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Ask HN: Is Dart a particularly optimised language for front-end development?

4•theanonymousone•5h ago
Hi. I remember when Dart was introduced, it was supposed to be a "JavaScript alternative" (?) for browsers.

It however "evolved" into being almost only used in Flutter, for developing mobile, web, and desktop front-end development.

It seems bizarre to me that a language is so special-purpose for front-end. Even Ruby has some fringe use cases beyond Rails.

Does Dart have any particular features that justify such a decision to bind Flutter to it? Or it has all been accidental?

Thanks

Comments

gethly•2h ago
Dart just never took off. It's as simple as that.
theanonymousone•2h ago
So why did Google make such a choice for their front-end framework?