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      <title>Why choose Flutter for App Development 2022?</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/why-choose-flutter-for-app-development-2022-5al4</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--hvbLSHp2--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tw4qqeaja3elquq86vlg.jpeg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--hvbLSHp2--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/tw4qqeaja3elquq86vlg.jpeg" alt="Image description" width="880" height="293"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Flutter is a software development kit for building applications from a single code base.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It stands out from the competition thanks to its fast development, native performance, and beautiful and highly functional user interface.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, the story of Flutter began not too long ago. It was introduced at the Dart Developer Summit in 2015. The first version of Flutter was called "Sky" and ran on the Android operating system.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After Google released the alpha in 2017, interest in this framework had proliferated. Even before the official launch in 2018, many apps were already built with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Among the most popular apps built with Flutter are Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, Google Ads, and the official app of famous Broadway musicals: Hamilton.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a programming language, Flutter uses Dart. It is probably one of the reasons developers love it. Dart is an object-oriented language also developed by Google. It is considered easy to learn, especially if you already have experience with Java, C++, or JS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dart is compiled into binary code, so the speed of operations is comparable to Objective-C, Swift, Java, or Kotlin. In other words, Dart combines many reasonable solutions that help solve complex tasks faster, making it the best combination for Flutter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What are the advantages of Flutter?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  A codebase for IOS and Android
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are already familiar with the software development process, you will understand that it can be quite complicated and time-consuming.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Especially if you are developing mobile apps for Android and IOS, the technologies for these two platforms are different. For example, Android requires Java or Kotlin coding, and iOS uses Swift or Objective-C. Therefore, you may need two separate teams to work on your project.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter uses the same code base for both IOS and Android. It means not only a single development team but also the ability to release apps on both platforms simultaneously. Also, you can update your app and add new features or changes simultaneously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Faster encoding
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To help developers, for example, fix bugs and add features much faster, Flutter provides a tool called Hot Reload. It allows you to see the changes made in the code immediately, without restarting the application. In the case of native development, the application must be rebuilt often, taking a significant amount of time. Hot Reload speeds up the development process and provides a better developer experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Great performance
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have already mentioned Flutter's programming language: Dart. It is compiled directly into native code, so there is no need for additional bridges between the application and the platform.&lt;br&gt;
It speeds up application startup time and improves performance.&lt;br&gt;
The creators of Flutter promise a constant 60 frames per second, which is the speed of the smooth and clear image displayed on modern screens.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  User interface
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter provides a vast catalog of built-in UI components that can easily customize. There are two sets of widgets: Material Design widgets (Android) and Cupertino widgets (IOS style) to make your app look and feel platform-specific.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, when Flutter runs on older versions of Android and IOS, it works just as well as it does on updated operating systems.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Open source
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter is free and open source. The Flutter community grows rapidly, with over 74,700 stars on GitHub, one of the largest software developer collaboration platforms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Perfect choice for MVP
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to develop MVP, Flutter is probably the best option. It gives you the benefits of faster time to market, saves development costs, and helps attract investors with beautiful designs and native-like performance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Flutter Cons
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Young tech
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Some libraries are still missing despite Google's active support and growing popularity. So if you need advanced functionality, native development works best. So it can be said that Flutter is a relatively young technology.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Is Flutter better?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter is based on Dart, Google's in-house programming language, which gives Flutter access to Skia's graphics library. Additionally, Flutter works closely with the Google Material Designs that Android users have come to know.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Reasons to choose Flutter:
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Limitations of cross-platform approaches.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With Flutter, you not only have the advantage of a "write-once" approach, but you create a high-performance "native" experience because a Flutter app is a pre-compiled binary machine-executable. It overcomes many of the everyday challenges that come with cross-platform app approaches.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Creating a genuinely cross-platform approach has long been the bane of technology consultants tired of having to make multiple versions of identical products. However, in reality, the user experience often lags behind that of native apps because you often build the user interface experience in JavaScript that needs to be compiled Just In Time.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Increase productivity.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This increase in productivity comes from Flutter's "Hot Reload" and "Hot Restart." Together, they allow developers to see the changes they make to an application's state in less than a second and changes to the application's structure in less than ten.&lt;br&gt;
