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Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by abelsm »

swyx wrote: post #53
asgreaves wrote: post #26

FlutterFlow cofounder here! We thought the HN crowd would want to see the generated code for FlutterMet, so here it is: https://github.com/FlutterFlow/FlutterMetSample/tree/flutter... We try to generate clean Flutter code that follows best practices – we have a long way to go, but we couldn't be more excited. Edit: Also, here's the video of us building it (in just under an hour): https://youtu.be/TXsjnd_4SBo

congrats on launch! just wondering since you're here - what is the roadmap now that you're launched and what key hires are you looking to make? am always interested in how companies transition from a deep build phase into a build-and-market-what-you've-already-built phase.

thanks! we have some exciting features coming up. - deploy to app stores from FlutterFlow, via Codemagic - search functionality, via Algolia - several widgets (map/chat/pop-ups/bottom sheet)

in terms of our team, we're looking to bring on a community manager and a content strategist.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by babaganoosh89 »

offtop5 wrote: post #12

I was very interested up until I saw the pricing. $70 a month is way too much. A big issue here is just how easy flutter is, I'd rather invest 20 hours once to build it using Dart, then to pay $800 a year.

$70/month is definitely too cheap if it delivers what it promises. Unity3D is similar in concept but for games and charges $0/yr/seat, $400/yr/seat or $1800/yr/seat depending on how much your company makes.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by abelsm »

rubyn00bie wrote: post #60
asgreaves wrote: post #26

FlutterFlow cofounder here! We thought the HN crowd would want to see the generated code for FlutterMet, so here it is: https://github.com/FlutterFlow/FlutterMetSample/tree/flutter... We try to generate clean Flutter code that follows best practices – we have a long way to go, but we couldn't be more excited. Edit: Also, here's the video of us building it (in just under an hour): https://youtu.be/TXsjnd_4SBo

Howdy! Are you planning on Desktop support for the UI builder? I was about to hand you all my money but it doesn't like it exists yet... or at least allow me to set custom dimensions on the editor/preview. Also, does it support rendering/previewing custom widgets? FWIW-- I've done a fair amount iOS development and loved IB (despite all the crashes and issues) for the easy visual editing; so, I'm primarily looking at…

Yes, we plan on supporting desktop. Right now you can actually customize the canvas size. Just click on the canvas size to modify it: https://twitter.com/flutterflow/status/1389695362714071043

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by asgreaves »

Artistry121 wrote: post #59
asgreaves wrote: post #26

FlutterFlow cofounder here! We thought the HN crowd would want to see the generated code for FlutterMet, so here it is: https://github.com/FlutterFlow/FlutterMetSample/tree/flutter... We try to generate clean Flutter code that follows best practices – we have a long way to go, but we couldn't be more excited. Edit: Also, here's the video of us building it (in just under an hour): https://youtu.be/TXsjnd_4SBo

Hello! Congratulations. How would I hire someone who knows how to use this and could guide me? I think I’d like to hire someone to build in this.

Thanks! We're in the process of building our FlutterFlow community, which will make it easy to find and hire experts.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by markdog12 »

tpmx wrote: post #47

I wish you success. I really like Dart and the concept of Flutter. However: I'm still waiting for a 100% Flutter-based iOS app published in the app store that I can try to make sure that it does not have any apparent jank. Yes, I know that Flutter 2.2 which launched a few days ago included tools designed to fight some of the sources of jank (e.g. bundling precompiled shaders) but after such a long time of promises fr…

Looks like the fix didn't make it in 2.2 :(

https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/32170#issuecomment...

Comment here links to before and after videos: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/79298#issuecomment...

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by _f9cu »

asgreaves wrote: post #26

FlutterFlow cofounder here! We thought the HN crowd would want to see the generated code for FlutterMet, so here it is: https://github.com/FlutterFlow/FlutterMetSample/tree/flutter... We try to generate clean Flutter code that follows best practices – we have a long way to go, but we couldn't be more excited. Edit: Also, here's the video of us building it (in just under an hour): https://youtu.be/TXsjnd_4SBo

Hey, can I use the UI design of flutterflow for a tool I'm building.

The tool is called ui-editor and it generates code in reactjs. I'm trying to address few problems in web as an experiment here is the link to the tool https://github.com/imvetri/ui-editor

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by kumarvvr »

I am conflicted about Flutter. Is it worth learning, over, say Angular (for web) or Xamarin (for mobile and cross platform stuff)?

Flutter for web was just released after a long time in beta stage. It looks like a good language and framework, but I don't see many options for customization. And frankly, the UI composition syntax is tasteless, in my view (Compared to React, which is awesome, or Angular, which is verbose and complex but still understandable)

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by OliverGilan »

In theory, I love the idea of web builders such as this. I think creating simple CRUD apps is still surprisingly difficult but this tool seems to strike the right balance between complexity and simplicity. At least from the marketing it appears that way. I look forward to playing around with this and I hope for continued integration with as many tools as possible.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by zestyping »

asgreaves wrote: post #26

FlutterFlow cofounder here! We thought the HN crowd would want to see the generated code for FlutterMet, so here it is: https://github.com/FlutterFlow/FlutterMetSample/tree/flutter... We try to generate clean Flutter code that follows best practices – we have a long way to go, but we couldn't be more excited. Edit: Also, here's the video of us building it (in just under an hour): https://youtu.be/TXsjnd_4SBo

Is there a way to see FlutterMet running with Flutter-for-web in a web browser?

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by floatingleaf »

abelsm wrote: post #15
offtop5 wrote: post #12

I was very interested up until I saw the pricing. $70 a month is way too much. A big issue here is just how easy flutter is, I'd rather invest 20 hours once to build it using Dart, then to pay $800 a year.

FlutterFlow cofounder here. Thanks for your input on our pricing. It's more than knowing how to code, we've been building with Flutter for a while now, but there's still no way we could have coded FlutterMet in under an hour. It would take us 10 hrs+ to manually do that. But it took https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXsjnd_4SBo Also, we allow you to push the generated code to your Github repository, so you don't have t…

May be per project pricing? Amount variable based on no of main widgets / pages used?
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