Chapter 1
What Is Flutter?
IN THIS CHAPTER
What makes Flutter great
Alternatives to Flutter
Some boring terminology :-(
Several years ago, I won a smartphone in a raffle at an app developer conference. What a joy it was to win something! The experience made me feel that the entire cosmos favored me. Every time I used that phone, I felt like a big shot.
Eventually, the phone’s battery became so weak that I had to charge it every hour. I didn’t realize that the phone was still under warranty, so I tried to replace the phone’s battery myself. I bought a new battery from an online vendor. The instructions told me how to take the case apart, unhook the circuit connections, and remove the old battery from its cradle.
Everything went nicely until the part about removing the old battery. The instructions said to pull on a little tab, but I couldn’t find a tab. So, I tried for several minutes to get a grip on the battery.
The battery wasn’t budging, so I found a little screwdriver and tried to pry the battery from its tight surroundings. That’s when I heard a pop, smelled smoke, and realized that the phone’s battery had caught fire.
Fast-forward to the next afternoon. I was wandering past ...
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