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Ah sorry, I meant the code sample under the “Modern, reactive framework” heading. Search for “class CounterState”.

As for editors, as you note, the instructions focus on IntelliJ/Android Studio, since that’s where the team has put most work, but there’s good support for VS Code (which I believe is what’s in the screenshot). For those who prefer something more minimal, you can find Dart support for vim and emacs too.

> Maybe it's just me but I don't want optional typing, or rather optional type hinting. I want static typing.

A ton of the community (and in particular teams using Dart at Google) felt the same way and the Dart team has been adapting the language to reflect that. Flutter uses Dart 2, which is statically and strongly typed.

> Garbage collection

GC is a nice value-add to the developer — most of us don’t really want to spend a ton of time thinking about reference cycles etc. but as you note, it has the downside of being a potential source of jank. We mitigate this in Flutter by timing the work we do building frames and scheduling small GCs during idle time. Code here: https://github.com/flutter/engine/blob/8109be8e21604df249b87...

You can find the code for a minimal click-counter app on the front page at: https://flutter.io

For something a bit beefier, we maintain a ‘gallery’ sample app that features a decent selection of widgets and a few demos: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/tree/master/examples/hell...

Disclaimer: I work on Flutter

I admit I didn't read the linked article, but I did watch the video and speak Japanese pretty fluently.

His reaction of disgust isn't to the general idea of computer-generated animation, but to the specific animation he's being shown, which features a corpse thrashing around on the ground, and specifically in relation to having a severely disabled friend.

It's entirely possible he's not a fan of computer-generated animation in general, but that clip doesn't indicate much one way or another.

Agreed, by far the best guide I've found. My setup, based on that guide + some tweaks is at https://github.com/cbracken/mutt for anyone who might find another sample useful.

For a much larger collection, there's http://kamondb.com. The navbar at the top jumps between categories. e.g. Plant-related kamon: http://kamondb.com/plant.

If you actually work at Google I would encourage you to do a search of the codebase for files named .*\.dart and you'll spot a broad cross-section of Google, from Google Fiber (set top box and the customer portal), to AdSense and AdWords, to Election Maps, to folks in Geo are using Dart for their front-ends.

Most of the use of Dart at Google is client-side code running in the browser, but there's server-side use too. One example: Google Fiber settop boxes run server-side code on the Dart VM.

In Canada at least, spin training is a mandatory part of the private pilot licence; at least it was when I did mine (1994). I suppose this varies by country. http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/publications/tp13747-s...

On stickiness: search settings - turn off personalized results.

Though to be honest, for the iPhone 3G, the longer green bar is easily misinterpreted as a positive thing, when for the most part, iOS4 rendered the phone very painful to use. 15-30s wait times for camera shutter, frequent hangs, constant crashes in Maps, being the main pain points with the two that my wife and I owned. If they'd have continued security and minor app updates for iOS3 on the 3G, I'd have been much happier.