Dart is an open-source, general-purpose language that is class-based and object-oriented, featuring a C-style syntax that can optionally be transcompiled into JavaScript. This language is utilized for creating applications across mobile, desktop, and web platforms. Dart encompasses a variety of programming concepts, including interfaces, classes, collections, generics, mixins, and optional typing. Developed by Google, it received standardization approval from the ECMA group. The initial release of Dart occurred in November 2013.
Dart is capable of developing single-page applications, specifically for websites and web applications. These applications allow users to switch between different views of the site without the need to reload a new webpage in the browser. A well-known example is Gmail. When you select a message in your inbox, the browser remains on the same page; however, JavaScript is utilized to conceal the inbox and display the message content on the screen.
Advantage of Dart
- It is easy to learn for developers who have knowledge of C# , Java , and JavaScript .
- Dart compiles into JavaScript, which helps to run Dart application across the modern web easily.
- It has strong tooling support.
- It supports operator overloading.
- It is an object-oriented programming language which supports inheritance, interfaces, and optional typing features.
TypeScript
TypeScript is a pure object-oriented programming language that is open-source. It serves as a strongly typed superset of JavaScript, which translates to standard JavaScript code. Developed and supported by Microsoft, it is licensed under the Apache 2 license. TypeScript cannot be executed directly in a browser; it requires a compiler to convert and produce a JavaScript file. The source files for TypeScript utilize the ".ts" file extension.
Typescript can be utilized for web applications on both the server side and client side. Additionally, it is employed in the creation of extensive web applications. It enhances support for various features found in ECMAScript, which is overseen by the TC39 committee within the ECMA organization.
TypeScript was created by Anders Hejlsberg. The initial version was made available to the public in October 2012. Following two years of internal development at Microsoft, TypeScript 0.9 was launched in 2013. The latest version, TypeScript 3.4.5, was released on April 24, 2019.
Advantages of TypeScript
- It is used for both server-side and client-side language.
- It is an open-source and object-oriented programming language.
- It is best for large scale projects.
- It provides support for ECMA Script 6 feature.
- It is a superset of JavaScript.
TypeScript vs. Dart
The primary distinctions between TypeScript and Dart can be observed in the following table.
| TypeScript | Dart | |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | TypeScript is an open-source pure object-oriented programing language. It is a strongly typed superset of JavaScript which compiles to plain JavaScript. | Dart is an open-source, general-purpose, class-based, object-oriented language with C-style syntax which can optionally transcompile into JavaScript. |
| Owned by | Microsoft | |
| Created by | Anders Hejlsberg | Lars Bak and Kasper Lund |
| First release | The first release of TypeScript is in October 2012. | The first release of Dart is in November 2013. |
| License | Apache 2.0. | Barkley Software Distribution (BSD). |
| Current version | The current version of TypeScript is 3.5.3 in July 2019. | The current version of Dart is 2.4 in June 2019. |
| Design | It is a typed superset of JavaSript. | It is a full scripting language, not a superset of JavaSript. |
| Operator overloading | It does not support operator overloading. | It supports operator overloading. |
| Libraries | There is a moderate number of libraries available. | There is a higher number of libraries available as compare to TypeScript. |
| Tooling Support | TypeScript supports the following tools:VS CodeWebstormNetbeansAtomSublimeEclipseVimEmacs | Dart supports the following tools:S CodeIntelliJAndroid StudioAtomVimEmacs |
| Build tools | It has its own build tool. | It supports all major JavaScript build tools (Browserify, Gulp, Grunt, Webpack, etc.) |
- VS Code
- Webstorm
- Netbeans
- Atom
- Sublime
- Eclipse
- Emacs
- S Code
- IntelliJ
- Android Studio
- Atom
- Emacs