However, the advantages are vital. Development time is often reduced by 30-40% because the Gradle rebuild times that slow down Android developers usually take longer with each modification applied.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Unique code with frontend and backend&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Futter uses a single language (Dart) that does the work and uses a reactive framework. Dart has been built on many of the most popular features of other languages ​​without losing familiarity with Java or similar languages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Powerful design experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Thanks to the Flutter team's careful implementation of the material design specification, it's easy to create powerful UI experiences right out of the box. Flutter has widgets that implement the Human Interface Design specs for iOS, allowing you to get that native "feel" on iPhone and iPad as well. It helps produce the smooth and crisp experience that you typically only see with native apps because the release version of Flutter is a native app.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Catalog of open source packages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An open-source package is available to help you build applications faster, and there are many packages available today that make many complicated tasks more manageable. Although still relatively young.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Firebase integration.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Firebase provides support for various services such as cloud storage, cloud features, real-time databases, hosting, authentication, and much more. It's also easy to combine with a tool to automate your development and release process like Fastlane, facilitating Continuous Delivery.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● IDE support.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter can code with many integrated development environments. At first, I started with Android Studio, but later I used VS Code. That got me wondering, and I discovered that many Flutter developers use Visual Code. VS Code is lightweight and much faster and has most of the features available in Android Studio and IntelliJ.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● UI compliance.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Everything is a widget in Flutter, App bar, Drawer, Snackbar, Scaffold, etc. It's easy to wrap one widget inside another, so this can do things like center something, wrapping it in a center widget. It is all part of helping make sure your users have an experience no matter what platform they're running on.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● The specific theme for different platforms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Assigning a suitable theme for a user's platform is as easy as using a ternary to check which platform the user is running on, allowing your UI to make runtime decisions about which UI components to use.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Continuous integration through Code Magic.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Code Magic is an open-source tool included in Flutter Live. Code Magic is easy to learn and completely free! It is a highly sophisticated CI tool optimized specifically for Flutter, and the magic of the code makes the build processes seamless.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Desktop and web development using Flutter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Flutter team now has prototype Flutter apps that work in a web browser. With ease, you can use the same code to build apps for mobile, desktop, and the web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;● Continuous support.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Much support and encouragement from the Flutter team and the Flutter community.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The value of using Flutter is readily apparent and highly appealing because it is far removed from the pain points that startups trying to launch to multiple platforms face, especially when it comes to limited time and budget to bring the software product to market.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Summary
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter Development offers all the advantages of cross-platform development but does not compromise on quality, which is mostly the case with this type of technology. Beautiful, Fast, Productive, Open. It is how its creators describe Flutter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even now, it may be the best option for your project, saving you a great deal of time and money. With strong support from Google and the enthusiastic developer community, the future for this SDK looks very promising.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Still, there is no single technology that fits all projects. So remember that the choice should be based on project specificity, business priorities, resource availability, and more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Are you looking for &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/hire-flutter-developers/"&gt;Flutter developers&lt;/a&gt;? Contact us, and let's create something great together!&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Flutter Vs. React Native Development: What to Choose in 2022?</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/flutter-vs-react-native-development-what-to-choose-in-2022-4poo</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/flutter-vs-react-native-development-what-to-choose-in-2022-4poo</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Unless you have several specialist developers on hand, part for iOS app development and part for Android app deployment, there are severe advantages to using a hybrid app. This type of application can run on all environments without the need to create two separate native applications. Also, there are always some differences between two native apps made by different people. It is also what motivated the various hybrid application projects such as React Native or Flutter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Flutter an app creation tool for the future
