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Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

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

Of all the web based mobile app development services, FlutterFlow makes more sense as flutter has graduated to be a viable cross-platform development software and dart is well-suited for creating a visual programming tool.

I'm excited to see desktop applications built using FlutterFlow as desktop support for flutter is fast improving.

P.S. I've added FlutterFlow to my curated list of startup tools - https://startuptoolchain.com/ under Visual Programming. I wish you all the best.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by steveharman »

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

Where is FlutterFlow with supporting UI import from the design realm (Figma, Sketch etc) ?

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by cutler »

kumarvvr wrote: post #67

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 verbos…

Seconded. Flutter widget trees make JS callback hell look elegant.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by fauigerzigerk »

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…

I'm waiting for Flutter to stop draining the battery. On my Mac, a single TextField with a blinking cursor inside uses somewhere between 10% and 20% CPU. This is a complete show stopper for me.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by swyx »

abelsm wrote: post #61
swyx wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

oh man, deploy to app store would be magical. looking forward to that!

if you'd like to chat with me on content strategy, you have my email :)

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by xg15 »

> Check out an app, FlutterMet, that we built in under an hour!

That's great, but how quickly can you:

- get new developers up to speed in an existing product?

- add a new feature to an existing product?

- debug a non-trivial issue?

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by tluyben2 »

kumarvvr wrote: post #67

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 verbos…

> Xamarin (for mobile and cross platform stuff)?

As a long term (since the first dev releases of MonoTouch) dev who now uses Flutter, I would almost hysterically scream yes.

We still maintain a lot of Xamarin projects: it is always a bit of a self-peptalk to get started after coming out of Flutter.

Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by [deleted] »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #71
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

Of all the web based mobile app development services, FlutterFlow makes more sense as flutter has graduated to be a viable cross-platform development software and dart is well-suited for creating a visual programming tool. I'm excited to see desktop applications built using FlutterFlow as desktop support for flutter is fast improving. P.S. I've added FlutterFlow to my curated list of startup tools - https://startupto…

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Re: FlutterFlow: Low-code Flutter apps

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Post by fakedang »

treyhuffine wrote: post #58
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

Love the product, this is incredible! - Is it possible to set an API request header to include the Firebase ID token? - Are you able to embed a webview on a page? - Is there a pattern yet for in-app payments?

In the second one, you can use in_app_webview to do this.
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