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Quite right too. Too much of what I've read on here and in the dart forums is "I thought it would be more like..." and "google have just created something to a
by chrisbuc 15y ago
Quite right too. Too much of what I've read on here and in the dart forums is "I thought it would be more like..." and "google have just created something to aid their development toolchain."
I view dart as javascript grown up. It's not that much different from java et al, but it's different enough.
Only time will tell if it will replace javascript, but I'll be doing my bit to help.
- arctangent 15y agoI will likely adopt Dart to replace all my client-side coding needs (but not just yet). I was a little bit annoyed by the braces/semicolons on first glance but spent a few hours today reading the documentation and language reference etc. It does seem like Dart is a "grown up" language, as you say. It's so packed full of goodies that it seems preferable to JavaScript in every way, except for the fact that JS is already here and has a large user base. People who've invested a lot of time in learning how to make JS work might have a preference for sticking with what they know, but I think the general reaction today has been to place too much onus on the Dart team to say why it's better than JS. It would be interesting to hear opinions from John Resig or Douglas Crockford. I'm hoping they're giving the matter some thought before weighing in on this, rather than just indifferent.