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Currently, in the world of smartphone application development, many developers are just talking about "flutter." That's why we decided to conduct our little survey on creating applications with Flutter to find out what it is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So Flutter is an open-source tool used for the development of applications on Android and iPhone. This solution allows developers a quick and unique coding to deploy an application to any environment, just like React Native. The creation of applications with Flutter is based on the SDK of IOS and Android, which allows having a native rendering.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the programming side, Flutter uses a language created by Google. The Dart language on which the application is based is relatively easy to use when you have a basic knowledge of Java and C #. Speaking of editors, you will install Dart and Flutter plugins from Android Studio.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The solution for &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/flutter/"&gt;building apps with Flutter&lt;/a&gt; is newer than React Native, but the project looks promising.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  React Native the champion of champions for the creation of smartphone applications
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;React Native is a framework created by the Facebook company that is structured around the React library. This well-known mobile developer application allows you to deploy Android and IOS applications with a single code.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Released to the public in 2015, React Native has often been considered the best hybrid framework for creating smartphone applications. A good reason to take a look at this powerful tool.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;React Native, instead of using standard web components like H1, H2, H3, or IMG tags, uses components from the React Native library for building mobile apps.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The collection of widgets offered by the React Native Framework is not as comprehensive as that of Flutter but rather inclusive.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The React Native tool has been around for several years now and is logically supported by many publishers, almost all of them. The main advantage of building an app with React Native is a mature tool with better stability than Flutter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, keep in mind that the approach to building apps with Flutter is very different from that offered by React Native. It means you also need to consider the nature of your project to choose the right tool.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Webocult Technologies: Application creation company with Native and Ionic, Flutter, and React&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Call on the mobile development company, &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/"&gt;Weboccult Technologies&lt;/a&gt;, to create mobile applications with Flutter, React Native, and ionic. We are carrying out in-depth discussions and studying how to put digital at the service of new consumer uses. Contact Us!&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>Hubspot Workflows: Automate your processes and much more!
</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/hubspot-workflows-automate-your-processes-and-much-more-3i6j</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/hubspot-workflows-automate-your-processes-and-much-more-3i6j</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Find out how to create a workflow on Hubspot in 5 steps! First, automate your processes and focus on actions that generate business!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While automation translates into the progression of business processes, it is more synonymous with the replacement of specific trades and unemployment. In truth, marketing automation is akin to a set of more complex processes grouped under the term "Workflows." With Hubspot's marketing automation tools,  you will be able to automate certain elements and stages of your marketing campaigns. But what is it all about? And how to set up workflows?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  What is a workflow?
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The term "workflow" consists of two words: work and flows. Translated into French, it is, therefore, a process to automate a given job or task. In a marketing context, its concept often refers to a task automation system linked automatically after activating one or more triggers. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The implementation of a workflow falls mainly within the framework of marketing automation. Indeed, by setting up functional workflows, you can easily automate all internal and external processes related to your company's activities. This automation can equally well relate to business, sales, marketing, and customer service processes. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/hubspot/"&gt;HubSpot workflows&lt;/a&gt; focus on automating more or less complex steps or operations to collect, process, or return different kinds of information. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, we must not confuse the workflow and the email sequence: in the Hubspot CRM, the sequences belong to the HubSpot Sales part; they are limited to sending programmable emails. On the other hand, workflows are part of HubSpot Marketing; they can be used to trigger a change of ownership, register a contact in another workflow and modify them according to the actions according to the behavior of the lead ...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;However, the workflow and the email sequence should not be confused: in the Hubspot CRM, the sequences belong to the HubSpot Sales part; they are limited to sending programmable emails. Workflows are part of HubSpot Marketing; they can be used to trigger a change of ownership, register a contact in another workflow and modify them according to the actions according to the behavior of the lead… &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The different types of Workflows&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  HubSpot's workflows fall into two main groups:
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  Automation Workflow
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  The Nurturing Workflow
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But regardless of the type of workflow, it saves you a lot of time by simplifying your sales processes and exchanges. Workflows also allow you to gain efficiency in your marketing campaign, especially since they limit the risk of errors often linked to manual handling faults.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--PKtksTJr--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/Workflow%2520Branch.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--PKtksTJr--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://www.hubspot.com/hubfs/Workflow%2520Branch.png" alt="HubSpot's workflows" width="880" height="455"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Automation Workflow
