Dart

Dart has no defer, no RAII, no scope guards. When multi-step async initialization fails midway, you need to unwind only what was set up — in reverse order, crash-safe. Here's a 6-line closure chain pattern that gives you transactional init, safe teardown, and cancellation support for free.

Tools that work with Dart programs may accept hints to guide their behavior as pragma annotations on declarations. Each tool decides which hints it accepts, what they mean, and whether and how they apply to sub-parts of the annotated entity.

Dart VM in a nutshell

Benchmarks are not just about numbers—they are experiments that need interpretation. This post dissects a Dart vs JavaScript microbenchmark, illustrating why cool animations often mask the real value: insightful analysis. Numbers without context are just as meaningful as numerology

The Dart VM has a generational garbage collector with two generations. The new generation is collected by a parallel, stop-the-world semispace scavenger. The old generation is collected by concurrent-mark-concurrent-sweep or by concurrent-mark-parallel-compact.

How to create efficient and smooth animations in Flutter by optimizing refresh rates, using RepaintBoundary, managing Canvas effectively, and leveraging custom tickers. This guide provides key strategies to minimize performance issues and craft fluid animations without overwhelming your system.

In this video, we learn of my package, "Octopus," for routing and navigation in Flutter.

Who would have thought that three grown adults could spend an entire hour discussing how to transition from one app screen to another? However, don’t be quick to jump to conclusions...

Stream about a full-duplex connection, TCP/IP and WebSockets in Flutter and Dart

Learn to efficiently debug your Flutter app's HTTP requests using MITM proxy, avoiding the hassle of logs and late DevTools introspection.