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Dart VM != Dart server in this case.

The focus of Dart 2 and beyond is the client side [0].

You can definitely run Dart in the VM, but beyond the HttpServer API, server-side support is mostly a community effort.

My point isn't that this is a bad thing, it's that it makes sense for Firebase to be promoted because Dart doesn't have _official_ server-side support.

[0]: https://medium.com/dartlang/announcing-dart-2-80ba01f43b6

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Our focusing on the client doesn't mean you can't use Dart on the server. In fact, we (the Flutter team) use it on the server.

Analogy: JavaScript is focused on the client too, but people also use it on the server.

I just think saying that it doesn't have "server-side support" is misleading. It makes it sound as though you'd need third-party code to run on the server at all.

I do agree they have pivoted to a more client-sided branding though.

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