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Above all, Hubspot Workflows meet a need for automation of business processes in marketing automation. With these tools, you can easily set up a predefined process with an automatic switch-on circuit. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The automation workflow performs a succession of automated actions resulting from a set of predefined parameters. These actions follow a chronological order and are often interrelated. For example, you can use the Hubspot Workflow tab to automate simple tasks like assigning a score to your leads, updating properties, triggering internal notifications when contact takes an important action. In this sense, using Hubspot workflows will allow you to save time on time-consuming tasks to focus on key tasks that generate revenue.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  The Nurturing Workflow
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Hubspot Workflows are not just for task automation. Of course, they first meet this primary need of marketing automation. However, their purpose goes far beyond this basic concept. Indeed, you can also use Hubspot Workflows to set up a lead nurturing strategy. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Lead nurturing is a concept that encourages leads to mature throughout the conversion process. Consequently, workflows occupy a dominant place in the establishment of an inbound-oriented campaign. Marketing emails and workflows are an effective combination to generate more leads or retain customers with content sent according to the phase of the life cycle and according to the actions taken by the lead (open/unopened email, clicked / not clicked, visit an article on your Hubspot blog …).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  How to create a HubSpot workflow in 5 steps
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To create a HubSpot workflow, go to the "Workflows" tab of your HubSpot account. Then click on &amp;gt;&amp;gt; Create a workflow. &lt;br&gt;
You have two options to choose from: &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Start from scratch: start with an empty template;&lt;br&gt;
Use an existing model: start based on an already established model.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After selecting one of these options, click on next and follow these different steps.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Give your workflow a title
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First, you need to give your workflow a title to easily recognize it once it is created in the Hubspot platform. Next, pick an attribute that is simple, easy to identify, and summarizes the gist of the actions you want to automate.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Define triggers and the goal of the workflow
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Then define the triggers that will encourage the triggering of the automation process. It is necessary to start based on necessary criteria and conditions to be met before taking action afterward. You can define one or more depending on the workflow model you want to set up.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Triggers are often associated with a transaction, providing contact information, subscribing to the newsletter, submitting to an offer, participating in an event, subscribing to a list ... &lt;br&gt;
The definition of the objective will make it possible to automatically remove the contact from the workflow as soon as it is reached.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Set up one or more actions
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;At this stage, you can then set up one or more actions of different types.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example, you can create a specific task, send notifications, send an email, add the contact to a defined list, redirect leads, create a transaction, a ticket, copy information, or even transfer the contact to another workflow.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yCfLpQhi--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EAg8qML_IFw/maxresdefault.jpg" class="article-body-image-wrapper"&gt;&lt;img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/practicaldev/image/fetch/s--yCfLpQhi--/c_limit%2Cf_auto%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto%2Cw_880/https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EAg8qML_IFw/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="HubSpot's workflows" width="880" height="495"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Adjust the workflow parameters
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once the actions are defined, take care to adjust the parameters of the automation process. Please pay attention to the frequency of execution of actions and the schedule defined for their completion.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Check and activate your workflow on HubSpot.
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;All you have to do is check all the elements put in place before activating your workflow. Then, optionally, it is possible to register old contacts who meet the trigger criteria before validating the process.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>webdev</category>
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      <title>Six Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/six-misconceptions-about-artificial-intelligence-2a19</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/six-misconceptions-about-artificial-intelligence-2a19</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Understanding what artificial intelligence is is not easy. Many myths and inaccuracies about it are widespread. However, as a decision-maker in a company, politician, activist, or even consumer, since AI will interfere more and more in our daily lives, it is essential to know AI, its technology, and its challenges make informed decisions. Here are six common misconceptions among many others:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Machines learn on their own
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is the impression that one can have. But, on the one hand, machines are not yet at the stage where they decide for themselves their scope. And on the other hand, there is always a considerable amount of human work upstream. Seasoned specialists formulate the problem, prepare the models, determine the appropriate training data sets, eliminate the potential biases induced by this data, and so on. Also, they make the software evolve according to its performance. Thus, there is a lot of human brain time behind AI models.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Machines demonstrate objectivity
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Nothing is, of course, further from the truth. The design of machines and the writing of their software are human creations. And in machine learning, objectivity relies primarily on the neutrality of the training data submitted to the model for training. Cognitive bias is practically inevitable, and the difficulty in preparing the data is to succeed in limiting this bias as much as possible. It often happens that a model reproduces a confirmation bias that it inherited from its human creators. If we introduce biased data, even unintentionally, into a system, we get biased results as the output.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  AI stands for machine learning
