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New site for Dart news and articles

For the latest Dart news, visit our new blog at  https://medium.com/dartlang .

New API docs site

Posted by Bob Nystrom Happy Holidays, everyone! In a fit of festive holiday cheer, we have decided to give you all an exciting present. No, it's not a pony. No, it's not a Nintendo either. No, it's... look just stop asking and we'll tell you. We revamped the  Dart API docs . They're using the new dartdoc tool which you can also use to generate docs for your Dart code. Actually, after the whole pony and Nintendo thing, that kind of sounds like a let down. Anyway, we've got  brand new docs up , including the new  dart:html library . Enjoy!

New Dart Editor build (2380)

Posted by Seth Ladd A new Dart Editor build (2380) is available for  download . Changes include: Initial VM launch support... toolbar button and .options file Generate JS only for browser applications Font scaling for code editor, libraries view, problems view Search box improvements and cleanup Fixed memory leak when closing libraries DartC, parser, and code completion improvements Improved syntax coloring Lots of bug fixes as a result of internal testing Also see the  change log . For instructions on downloading, installing, and using Dart Editor, see the  Dart Editor tutorial .

Dart language spec v0.06 now available

Posted by Kathy Walrath Version 0.06 of the  Dart language spec  is now available. Changes include: 7:5.1: Clarified how initializing formals can act as optional parameters of generative constructors. 7.5.2: Treat factories as constructors, so type parameters are implicitly in scope. 8.3: Simplify rules for interface factory clauses. Use the keyword  default  instead of  factory . 9: Mention that typedefs can have type parameters. 10.29: Added checked mode test that type arguments match generic type. 13.2: Added definition of malformed types, and requirement on their handling in checked mode.

New Dart Editor build (1910)

Posted by Kathy Walrath A new Dart Editor build (1910) is available for  download . Changes include: Moved bundled libraries out of plugins into new "libraries" directory Indexer improvements including integration into builder Editor tab tooltip shows path of the files being edited Problems view sorting fixes New File wizard to open created file in the default editor for that file type, instead of the plain text editor DartC improvements Also see the  change log . For instructions on downloading, installing, and using Dart Editor, see the  Dart Editor tutorial .