Google introduces Dart, a new programming language for web applications

Post by andysinclair » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 7:44 AM UTC

Post by macavity23 » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 8:11 AM UTC

rorrr wrote: post #2

Unless all major browsers support it, the adoption will be painful and slow. It also seems like another incarnation of GWT, which, I heard, google abandoned.

Post by saiko-chriskun » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 8:15 AM UTC

Post by saiko-chriskun » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 8:16 AM UTC

macavity23 wrote: post #3

rorrr wrote: post #2

Unless all major browsers support it, the adoption will be painful and slow. It also seems like another incarnation of GWT, which, I heard, google abandoned.

From the article: "Dart code can be executed in two different ways: either on a native virtual machine or on top of a JavaScript engine by using a compiler that translates Dart code to JavaScript. This means you can write a web application in Dart and have it compiled and run on any modern browser." What am I missing?

Post by Peaker » Mon, Oct 10, 2011, 8:31 AM UTC

thomasfl wrote: post #6

The optionally static types in the Dart language seems like a good idea. You get both beautiful, simple code, like in Ruby, and the possibility to speed up execution by adding types later. On the other hand, you still don't have the great community like for instance ruby has. Charles Nutter has created a static typed ruby like language, called Mirah, which looks similar.