| # DartPad |
| |
| `package:dartpad` is a library for building web applications that enable users |
| to prototype Dart and Flutter in the browser. |
| |
| This package provides the functionality for running a Dart or Flutter |
| development environment in the browser. By enabling you launch and communicate |
| with: |
| * A **worker**, a dart2wasm compiled _Web Worker_ featuring: |
| * An in-memory file system, |
| * The Dart LSP server, |
| * The Dart Development Compiler (DDC), |
| * A subset of `dart pub` commands for dependency resolution. |
| * A **Sandbox**, an isolated `iframe` containing bootstrap code necessary to: |
| * Run, hot-reload and hot-restart DDC compiled Dart code, and, |
| * Proxy console output and _unhandled exceptions_ out of the iframe. |
| |
| To build a custom dartpad-like experience, you simply have to launch the worker, |
| connect the _language server_ to your editor, compile code and tell the sandbox |
| to run said code, while presenting console output to the user. |
| |
| ## Limitations |
| As of writing there are no support for: |
| |
| * Build hooks, |
| * Flutter plugins, |
| * Flutter assets, |
| * Code generation with `build_runner`. |
| |
| It might be possible to support some of these features in the future. |
