Bootstrap into Dart

New to the Dart language? We compiled our favorite resources to help you quickly learn Dart. We looked at a lot of languages, and we found Dart easy and fun to learn. We hope these resources make Dart easy for you to learn, too.

Language tour

Your best introduction to the Dart language. Learn about Dart’s features such as strong types, closures, libraries, lexical scoping, top-level functions, named parameters, async / await, and lots more.

Library tour

A good overview of Dart’s powerful core libraries. Learn about Dart’s support for collections, async, math, numbers, strings, JSON, and more.

Intro to Dart for Java Developers Codelab

Use your Java knowledge to get up and running quickly with Dart. Learn about classes, constructors, parameters, and interfaces with examples from the Java Tutorial.

Effective Dart

Guides for style, authoring documentation, usage, and more.

Asynchronous Programming: Futures Tutorial

Learn how to use Futures, which are used extensively in the Dart core libraries. Futures can be used instead of one-time callbacks.

Asynchronous Programming: Streams Tutorial

Learn how to use Streams, which are used extensively in the Dart core libraries. Streams can be used instead repeating callbacks. For example, the File class uses Streams to read bytes from a file.

Want to learn more and maybe contribute? Check out the Dart community.