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Almost all current applications of artificial intelligence indeed fall under machine learning. But machine learning, based on the idea that machines can learn and adapt through experience, is just a tool of artificial intelligence. Perhaps one day, we will discover new methods of solving problems where machine learning fails, for example, with questions we do not have large amounts of qualified data. On the other hand, Artificial intelligence refers to a more general idea where machines can perform tasks in an “intelligent” way, that is to say, to have operations resembling human intelligence. That said, the concept of artificial intelligence does not have a commonly accepted definition, and its limits are unclear. Sometimes we should talk about complex information processing or cognitive automation, but that would undoubtedly be less sexy.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  AI will cut jobs
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As with the automation and robotics of recent decades, it would be more accurate to say that artificial intelligence technologies will replace some jobs and evolve others. That is, they will profoundly change the work landscape, as in previous industrial revolutions, but probably not reduce the number of jobs as much as robotization has made it possible to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, as much as artificial intelligence makes it possible to eradicate repetitive intellectual tasks, to work in a new and more innovative way. And as with robotization, &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/artificial-intelligence/"&gt;artificial intelligence development&lt;/a&gt; can be more efficient at specific tasks than any human. Take as an example an application based on AI.&lt;/p&gt;

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  AI, not helpful in my business
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And why that? Artificial intelligence can improve interactions with customers, analyze data faster, aid in decision-making, generate early alerts on upcoming disruptions, etc. Why deprive yourself of it? It also has several practical applications in an industrial environment, particularly computer vision/recognition, which, for example, makes it possible to detect a defective part with much more efficiency and speed than a human operator. Denying AI is the same as giving up the benefits of automation, at the risk of putting the company at a competitive disadvantage. It should be understood that AI is the logical extension of the industrial revolution of automation/robotization.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Super-intelligent machines will overtake humans.
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current AI applications are still particular; that is, they address a well-defined problem. On the other hand, generalized intelligence, capable of tackling several different tasks, just as human or natural intelligence does, is not yet on the agenda and belongs to the science register. Fiction. But in 1865, the journey from the Earth to the Moon belonged to the register of science fiction, and we know what it is today. So, one cannot make a definitive prediction and claim that this idea is entirely false. However, it seems wise to think that we will not know in our lifetime the super-robots that will overtake humans in everything.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>ai</category>
      <category>programming</category>
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      <title>15 Best Ionic Application Models
</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/15-best-ionic-application-models-27f0</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/15-best-ionic-application-models-27f0</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;With Ionic, building a robust, cross-platform mobile app is as easy as building a website. If you are a seasoned web developer who wants to become an Android or iOS app developer overnight, all you need to do is install and start using Ionic. I assure you that you will take the water like a fish.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/ionic/"&gt;building a feature-rich ionic app&lt;/a&gt; with a sleek user interface can be difficult, especially if it needs to be native to multiple platforms. Fortunately, by using an ionic model, you can save a lot of time and effort.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In this article, I'm going to list 15 Outstanding Ionic Models You Should Consider This Year.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Ionic Mobile App Builder
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Developed by CodeGenerator, Ionic Mobile App Builder, or IMA Builder, is an award-winning template that lets you build static and dynamic ionic applications without writing code. It offers a very intuitive web interface that you can use to define every aspect of your application. Specifically, it just lets you fill out a few forms in your browser to create and configure all of your app's user interface components, including navigation drawers, menus, popovers, tables, and pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, the best thing about this template is that the apps you build with it will interact with various data sources, such as WordPress, WooCommerce, and any other content management system with a JSON API.&lt;/p&gt;

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  IonWordpress
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IonWordpress, developed by elite author IonicThemes, is the template to use if you want to convert your WordPress blog into a stunning Android or iOS app. It is one of the most popular themes on CodeCanyon, and for a good reason: it has more features than you might imagine, excellent documentation, and easy-to-read code.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Along with WordPress-related features, this template also offers push notifications, mobile ads through Google AdMob and Apple iAd, as well as a built-in browser.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Material Design UI Ionic
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This template, developed by elite author CreativeForm, is for Ionic developers who don't want to waste time designing their applications. It offers over 60 commonly used screen layouts and five beautiful UI themes. It also contains a well-organized Sass file with dozens of variables that you can edit to customize your app's look further.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To help you avoid multiple image resolutions, this template includes icon fonts with over 800 icons. If you need to use images, it also supports various blend modes.&lt;/p&gt;

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  IonStore
