alt Hacker NewsFunny you say that since Dart is the primary reason most people I know don't want to use Flutter.
There's been a trend of improved DX for languages used in app development:
ObjC -> Swift
Java -> Kotlin
Javascript -> Typescript
...Dart feels like the before with no after, even though it got traction in the era of the Afters.
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isn't this just because Dart is way newer than those? it's from the 2010s. it's really modern in comparison (same generation as Kotlin swift and typescript)
Dart is hands down the best modern language out there for app development right now what are you even talking about? I understand that maybe a lot of people haven’t used it or maybe haven’t used it in years and that probably drives a lot of the FUD but for those who use it, it has stupidly high ratings from developers who use it and has for years.
Have you even used modern Dart?
Darts pretty good. It has a lot of modern features, nullable types, pattern matching, sum types, and factory constructors; some really good build tooling. It can compile fully AoT.