WHY FLUTTER?

Starting with some introduction about Flutter, and we will cover my personal experience with Flutter, and then continue with some Pros & Cons, then we will end by discussing its comparisons with other Hybrid App Development Platforms.

WHAT’S FLUTTER?

Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.

MY EXPERIENCE WITH FLUTTER

I’ve started using Flutter in March 2020. Before that, I used to develop in Android studio which has a drag and drop structure, which was pretty easy. But ever since I started using Flutter, my mindset about Coding has completely changed. I used to think that how irritating it is to just sit and write such a long code but now I think ‘Coding is fun’ in Flutter. It’s such a Wonderful Experience for me that nowadays I get a kick out of developing in Flutter.

WHY FLUTTER USES DART LANGUAGE?

Google has been using Dart language for years. And Flutter is an open-source software development kit created by Google. So, with the release of Flutter, Google has decided to introduce this language to the World.

WHY YOU SHOULD PREFER FLUTTER? (PROS & CONS)

PROS:

1. Cross-Platform
2. Faster Coding & Development
3. Front-end & Back-end with a single code
4. Eye-Catching User Interface
5. Easy Integration with Firebase
6. Hot Reload
7. Animations are easily available

CONS:

1. Mac for iOS Development: To develop Flutter apps for iOS, you need a Mac with Xcode 7.2 or newer. You can workaround by using an external service (like Travis-ci or other) to build your code for iOS.
2. Flutter apps have Above Average size: I’ve seen that the app size of a Debug Build is large. It may be because of the Hot Reload and Source Level Debugging.

FLUTTER FOR FUTURE

Nowadays, Companies have started investing in Cross-Platform App Development in order to build apps with less expense but with the same efficiency.

Before the Cross-Platform Frameworks came into the market, Companies required two separate teams with two totally different skill-sets to Develop Mobile Applications, Swift/Objective-C for iOS and Kotlin/Java for Android which results in higher cost and there were chances that both the apps that were developed by two different teams for two different platforms may not look or feel Exactly the Same.

FLUTTER VS OTHER CROSS-PLATFORM FRAMEWORKS

As per Google Developer Blog, the popularity of Flutter is rising every year at a very high rate, as you can see in the Statistics provided below.

Check out the comparison between Flutter, React Native, and Xamarin here: https://towardsdatascience.com/flutter-vs-react-native-vs-xamarin-which-is-the-best-choice-for-2019-2bc30fc76442