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0 pointsrockdoe11y ago0 comments

He presents the post as if he was learning something new, when he's really a seasoned Dart expert which has access to resources most of us don't have. Then there's the background that he could cherry pick his project to make the outcome look good, and doing so is in fact his job.

A misleading presentation potentially leading people to false conclusions is worth calling out.

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sethladd11y ago

I picked the Music DNA app not because it makes Dart look good, but because I never really used Web Audio API before and the app looked good. If I really wanted to cherry pick, I wouldn't have picked an app that uses a third-party JS lib. The JS interop in Dart is sufficient, and it works, but obviously is not as seamless as it is in JavaScript. JS interop in JS is better than it is in Dart, and I didn't hide that.

I welcome anyone to pick a random JavaScript app, port it to Dart, and write up their experience. I'm sure the community would love to learn more about that experience, especially me.

I don't have access to anything you don't. Dart is open source. Heck, in my job, I don't even write Dart code every day. :)

I even reported issues about the original Music DNA app (bugs, code quality) to the original author. I helped make the original Music DNA app better.

Can you help me identify the false conclusions?

jamra11y ago

He's not saying that you have false conclusions. He's saying that you have false pretenses. It appears as though you are new to the language, porting over some javascript code.

The truth is, you are not new to Dart at all. I believe he feels duped by you.

My personal problems with your post is that you go far too deep into the guts of how Dart works. 90% of your blog post is the internals of Dart as if you are writing the first few chapters of a Dart book. I would personally prefer it if you focused more on the specifics of the library you were porting over. That's what feels illegitimate to me when I read this article.

sethladd11y ago

Thank you for calm and reasoned explanation. It's easy to address. Aaaaand, done, I added a little note at the top.

re: your personal feedback, thanks very much. The Music DNA app is pretty simple, there's not a lot of specific business logic there. It is a good example of Web Audio API, async, code organization, drag and drop. Are you saying you'd like a more detailed explanation of those APIs? I guess I assumed that web developers would read the post.

Open to ideas.

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sethladd11y ago

I welcome anyone to pick a random JavaScript app, port it to Dart, and write up their experience. I'm sure the community would love to learn more about that experience, especially me.

I don't have access to anything you don't. Dart is open source. Heck, in my job, I don't even write Dart code every day. :)

I even reported issues about the original Music DNA app (bugs, code quality) to the original author. I helped make the original Music DNA app better.

Can you help me identify the false conclusions?

jamra11y ago

He's not saying that you have false conclusions. He's saying that you have false pretenses. It appears as though you are new to the language, porting over some javascript code.

The truth is, you are not new to Dart at all. I believe he feels duped by you.

sethladd11y ago

Thank you for calm and reasoned explanation. It's easy to address. Aaaaand, done, I added a little note at the top.

Open to ideas.

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