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I would really advise against investing in flutter. It's "kitchen-sink" approach is resource-intensive to maintain. E.g., there's a language to maintain and a

by jmull 7y ago

I would really advise against investing in flutter. It's "kitchen-sink" approach is resource-intensive to maintain. E.g., there's a language to maintain and a full suite of controls (doubly hard since integration with OS UX conventions is a constantly moving target) in addition to everything else you need for a full cross-platform app development platform. Yet, where's the revenue stream to pay for it? I think it's a matter of time before Goggle pulls resources off it. It's open I believe, so it won't just stop, but it will quickly sink into disrepair without significant resources maintaining it.

Andrex 7y ago
Flutter is likely already paying for its own development through its use internally at Google to shorten development. The Stadia app was built using Flutter, for instance, and I would expect it to pick up steam internally at Google as time goes on. It's also the primary UI for their next generation OS, Fuschia, though that could be canned down the road as well.
- sebe 7y ago
  Yeah, the google material people like Flutter, last years flutter conf Keynote was given by VP of Design Matias Duarte https://youtu.be/NfNdXgJZfFo https://youtu.be/NfNdXgJZfFo
ReverseCold 7y ago
Flutter is seriously the easiest app development framework though (and still indistinguishable from native apps, even on old hardware, unlike React). I managed to train a bunch of high school students with minimal prior programming experience (AP Computer Science Principles, which doesn't really require you to learn how to program) to make a basically production ready frontend. Flutter support is also amazing, and is easily up to par with iOS and Android except when it comes to certain platform native features (like Apple Watch supports, iOS Widgets, etc.) They really have something here, and I think they know it. Hopefully they don't pull resources anytime soon.
- SAI_Peregrinus 7y ago
  It's Google. It has to be not just profitable, but take-over-the-world profitable to survive. It doesn't matter if it's laying golden eggs if it's not laying enough golden eggs. Goose for dinner!

by jmull 7y ago

Andrex 7y ago

Flutter is likely already paying for its own development through its use internally at Google to shorten development. The Stadia app was built using Flutter, for instance, and I would expect it to pick up steam internally at Google as time goes on. It's also the primary UI for their next generation OS, Fuschia, though that could be canned down the road as well.

sebe 7y ago
Yeah, the google material people like Flutter, last years flutter conf Keynote was given by VP of Design Matias Duarte https://youtu.be/NfNdXgJZfFo https://youtu.be/NfNdXgJZfFo

ReverseCold 7y ago

Flutter is seriously the easiest app development framework though (and still indistinguishable from native apps, even on old hardware, unlike React). I managed to train a bunch of high school students with minimal prior programming experience (AP Computer Science Principles, which doesn't really require you to learn how to program) to make a basically production ready frontend. Flutter support is also amazing, and is easily up to par with iOS and Android except when it comes to certain platform native features (like Apple Watch supports, iOS Widgets, etc.) They really have something here, and I think they know it. Hopefully they don't pull resources anytime soon.

SAI_Peregrinus 7y ago
It's Google. It has to be not just profitable, but take-over-the-world profitable to survive. It doesn't matter if it's laying golden eggs if it's not laying enough golden eggs. Goose for dinner!