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Re:Flutter – Cross-platform mobile framework from Google by volaski on Friday November 06, 2015 @11:40AM (#10520350)
"There are still many developers who would not touch javascript with a ten foot pole but I can see them using a saner language like Dart." haha sir you need some reality check.
Re:Flutter – Cross-platform mobile framework from Google by hundchenkatze on Friday November 06, 2015 @01:03PM (#10520850)
Anecdotal, but I'm a mobile developer who also dabbles with some web apps and I hate Javascript.
Re:Flutter – Cross-platform mobile framework from Google by zghst on Friday November 06, 2015 @10:17PM (#10523516)
I used to hate JavaScript. It is a very imperfect language, but many of its pitfalls come from widespread mediocre practices and craftsmanship, rather than the language's quirks.
Re:Flutter – Cross-platform mobile framework from Google by volaski on Friday November 06, 2015 @02:07PM (#10521301)
But do you program in Dart? My point is, when given a choice I can't see a reason why someone who would invest their precious time to learn some relatively obscure language like Dart would NOT learn javascript. Also hating something and not using it are two different things. You say you hate javascript but you probably do use javascript.