I hope Google developers who were working on the Dart VM will now be able to mov...

Zikes · on March 25, 2015

The VM development will continue for use on servers, embedded, and mobile, they just have no plans to integrate it into Chromium.

cpeterso · on March 25, 2015

The Dart blog post was unclear about the future of the Dart VM. I don't see why Google will continue to maintain the VM. Does Google use the Dart VM on servers or mobile? Dart would be nice a nice replacement for Java on Android.

mraleph · on March 25, 2015

Dart VM is an essential part of the Dart ecosystem.

Dart tools: pub's (package manager) client, analyzer, dart2js compiler, etc are all written in Dart.

We have a good story for server side developement and we are not looking to abandon it but rather we are looking to expand it, e.g. we just released a package to facilitate creation of REST APIs[1]. Pub's server side is being rewritten into Dart as we speak[2]

Among cool internal users of Dart VM I could mention Google Fiber - they'll share their experience during the upcoming Dart Summit[3].

[1] http://news.dartlang.org/2015/03/create-your-own-rest-api-wi...

[2] https://github.com/dart-lang/pub-dartlang-dart

[3] https://www.dartlang.org/events/2015/summit/sessions/google-...

tosh · on March 25, 2015

Now that the Dart VM story is less controversial I hope more people will take a fresh look at the VM (in non-browser settings) and appreciate its merits.

cpeterso · on March 25, 2015

Thanks for the links. Dart had an uphill battle on the web, but doesn't need to worry about those problems or legacy on the server side.

syntern · on March 25, 2015

You may want to follow the upcoming developer summit, it will have nice treats of the plans regarding the ecosystem: https://www.dartlang.org/events/2015/summit/

Zikes · on March 25, 2015

https://apis.google.com/u/0/wm/1/+dartlang/posts/5mvWSHGVRxo

mraleph · on March 25, 2015

Dart VM is not going anywhere.

bydo · on March 25, 2015

Hence the disappointment.

kaendfinger · on March 25, 2015

The Dart VM is REALLY good on server side. Why would it be a disappointment for it to NOT go?

myko · on March 26, 2015

It was tongue in cheek. The disappoint is that it isn't making its way into actual browsers.

A sentiment I share. Though I'd prefer a language agnostic VM that languages could just target, similar to how the JVM ecosystem is today.