Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018

Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by m_fayer on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @06:52AM (#15796358)

I'd be excited about Flutter if it wasn't using a language that I would only ever use to write Flutter apps and literally nothing else, ever.

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Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by MarkMc on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:04AM (#15796834)

Well Dart can be compiled to Javascript. In fact I think that was why it was created, then a few Googlers said, "Maybe we can use this to build mobile apps too"

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Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by slig on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @07:42AM (#15796677)

Yes! TypeScript would be perfect.

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Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by seenickcode on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @07:49AM (#15796722)

I can't believe how easy Dart is to learn, especially having a TypeScript background myself.

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Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by m_fayer on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @08:15AM (#15796906)

I'm not worried about learning Dart. I'm worried about adding yet another tooling and OSS ecosystem to my collection, that's where the real cognitive burden is. I'll do it if I have to, but in mobile you really don't have to. You can choose from Java/Kotlin, Swift, .NET, and HTML+(Java/Type)Script - chances are you're already in one of these worlds, and if you're not then entering any one of them will pay much bigger dividends than Dart.

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Re:Why Flutter Will Take Off in 2018 by seenickcode on Tuesday November 28, 2017 @09:04AM (#15797342)

Yep good point.

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