A high-level overview of the characteristics of Google's new web scripting language, from the perspective of a student who learned to use the language in under 12 hours. Does Dart have a chance to become a viable and heavily adopted alternative to JavaScript? The history, philosophy and intended purpose of the language will be discussed, and comparisons will be made to other languages and frameworks.

About the speaker:

Devin Quirozoliver is a senior undergraduate student in the Computer Science program at Portland State University. His interests include languages, user interface and wearable computing.