug 2013 | 08:53 am
I think that my fake HTTP test server for Dart is ready to go. To be sure, I am going to try to replace some pretty awful mock HTTP request code that I have been using to test code in Dart for Hipster...
Dart Love: Tests, Packages, and Cascades 20 Aug 2013 | 08:58 am
I am drunk on the power of Dart Pub. I have been imbibing heavily as I have driven the development of the ctrl_alt_foo library. So heavily, in fact, that I can't quite remember how I got here. The la...
Exceptions vs. Errors in Dart (and Testing) 19 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
Tonight, I am going to explore some (hopefully) simple testing of exception handling in Dart. After last night, I have the happy path for keyboard shortcuts working with syntax like the following: I ...
Intentionally Sloppy Outside-In Test Driven Development in Dart 18 Aug 2013 | 08:55 am
With the last (fingers crossed) copy edits for 3D Game Programming for Kids out of the way, it is nearly time for the final push to get Dart for Hipsters updated for the most recent Dart. Well, that'...
