An excerpt from Dart: Up and Running
Chapter 4. Tools
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Chapter 4. Tools

Table of Contents

pub: The Dart Package Manager
Creating a Pubspec
Installing Packages
Importing Libraries from Packages
More Information
Dart Editor
Viewing Samples
Managing the Files View
Creating Apps
Editing Apps
Running Apps
Debugging Apps
Compiling to JavaScript
Other Features
Dartium: Chromium with the Dart VM
Downloading and Installing the Browser
Launching the Browser
Filing Bugs
Linking to Dart Source
Detecting Dart Support
Launching from the Command Line
dart2js: The Dart-to-JavaScript Compiler
Basic Usage
Options
Helping dart2js Generate Better Code
Debugging
dart: The Standalone VM
Basic Usage
Options
Enabling Checked Mode
dart_analyzer: The Static Analyzer
Basic Usage
Options
dartdoc: The API Documentation Generator
Basic Usage
Options
Summary

Dart provides several tools to help you write and deploy your web and command-line apps:

pub: The Dart package manager

Download and install packages of libraries.

Dart Editor

Edit, run, and debug web and command-line apps.

Dartium: Chromium with the Dart VM

Run Dart web apps. This is a special build of Chromium (the project behind Google Chrome).

dart2js: The Dart-to-JavaScript compiler

Convert your web app to JavaScript, so it can run in non-Dartium browsers.

dart: The standalone Dart VM

Run your command-line apps—server-side scripts, programs, servers, and any other apps that don’t run in a browser.

dart_analyzer: The Static Analyzer

Analyze your Dart source from the command line.

dartdoc: The API Documentation Generator

Generate documentation from your Dart source.

All of these tools are in the Dart Editor bundle, since the editor uses Dartium and the other tools. You can also download Dartium separately, and you can download an SDK that includes pub, dart2js, dart, dart_analyzer, and dartdoc. See the Downloads page for links and details.

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