The technology preview version of Google’s Chrome browser has at least one thing good going for it – it enables programmers to give Dart a go, which is Google’s part in improving on JavaScript’s shortcomings which has proved to be a longtime irritant in rival browsers. According to Google programmers Anton Muhin, Vijay Menon, and Pavel Podivilov, “This release of Chromium with Dart VM integration is a technology preview, and should not be used for day-to-day browsing. After more testing and developer feedback, we plan to eventually include the Dart VM in Chrome.” Hopefully they are able to achieve the objective set before them.
Originally, Google worked on Dart as part of the continuous improvement of Web programming, attempting to introduce better performance as well as a language that it thinks is more suitable for large-scale Web applications. Dart did not manage to make too many new friends though, and rivals such as Microsoft would have preferred to see improvements introduced in JavaScript while avoiding the possibility of dealing with yet another language where Web programming is concerned. Google decided to think out of the box by developing Dart in-house prior to letting it run past fellow members of Web standards. What do you think?