January 2018 — DartConf

The year started at Dart Conf where Tim Sneath and other members of the Flutter and Dart engineering teams took to the stage to inform developers of all the ongoing changes and development taking place with both technologies.

The major reveal of DartConf was Dart 2, a major reboot of the Dart. Dart two mainly focuses on improving the language. It consists of a lightweight syntax, enhanced strong mode and many under the hood optimizations to make the language faster.

Before Dart 2, Flutter developers had to use the keywords new and const everywhere when creating widgets. Now with Dart 2, it is optional 😊😊😊

Pre Dart 2

Post Dart 2

Another great addition to Dart was a new common front end to reduce inconsistencies and improve the developer experience.

To learn more, you can watch the keynote here:

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