Flutter Introduction
Flutter is an open source UI software development toolkit created by Google and now managed by ECMA standard
The first version of flutter was released in May 2017 but the stable version of this framework was released on 4th December 2018.
Flutter allows you to create wonderful natively compiled applications that run on mobile, web, desktop and still in progress for other platforms.
Flutter provides you the facility to run your applications on different platforms like android, iOS, web by using single code base.
Flutter works on a programming language called Dart. Dart is also created by Google. Dart focuses on the front-end development. The syntax of Dart looks similar to JavaScript.
Flutter has two important components
- SDK
- Framework
SDK : It stands for Software Development Kit which contains all the libraries,tools,documentation to build a native app.
Framework : It is a collection of reusable UI elements like button, textbox, appbar and many more that developers can customize based on their needs.
Features:
Simple to run and use
Compared to other frameworks flutter is easy to work with. Even the installation process is simple. Goggle has even bundled Dart with Flutter installation package so everything installed at once.
Quick compilation
Flutter provides the feature called Hot-reload which means developers can see their applied changes in real-time. It only takes a matter of seconds after you save and update the application itself.
Easy documentation
Flutter has rich documentation.You can learn anything about flutter using that document. They provide easy guidance about flutter.
Growing community
Flutter has a robust community. Where every developer across the globe shares their ideas, solutions based on the problems that are useful and time-saving approach for other users.
Great UI
Flutter has a large collection of UI that is useful for creating beautiful native apps. Flutter has a high-performance graphics engine used by Adobe,Chrome,Amazon Kindle. It also provides custom design to develop applications.
Low cost app-development
Flutter provides more efficient and easy work development and also requires less man-hours. Cost of application is lower in flutter.
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