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Dart protobuf: what version of protoc should I download?

I am attempting to follow instructions in this article:

https://www.dartlang.org/articles/libraries/serialization#protobuf-example

Step one is to install protocol compiler. My question is, does it matter which version I download? Do I need to use the javasript version as Dart will be compiling down to Javascript? Please see below link to list of all protoc downloads to see what I mean:

https://github.com/google/protobuf/releases/tag/v3.0.0

Any advise would be massively appreciated. Apologies if this has a very obvious answer - I am quite new to this and struggling to find more information anywhere.

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • You don't need anything special for JS. The compiler generates Dart code that gets compiled to JS

    Install one of:

    • protoc-3.0.0-linux-x86_32.zip
    • protoc-3.0.0-linux-x86_64.zip
    • protoc-3.0.0-osx-x86_32.zip
    • protoc-3.0.0-osx-x86_64.zip
    • protoc-3.0.0-win32.zip