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==== JavaScript ====

: To run in mainstream [[web browser]]s, Dart relies on a [[source-to-source compiler]] to [[JavaScript]]. This makes Dart apps compatible with all major browsers. Dart optimizes the compiled JavaScript output to avoid expensive checks and operations. This results in JavaScript code that can run faster than equivalent code handwritten in pureplain JavaScript.<ref name="dartlang.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.dartlang.org/slides/2012/10/jsconfeu/javascript-as-compilation-target-florian-loitsch.pdf |title=JavaScript as a compilation target: Making it fast |publisher=Dartlang.org |access-date=2013-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702204820/http://www.dartlang.org/slides/2012/10/jsconfeu/javascript-as-compilation-target-florian-loitsch.pdf |archive-date=2016-07-02}}</ref>

: The first Dart-to-JavaScript compiler was <code>dartc</code>. It was deprecated in Dart 2.0.

:The second Dart-to-JavaScript compiler was frog.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Towards a single Dart to JavaScript compiler |date=10 September 2019 |url=https://news.dartlang.org/2012/02/towards-single-dart-to-javascript.html |access-date=2023-05-13 |language=en}}</ref> Written in Dart, it was introduced in 2013 and deprecated in 2020. This should not be confused with Dart Frog,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dart Frog |url=https://dartfrog.vgv.dev/ |access-date=2023-05-13 |website=dartfrog.vgv.dev |language=en}}</ref> an open-source Dart framework for building backend systems from [[Very Good Ventures]].