Chapter 1. Meet Flutter
This chapter covers
- What is Flutter?
- What is Dart?
- Why does Flutter use Dart?
- When is Flutter the right tool (or the wrong tool)?
- A brief intro to how Flutter works
Flutter is a mobile SDK, built and open sourced by Google; and at its core, it’s about empowering everyone to build beautiful mobile apps. Whether you come from the world of web development or native mobile development, Flutter makes it easier than ever to create mobile apps in a familiar, simplified way. Flutter is special in that it makes it truly possible to “write once, and deploy everywhere.” As of this writing, Flutter apps will deploy to Android, iOS, and ChromeOS. In the near future, Flutter apps will also run as web apps and desktop apps on all ...
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