[dartdev] This adds the ability for the Dart CLI to use the Resident Frontend Compiler for faster start times.

Dartdev will use the user's home directory to store the server information and will keep a directory for cached kernel files in each dart package's .dart_tool directory and in the .dart directory for stand alone dart programs.

This functionality is accessed by providing the --resident flag to the Dart CLI, and the server can be manually shutdown with the new shutdown command.

Change-Id: I5231a00b7535266ab0704ca3ae35c039738bd38b
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/254341
Reviewed-by: Jake Macdonald <jakemac@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Ben Konyi <bkonyi@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Michael Richards <msrichards@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Siva Annamalai <asiva@google.com>
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README.md

Dart

A client-optimized language for fast apps on any platform

Dart is:

  • Optimized for UI: Develop with a programming language specialized around the needs of user interface creation.

  • Productive: Make changes iteratively: use hot reload to see the result instantly in your running app.

  • Fast on all platforms: Compile to ARM & x64 machine code for mobile, desktop, and backend. Or compile to JavaScript for the web.

Dart's flexible compiler technology lets you run Dart code in different ways, depending on your target platform and goals:

  • Dart Native: For programs targeting devices (mobile, desktop, server, and more), Dart Native includes both a Dart VM with JIT (just-in-time) compilation and an AOT (ahead-of-time) compiler for producing machine code.

  • Dart Web: For programs targeting the web, Dart Web includes both a development time compiler (dartdevc) and a production time compiler (dart2js).

Dart platforms illustration

License & patents

Dart is free and open source.

See LICENSE and PATENT_GRANT.

Using Dart

Visit dart.dev to learn more about the language, tools, and to find codelabs.

Browse pub.dev for more packages and libraries contributed by the community and the Dart team.

Our API reference documentation is published at api.dart.dev, based on the stable release. (We also publish docs from our beta and dev channels, as well as from the primary development branch).

Building Dart

If you want to build Dart yourself, here is a guide to getting the source, preparing your machine to build the SDK, and building.

There are more documents on our wiki.

Contributing to Dart

The easiest way to contribute to Dart is to file issues.

You can also contribute patches, as described in Contributing.