A master thesis from Aalborg University
Distribueret Dart
[Distributed Dart]
Forfatter(e)
Semester
4. semester
Uddannelse
Udgivelsesår
2013
Afleveret
2013-06-12
Antal sider
82 pages
Abstract
This report is a master thesis, which is based upon a study performed on the previous semester. This report documents the development of a library used to enable better support for distributed programming in the Dart programming language. The report poses three questions: Is it possible to develop a library to support distributed programming in the Dart programming language? Is it possible to use the same Dart semantics as those used for concurrent programming? What are the limitations of imposing Dart concurrent semantics on the library? Furthermore, the problem statement required that the implementation must be done entirely in Dart, without making any modifications to the Virtual Machine. Then follows a walkthrough of central elements of the Dart programming language, revisited from the study performed on the previous semester. This is followed by an analysis of the challenges, needed to be solved, namely how to inject code into another dart instance, how to detect source code dependencies, how to distribute source code, and how to communicate between instances. This is followed by an implementation part. Although the library is not in a working state, it is concluded that it is not impossible to support distributed programming with a library, and also, that it is possible to do so using the semantics of darts concurrency model. It is found that the limitation of not having any way to tell whether an isolate is alive or dead, is more problematic in a network context than in a local context
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