Google’s Dart programming language returns to the spotlight

Once upon a time, #Google ’s #Dart programming language seemed ready to take on JavaScript as the default language of the web. Google was even going to give it equal billing with #JavaScript in its Chrome browser. But by the time Dart was ready for prime time, JavaScript — and the massive ecosystem around it — was already miles ahead. About a year and a half ago, Google gave up on the idea of Dart as a direct JavaScript competitor and instead repositioned it as a compile-to-JavaScript language along the lines of #TypeScript or #CoffeeScript.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/26/googles-dart-programming-language-returns-to-the-spotlight/