Flutter: what is it? App, website, and software development

Flutter native development is a breath of fresh air. For example, the hassle of importing your app into the device on which it will be installed is minimal and instant. In this sense, Flutter is probably the best cross-platform mobile development solution.

Thanks to Flutter Native, we can run our Android and iOS applications without modifying or worrying about their code base because they are essentially the same platform; all it takes is an executable file ready to be installed on both platforms and a few lines of code. 

Flutter native developers do not need to follow any new best practices or use fancy frameworks (we are talking about native apps here after all), such as package managers or build systems, and so on.

What is flutter?

Flutter is an open-source framework by Google for building beautiful, natively compiled, multi-platform applications from a single codebase. It is a tool that allows you to build native cross-platform (Android, IOS, Desktop, Web) applications using one programming language and codebase.

What is native cross-platform?

            i. A cross-platform computer product or system is a product or system that works across multiple types of platforms or operating systems or environments.

            ii. cross-platform is also known as multiplatform or platform independent.

            iii. Example: flutter, react native.

What is native development?

An application or software developed exclusively for a single platform using a native operating system language is a native development. Examples: android development, web development, 

What is hybrid development?

A blend solution that consists of both native and web solutions.

Developers embed the code written in web development language (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) into a native application using plugins like apache Cordova or Ionic’s capacitor. Example visual studio code

Benefits of flutter

1. Increased time to market speed 

2. Reduce code development time

       3. The potential ability to go beyond mobile

4. Same UI and business logic in all platforms

5. Custom, animated UI of any complexity available

6. Similar to native app performance

7. Own rendering engine

8. Simple platform-specific logic implementation

9. Hot reloading & hot restarting

How is flutter different from other platforms?

I. flutter uses the dart programming language for its logic implementation.

II. Flutter is version-independent. The software looks the same and performs well independently of what version you are using.

III. Flutter gives native UI / UX experience. This means the software looks like android style on android devices and looks like IOS style on IOS devices.

IV. Software developed in flutter has less size than any other platform. This is the most crucial factor while developing software. 

Conclusion

Highly scalable apps are the future, whether we are talking about single-player or multiplayer titles. If you have ever done any coding in the past, you will be able to create fully flutter native cross-platform apps.

However, this new environment will present a pretty steep learning curve if you come from a web development background.

Some useful links for you as a developer:

🔗 Frontend developer roadmap

🔗 Python developer roadmap

🔗 Backend developer roadmap

🔗 Helpful projects links for internships and jobs

🔗 9 skills you must learn in college

🔗 All about BCA