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IonStore, developed by ionicpremium, is a template you should use if you build an eCommerce application. It allows you to quickly create a beautiful app that can connect to your WooCommerce website and extract data and settings from it. It supports multiple payment methods, languages ​​, and currencies. It is also highly customizable, giving you precise control over the appearance of your app. And as if that wasn't enough, it also supports discount badges, user registration, order tracking, and push notifications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It's also worth mentioning that this model is very well documented, and updates and bug fixes are made regularly.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Ionic catalog
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Ionic catalog, developed by appseed, is a generic business-oriented model. If you are running a business and building an app that can showcase your products, this template may be just what you need. It also allows you to view helpful information such as your store's hours of operation and your contact options. If you are already using WooCommerce, this template can be configured to read data.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The architecture of the Ionic catalog is highly modular. Moreover, since it was built with a popular Yeoman generator for the Ionic framework, you can be sure that it follows several best practices.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Barebone Ionic
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Barebone Ionic is a great feature-rich starter template developed by appseed. As a developer, you can use it to launch almost any Ionic application. For example, it allows you to effortlessly build applications that can read data from various content management systems, such as WordPress and Drupal. It can also provide a solid foundation for CRUD-oriented applications, instant messaging applications, and e-commerce applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I should also add that this template is fully integrated with the APIs of several popular websites, such as YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and Vimeo.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  chat
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chat, as the name suggests, is a template that lets you build cross-platform instant messaging apps. Developed by IonCoder, this is a great model offering dozens of powerful features, such as support for group chats, social connections, and friend management.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Not only is this template easily customizable, but the apps you build with this template will be based on Firebase, a cloud-based platform owned by Google. This means that you can use the Firebase console to manage your app data.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Ionic Framework App
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are looking for a modern template with dozens of beautiful pages and a wide variety of valuable features, this template created by gtsopour is for you. Built with Ionic 3, it is very modular and extremely easy to expand. It has over 20 modules and over 35 components!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Applications you create with this template will communicate with your WordPress blog using its REST API. They will also be able to display graphics, YouTube videos, Google Maps, and RSS feeds. Another impressive fact about the model is that it offers a barcode scanner module, which you can use to scan multiple types of barcodes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  TopShop
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Using TopShop, a template created by tapgadget, you can quickly build an eCommerce app that allows your users to buy and sell products. It has all the features you would expect from this type of model.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example, screens allow buyers to browse available products, make offers to suppliers, and even chat with suppliers. Likewise, it has screens for suppliers to post new products, upload photos of those products, and manage buyers' offers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But this model is not limited to that. It supports push notifications and is fully integrated with AdMob, making it easy to monetize the apps you build with it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Ionic Restaurant
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The Ionic restaurant, developed by appseed, is a model that will appeal to any restaurant owner. The applications created with this software are feature-rich and have intuitive user interfaces that allow customers to view menus, place personalized orders, read specials and choose delivery methods. They will also enable you to communicate with your customers using push notifications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Defining this model is a snap. The same goes for customization, as you can dramatically change the look of your app just by selecting one of the many Material Design-inspired color themes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Ionium
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ionium is a versatile starter model created by ionicpremium . This template is for you, whether you are building an eCommerce app, hotel booking app, newsreader, or even a social media app. It also allows you to quickly build CRUD-oriented applications, which support local and remote storage.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since this template uses material design components, animations, and gestures, you can be sure that the apps you create with it will look very modern.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  IonSocialApp
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Apps with social features are more successful on Google Play and the Apple App Store. However, if you're interested in creating one yourself, IonSocialApp, another template developed by IonicThemes , has everything you need to get started. It offers screens that allow users to sign up, login, create posts, write comments, and even browse trending topics.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This template also includes several valuable features that can improve the user interface of your app. For example, it supports fetch motion, infinite scrolling, and native sharing functionality.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Mobionic
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mobionic, developed by gtsopour , is another versatile model with a lot of useful features. It is integrated with WordPress and supports server-side message paging. It also has several layouts for your app's home screen. The latest version of this template is also integrated with the YouTube API, which allows you to build video apps.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Also, it supports push notifications for Android and iOS platforms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  IcyMobi
