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Google is working on it: https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine and https://github.com/dart-lang/fletch https://github.com

Google is working on it: https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine and https://github.com/dart-lang/fletch https://github.com/dart-lang/fletch

myko 11y ago
This looks like more of a side project than something Google is going to put its weight behind. I am pretty excited for Fletch though - I hope it turns into something like React Native, which would be much improved using Dart and Dart tools instead of JavaScript IMO. Right now Fletch looks pretty awkward/painful to use though. Writing views completely natively (ObjC/Swift/Java) and then calling into a DartVM for business logic doesn't sound like a fun way to develop to me. I could be wrong, I haven't tried to use Fletch - just read some examples, but right now I don't see the benefit. Sky is basically Cordova as far as I can tell. It dumps native looking views into a webview and calls it a day. The demo app on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.domokit.sky.demo&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.domokit.sk...) does not make me terribly excited for it :(
- low_battery 11y ago
  Sky is in early stages, but I think it has good potential and in active development. I think they made the app on Google play quite some time ago during dart summit as a demo, so maybe examples in the repository is a better place to look. Also, looks like they will name it as Flutter: https://flutter.github.io/getting-started/ https://flutter.github.io/getting-started/
- TheAceOfHearts 11y ago
  I'd be really curious to hear what makes Dart tools awesome. I haven't played with Dart, but JS has some of the best tooling I've used. Have you tried webpack and hotloading? Have you tried npm (with webpack to generate client-side bundles) as your dependency manager?
skeeterbug 11y ago
Is sky engine a Google project?
- low_battery 11y ago
  It is an open source project, but check the contributors, you will see Adam Barth, Ian Hickson, Eric Seidel and other Chrome engineers.

Google is working on it: https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine https://github.com/domokit/sky_engine and https://github.com/dart-lang/fletch https://github.com/dart-lang/fletch

myko 11y ago

This looks like more of a side project than something Google is going to put its weight behind. I am pretty excited for Fletch though - I hope it turns into something like React Native, which would be much improved using Dart and Dart tools instead of JavaScript IMO. Right now Fletch looks pretty awkward/painful to use though. Writing views completely natively (ObjC/Swift/Java) and then calling into a DartVM for business logic doesn't sound like a fun way to develop to me. I could be wrong, I haven't tried to use Fletch - just read some examples, but right now I don't see the benefit. Sky is basically Cordova as far as I can tell. It dumps native looking views into a webview and calls it a day. The demo app on Google Play (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.domokit.sky.demo&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.domokit.sk...) does not make me terribly excited for it :(

low_battery 11y ago
Sky is in early stages, but I think it has good potential and in active development. I think they made the app on Google play quite some time ago during dart summit as a demo, so maybe examples in the repository is a better place to look. Also, looks like they will name it as Flutter: https://flutter.github.io/getting-started/ https://flutter.github.io/getting-started/
TheAceOfHearts 11y ago
I'd be really curious to hear what makes Dart tools awesome. I haven't played with Dart, but JS has some of the best tooling I've used. Have you tried webpack and hotloading? Have you tried npm (with webpack to generate client-side bundles) as your dependency manager?

skeeterbug 11y ago

Is sky engine a Google project?

low_battery 11y ago
It is an open source project, but check the contributors, you will see Adam Barth, Ian Hickson, Eric Seidel and other Chrome engineers.