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Disclosure: I'm one of those Google employees. I think it's a bit of a stretch to say it's non-existent outside of Google; curious to know what made you feel s
by timsneath 8y ago
Disclosure: I'm one of those Google employees.
I think it's a bit of a stretch to say it's non-existent outside of Google; curious to know what made you feel so negatively about it.
Flutter is one of the top 30 most starred repos on Github (top 20 if you exclude non-software content); given that it wasn't even in the top 100 six months ago, I think most would agree it's growing pretty quickly. And even though it's only been out of beta for three weeks, it's used by large companies from Alibaba to Square to Capital One. Examples like this [1] show that it's fully capable of delivering game-quality experiences even on older devices, since it compiles directly to ARM code and uses the Skia graphics engine.
[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.two_dimensions.showcaseapp&hl=en_US https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.two_dimens...
- saagarjha 8y ago> it's fully capable of delivering game-quality experiences I find it interesting you mention this, rather than something like “well designed”. Seems appropriate for a framework that draws UI itself, much like a game would.
- damian2000 8y agoI went to a Google Flutter meetup a few weeks ago and was impressed by it ... key advantage in my view is that its skinnable and builds its UI from scratch - a lot of apps will be ok with that and in fact its a bonus if they look exactly the same on both major platforms.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago> Flutter is one of the top 30 most starred repos on Github (top 20 if you exclude non-software content); given that it wasn't even in the top 100 six months ago, I think most would agree it's growing pretty quickly. Are Github stars a valid metric for use? Personally, I have ~280 repos starred, and all of those stars are bookmarks. "Cute, I might use it one day".