As for why Dart isn’t popular like Go or NodeJS, the answer with NodeJS is simple – everyone in the Web space already knew JavaScript, so learning the particular libraries required to build server programs with Node was a far simpler task than learning a new language .
Read moreWho uses Dart?
Google engineers use Dart to create many apps, including some that are essential to Google’s business. For example, if you use the Google Ads web or mobile app, you’re using a Dart app that supports much of Google’s revenue.
Read moreIs Dart getting popular?
In the Stack Overflow ranking of the most popular technologies in 2021, Dart is in 7th place behind Julia . This is not so surprising. The Dart-based UI toolkit Flutter for platform-agnostic development of user interfaces had a notable contributor increase in 2021.
Read moreIs Dart a failure?
I wouldn’t say Dart is a failure at all . That being said, the Dart project has long abandoned the goal of replacing JavaScript in the browser, and instead provides a VM, Flutter, and a to-JS compiler. Many people do not know this, and have written the language off entirely.
Read moreIs Dart any good?
Dart is a productive, familiar, and general purpose programming language . Dart happens to compile to JavaScript so you can use it to write web apps. But you can also use Dart to build server apps (Dart’s VM runs on the command line just like java, ruby, python, etc). Dart makes developers quite productive.
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