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On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:11:55 AM UTC-7, mikech wrote: > > Isn't that the goal of Node.js? I agree Dart is an interesting language, > I'm currently following it. It does seem with efforts like Node.js and > Meteor that JS is advancing on both the server and client. > > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:35:34 AM UTC-7, villas wrote: >> >> Naturally JS is extremely popular -- as far as client-side programming >> does, it's more or less the only show in town. But what about >> server-side? At the moment we have to use things like python, which is >> great and IMO much better than JS. However, I don't think python will >> ever cross over to the client. Therefore we have to use at least two >> development languages/environments. >> >> What if someone came along and introduced something which could handle >> everything that JS already had, but then go on to satisfy all the >> requirements for writing solid apps that we can run on the server? I mean >> database bindings, possibility of better data typing and a good IDE >> environment which can run natively in a browser, but still support other >> popular browsers too. It would be brilliant for developers building >> desktop apps and running them everywhere via a well supported client >> browser. >> >> I believe that's what Google are trying to do. They start off with JS >> support and build that into all-encompassing environment suitable for all >> tasks. It an attractive goal and I hope that they can succeed because I >> just want to learn one language that does everything. >> >> >>
