Re:Write in JavaScript, Render in Flutter
by gavinray on Sunday September 19, 2021 @12:26AM
(#28581691)
I think the easiest way to explain this is:
"It's a frontend in JS with a rendering engine in Dart/Flutter."
So in goes JS/TS code, writing the familiar frameworks you know, and what does the interpretation/rendering of that code is Flutter and Dart.
This is similar to how React Native works. It consumes a dialect of React and HTML-esque elements, and the renderer turns them into native UI widgets.
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As far as "Why would I use this?"
If you think that Flutter is a better platform for cross-device UI development than React Native or NativeScript, but you don't actually want to write Flutter/Dart itself. (IE you want to stay in JS-land).
Or you want to build the rest of your codebase in Flutter and Dart code/use it's FFI and interop facilities.
Those are a few reasons I can think of. It's good to have a choice like this available IMO, I won't complain of it.
"It's a frontend in JS with a rendering engine in Dart/Flutter."
So in goes JS/TS code, writing the familiar frameworks you know, and what does the interpretation/rendering of that code is Flutter and Dart.
This is similar to how React Native works. It consumes a dialect of React and HTML-esque elements, and the renderer turns them into native UI widgets.
---
As far as "Why would I use this?"
If you think that Flutter is a better platform for cross-device UI development than React Native or NativeScript, but you don't actually want to write Flutter/Dart itself. (IE you want to stay in JS-land).
Or you want to build the rest of your codebase in Flutter and Dart code/use it's FFI and interop facilities.
Those are a few reasons I can think of. It's good to have a choice like this available IMO, I won't complain of it.