The latest articles on DEV Community by Solai Raj (@rajsolai). https://dev.to/rajsolai https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F449012%2Fe36601fd-ea7c-4a61-8d37-4f46c853e79c.jpeg https://dev.to/rajsolai en Solai Raj Fri, 01 Dec 2023 08:09:20 +0000 https://dev.to/rajsolai/flutter-for-react-developers-3jco https://dev.to/rajsolai/flutter-for-react-developers-3jco <p>Hello there 👋 fellow developers and students who might have started your development journey or also in their peak stages bootstrapping a whole #startup by themselves 😂</p> <p>Hear me out ! 📢 Recently in Humblx we stumbled upon a scaling problem for our PWA application to solve offline first appproch for file and image uploads and thankfully me whos well experienced in developing flutter applications made a companion app using the same backend and leveraging platform features stackup a lot of features and solved s whole another set of problems including offline sync problems. 🚀</p> <p>Well that’s my kutty story 🧑‍💻 Now let’s start with the tech part, Shall we 😎</p> <p>Flutter 🐦 is basically a widget based UI framework much similar to react, it is also based on the reactive pattern hence you would see a lot of similarities here.<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>React ⇒ coded in JS ⇒ Renders as HTML Futter ⇒ coded in dart ⇒ Renders as Skia Canvas code which is presented in native platform container </code></pre> </div> <p><em>But we have React Native, Cordova, Ionic right why flutter then ? 🤷🏻‍♂️</em></p> <p>Simple let’s gather the points,</p> <p>✨ Out of the box Native like UI components </p> <p>👌 Backed by Google, Consistent updates and bug fixes also Open-sourced and Community cared</p> <p>🦋 Huge growing and supportive community </p> <p>💨 JVM based dart language provides you a huge performance boost</p> <p>If you are react developer or a student learning react</p> <p>🔀</p> <p>Or a flutter developer </p> <p>Here a few similarities that might encourage you to learn react or flutter</p> <p>🔄 Component-Based Structure: React and Flutter utilize components for modular UI development.</p> <p>🎨 Declarative UI: Both emphasize efficient UI updates based on changes.</p> <p>🔥 Hot Reload: Instant code changes without losing app state during development.</p> <p>👥 Community Support: Active communities offer resources for developers.</p> <p>🔓 Open Source: Both are open-source frameworks.</p> <p>📱 Cross-Platform: Single codebase for iOS and Android.</p> <p>⚡️ Performance: Prioritize app speed and efficiency.</p> <p>📚 Learning Curve: Relatively easy to learn, with similar principles aiding in transition.</p> <p>Embrace the similarities between <a href="https://flutter.dev">Flutter</a> and <a href="https://react.dev">React</a> and elevate your skills by learning both! 🚀 Stay versatile and expand your opportunities in app development! 💡</p> programming react flutter learning