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New Dart Editor Release with Dedicated WebGL Library




Eric Clayberg fills us in on the release details:

A new Dart Editor build is available at www.dartlang.org/editorChanges include:
  • New preference to disable auto-activation of code completion.
  • Theme preview works with new analysis engine.
  • Many performance and memory improvements with new analysis engine.
Breaking Change List:
  • Existing base64 encoder method CryptoUtils.bytesToBase64(List<int> bytes, [int lineLength]) is changed to CryptoUtils.bytesToBase64(List<int> bytes, {bool urlSafe : false, bool addLineSeparator : false})
  • Remove the (long deprecated) List.addLast method.
  • Stream subscriptions are now more lenient about calling methods after canceling and resuming when not paused - it's no longer an error, it just doesn't do anything.
  • WebGL types have been moved out of dart:html and into dart:web_gl. All WebGL prefixes have been removed (WebGLRenderingContext is now RenderingContext).
  • dart:html’s WheelEvent.deltaX and deltaY values have been inverted on all browsers except Firefox for consistency and spec conformance.
  • StrinkSink.writeAll now takes an optional separator argument.
  • Iterable.reduce has been renamed to Iterable.fold. Same for Stream.
As always,view the changelog for the full list of changes, and to get started with the Editor see our tutorial.