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Dart is usable now. ES6 has long been delayed, and who knows when ES7 will be available for mass usage. There are lots of intro pages out there to get you a l

by kyrra 13y ago

Dart is usable now. ES6 has long been delayed, and who knows when ES7 will be available for mass usage. There are lots of intro pages out there to get you a little more familiar with it [0][1][2]. Dart as a language spec isn't all that deep, and it tries to keep things simple and easy to use. A lot of the power I feel like comes from the library and tools that come with the language. [0] http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/05/dart-is-not-the-language-you-think-it-is.html http://programming.oreilly.com/2013/05/dart-is-not-the-langu... [1] https://www.dartlang.org/docs/dart-up-and-running/contents/ch01.html https://www.dartlang.org/docs/dart-up-and-running/contents/c... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(programming_language) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dart_(programming_language)

kyrra 13y ago
To add a few more useful links. Language spec[0][1] is available under a free license and they welcome input on it[2]. The 3 top starred bugs in their bugtracker are: enums, non-nullable types, and "await" support [3], though I don't expect non-nullable types to ever be added, but they like hearing what is important to programmers. If there is really a killer language feature that people want, starring it will increase it's chances of being considered. [0] https://www.dartlang.org/docs/spec/latest/dart-language-specification.html https://www.dartlang.org/docs/spec/latest/dart-language-spec... [1] https://code.google.com/p/dart/source/browse/trunk/dart/docs/language/dartLangSpec.tex https://code.google.com/p/dart/source/browse/trunk/dart/docs... [2] http://news.dartlang.org/2014/02/standardizing-dart-1st-ecma-tc52.html http://news.dartlang.org/2014/02/standardizing-dart-1st-ecma... [3] https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=-stars&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Area%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary%20Modified%20Stars https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=-st...

by kyrra 13y ago

kyrra 13y ago

To add a few more useful links. Language spec[0][1] is available under a free license and they welcome input on it[2]. The 3 top starred bugs in their bugtracker are: enums, non-nullable types, and "await" support [3], though I don't expect non-nullable types to ever be added, but they like hearing what is important to programmers. If there is really a killer language feature that people want, starring it will increase it's chances of being considered. [0] https://www.dartlang.org/docs/spec/latest/dart-language-specification.html https://www.dartlang.org/docs/spec/latest/dart-language-spec... [1] https://code.google.com/p/dart/source/browse/trunk/dart/docs/language/dartLangSpec.tex https://code.google.com/p/dart/source/browse/trunk/dart/docs... [2] http://news.dartlang.org/2014/02/standardizing-dart-1st-ecma-tc52.html http://news.dartlang.org/2014/02/standardizing-dart-1st-ecma... [3] https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=-stars&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Area%20Milestone%20Owner%20Summary%20Modified%20Stars https://code.google.com/p/dart/issues/list?can=2&q=&sort=-st...