What Are the Benefits of Google’s Framework? – Flutter

What is Flutter?

Flutter is a cross-platform development toolkit created by Google used to create applications on Android and iOS devices. The code for Flutter is written in Dart, which was originally created by Google as a replacement for JavaScript. Google announced this new cross platform-framework in February 2018 and it has since grown in popularity.

What Are the Features & Benefits of Flutter?

Updates Code in Real Time: Using Flutter, developers can see all the changes their code makes to the app instantly. This enables developers to quickly fix bugs and add new features.

Cross-Platform Development: Android and iOS are the two most popular app platforms for consumers. When developing an app for the marketplace, it is common to develop separate versions for each platform. Flutter is a cross-platform framework. This means that developers can write and build code once and apply that same codebase for two different applications – IOS and Android.

Widgets: Widgets are prewritten-code plugins you can insert easily into an application. Widgets are important when developing an app’s user-interface. Widgets must be fast, customizable, and easy to use. Flutter has an extensive library of widgets which allows users to easily create complex custom widgets.

Less Code: Flutter is written upon the language Dart. Dart is an object-oriented programming code made by Google. Developers can bring an application to market quickly due to the fact that they typically can write less code when using Dart.

What Applications Have Fully Integrated Flutter into Their Development Process?

AdWords App: Google used Flutter to develop their app which assists advertisers by helping them keep track of their ad buys.

Alibaba: Flutter was used to develop China’s largest e-commerce company, Alibaba. Basically, Alibaba is China’s Amazon.

The Hamilton Official App: Flutter was used to develop the official app for the Broadway Musical, Hamilton. This app features daily lotteries, trivia games, a merchandise store, as well as exclusive news and videos.

More and more developers and app owners are using Flutter to streamline the development of their apps. The framework aims to meet all the main tasks in the software development process.

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