5 Useful Dart Packages

Dart has more packages than Flutter in Mobile development. Let’s learn them here!

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1.system_info

Dart can get information about the Operating System (OS).

• SysInfo.operatingSystemName : shows the Operating Systems Name
• SysInfo.userName : User name
• …

system_info | Dart Package

2. Path

It helps manipulating folder & file path

• path package is very useful because every Operating system has different path delimiter

path | Dart Package

3. string_scanner

This package exposes a StringScanner type that makes it easy to parse a string using a series of Patterns. For example:crypto

string_scanner | Dart Package

4. crypto

Cryptographic hashing functions for Dart
A set of cryptographic hashing functions implemented in pure Dart

To hash a list of bytes, invoke the convert method on the sha1, sha256 or md5 objects.

Photo by Pete Pedroza on UnsplashThe following hashing algorithms are supported:

• SHA-1
• SHA-224
• SHA-256
• basic_utilsSHA-384
• SHA-512
• MD5
• HMAC (i.e. HMAC-MD5, HMAC-SHA1, HMAC-SHA256)

crypto | Dart Package

5. basic_utils

A dart package for many helper methods fitting different situations.

The package contains different classes. Each class contains methods that provide a solution for certain problems.

• StringUtils
• DomainUtils
• EmailUtils
• MathUtils
• HttpUtils
• DnsUtils
• SortUtils
• ColorUtils
• DateUtils
• X509Utils
• IterableUtils
• CryptoUtils

basic_utils | Dart Package

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