How Google Uses Angular 2 with Dart

Google says it is using Angular 2 for Dart in new web apps, and that the Google Fiber team launched the first production Angular 2 app written in Dart. The post says other Google teams are also moving to Angular 2 for Dart, including Greentea and Google AdWords.

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• Google is building new web apps with Angular 2 for Dart.
• Google Fiber launched Google’s first production Angular 2 app written in Dart.
• Angular 2 for Dart is being adopted by other Google teams.
• Dart is described as an open-source development platform from Google for web and mobile development.
• The Dart language is described as concise, expressive, and familiar to developers from Java, C#, ActionScript, and JavaScript.
• The Dart platform includes an instant edit-debug cycle, core libraries, a package manager, a semantic analyzer, and IDE support through IntelliJ IDEA and WebStorm.
• Dart code compiled to JavaScript can run on modern browsers.
• Google says its work with the Angular team influenced Angular 2 features such as change detection and template compilation.
• These features made Angular 2 faster for both JS and Dart, with 3x faster startup and 2.5x faster rendering than Angular 1.
• Google says this speedup matters especially on the mobile web.
• The collaboration began with Google’s internal CRM application, Greentea.
• The Angular team built the initial version of Angular 1 for Dart as Greentea was built.
• The work improved Dart-to-JavaScript compilation, Dart-JavaScript interop, and IDE support.
• Google Fiber says it chose Angular 2 for Dart because its engineers were productive as projects scaled, and because of strong typing, object-oriented design, and IDE integration.
• Google says it is improving Angular 2 for Dart tooling, including Analyzer support for templates and smaller Dart2JS output.
• Google says “Hello, World” is down to 82KB gzipped.
• Angular 2 for Dart is available as a Developer Preview.