[pier25]

After using Go and Dart on a number of projects and using very few dependencies (compared to JavaScript projects) I'd say a good starting point is having a great standard library.

For example, it's a bit ridiculous that in 2019 we cannot decode a JWT using a simple browser API, still need Moment for time and date operations, there is no observable type (a 4 year old proposal is still in draft stage), and still no native data-binding.

The TC39 is moving too slowly and that's one of the reasons why NPM is so popular.

[ummonk]

I mean, even all of those examples you listed aren't as crazy as the fact that you need a library to parse the cookie string and deal with individual cookies...

[acutesoftware]

> I'd say a good starting point is having a great standard library.

True, and at this stage, I am also playing with Javascript dates and timezones and I would be happy with a mediocre standard library.