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. > > >
