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How many times has Google done this? And then gotten bored of their own work?

JavaScript, with all its many many warts, is widely supported, incredibly popular, and not going anywhere.

I'm not about to waste my limited weekend time learning Flutter 2, knowing it's going to be in the trash bin by 2023. I'd rather suffer through some more JS warts and get better at avoiding them.

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> How many times has Google done this? And then gotten bored of their own work?

Google's history on this sort of thing isn't good but this will be much more stable than their other offerings. Dart is the primary language of the ads (i.e. money making) side of Google and Flutter is their best shot at making the language relevant elsewhere. I'm still not in a hurry to learn it but I'd be very surprised if it's in the trash bin within 5 years.

> How many times has Google done this? And then gotten bored of their own work?

They're still updating GWT, so I'm not sure what you me by that.

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