Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by timsneath » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 2:15 AM UTC

Flutter Release Preview 2
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Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by hayksaakian » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:00 AM UTC

Are there any apps in the wild that I can install which use flutter? I'm curious to know how it feels from a user perspective.

Stats and benchmarks are neat but I'd really want to try it firsthand to know that it's "Fast".

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by rochacon » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:05 AM UTC

hayksaakian wrote: post #2

Are there any apps in the wild that I can install which use flutter? I'm curious to know how it feels from a user perspective. Stats and benchmarks are neat but I'd really want to try it firsthand to know that it's "Fast".

You may find some here: https://flutter.io/showcase/

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by joobus » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:05 AM UTC

How confident can anyone be basing a core product on flutter given Google's history of abandonment?

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by tananaev » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:10 AM UTC

Are those SO popularity comparison numbers real? If they are, I feel they were somehow artificially inflated. I have nothing against Flutter, but I don't think at this point it's as widely used as Xamarin and React Native. For Angular numbers should be even higher.

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by awestroke » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:12 AM UTC

joobus wrote: post #4

How confident can anyone be basing a core product on flutter given Google's history of abandonment?

Rest assured this project too will be abandoned eventually.

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by megaman821 » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:13 AM UTC

joobus wrote: post #4

How confident can anyone be basing a core product on flutter given Google's history of abandonment?

I am especially nervous about Flutter since they don't even have to abandon it. If they don't keep pace with new OS releases, there is no great way to recoup your investment in Flutter. You are just stuck without an outdated looking app or forced to do a full rewrite in the native frameworks.

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by pier25 » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:14 AM UTC

joobus wrote: post #4

How confident can anyone be basing a core product on flutter given Google's history of abandonment?

Google has abandoned products, but has it abandoned technologies?

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by pier25 » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:17 AM UTC

tananaev wrote: post #5

Are those SO popularity comparison numbers real? If they are, I feel they were somehow artificially inflated. I have nothing against Flutter, but I don't think at this point it's as widely used as Xamarin and React Native. For Angular numbers should be even higher.

No idea. Where did they get those?

Flutter doesn't appear in SO Trends https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends

Re: Flutter Release Preview 2

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Post by threeseed » Thu, Sep 20, 2018, 3:18 AM UTC

I spent quite a few months comparing this with React Native.

Flutter has done cross-platform right. And it's somewhat sad and counter-intuitive but pretending to be native is a lot better than actually being native. iOS and Android are just too dissimilar in areas to provide a common layer on top of. In particular routing which is a mess with React Native.

Flutter also has the best development experience period. Nothing comes close. Compilation is fast. The reload cycle is instant. The tooling is excellent. It is really polished.

I just wish it had not come from Google because you always get that niggling feeling like it's going to abandoned. Which would be a real shame.