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IcyMobi, from Inspitheme , is a one-stop shop for all your e-commerce application development needs. With this template, you can build apps that support many payment methods, order tracking, inventory management, and the most common push notifications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;They will also interact with several e-commerce platforms, such as PrestaShop, WooCommerce, and Magento. Additionally, if you want your app to display your WordPress blog posts, this template allows that as well.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Daily News
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Developed by mobile, this is an easy-to-use template that allows you to build WordPress-based news apps. Besides a beautiful home screen, this template displays photo galleries, search results, comments, bookmarks, and more.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It also has several features related to notifications, such as delivery tracking, analytics, and segmented targeting.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>ionic</category>
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      <title>The best programming languages ​​for web development in 2021</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/the-best-programming-languages-for-web-development-in-2021-26e1</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/the-best-programming-languages-for-web-development-in-2021-26e1</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Do you want to become a web developer in 2021? We have selected the best programming languages ​​you need to train in 2021!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you want to become a web developer in 2021 but don't know which programming language to learn first, then you've come to the right place. This article introduces you to the best programming languages ​​for web development in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  JavaScript
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&lt;p&gt;To put it simply, JavaScript is an object-oriented programming language. It was designed to make web development more accessible and more engaging. In most cases, JavaScript creates responsive and interactive elements for web pages, thereby improving the user experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In 2021, everyone agrees that JavaScript is the king of web development and possibly the most popular language among web developers. But why is it so popular? Already, it is the only language that allows you to create web applications, both frontend and backend, and mobile applications (React Native). This modern language is often used to create interactions and modify a web page on the fly. It now replaces the defunct flash, which was previously privileged to create animations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The strength of Javascript is that it can be run on a browser and server using Nodejs and in the libraries, it has for website and application development. Javascript thus offers an infinite number of possibilities in the layout of web content.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;For example, it is possible to use React.js and Angular for the frontend, Nodejs for the backend, and React Native to build cross-platform mobile apps (Android and iOS).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you are starting a career in web development, you should learn JavaScript in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;⚠️ Be careful; we often confuse Java and JavaScript, but they are not the same thing. They have in common that they are two C-type programming languages, so they have a similar code structure. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;However, their use is entirely different. JavaScript is an interpreted web language that is primarily used through your internet browser. Conversely, Java is a language dedicated to Back and stand-alone applications. It is, therefore, mainly used to design software or applications and mobile.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Python
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Python is another language that has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. While it's not exactly new and has stood the test of time, it's probably the most versatile programming language around.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can use &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/python-development-company/"&gt;Python for web development&lt;/a&gt;, data science, scripting, and automation. Like JavaScript, Python also enjoys enormous community support and has many valuable frameworks, libraries, and tools that can help you build a web application in a hurry.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The programming language includes thousands of third-party modules available in the Python Package Index (PyPI). PyPI provides popular standards for different areas of expertise, such as Django for web development and NumPy, Pandas, and Mathplotlib for data science. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Django is typically used to build complete web applications. However, you can also use the open-source Flask microframework to control your code and a minimalistic web development framework.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Python is also an excellent programming language for learning to code. If you're new to software development, turning to Python can be a great start. The advantage (and not the least) is that you can use it for web development and computer programming.&lt;/p&gt;

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  TypeScript
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;TypeScript is a modern programming language for web development. Like C and C ++, TypeScript can be thought of as JavaScript ++. Note, however, that it is not as popular as its C ++ cousin.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The advantage of TypeScript is that it adds type security to JavaScript code. In addition, it means that it makes it easier to identify JavaScript type errors in a development phase. Your source code thus (almost) always has the correct syntax.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Another significant advantage is that it facilitates the development of object-oriented code for JavaScript. For this reason, there are several debugging tools built into TypeScript that make web development easier.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you need to choose a modern programming language to learn in 2021, learning TypeScript is highly recommended!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  PHP
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PHP (an acronym for Personal Home Page) is currently known as Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a server-side scripting language used for the development of static and dynamic websites. PHP can also develop web applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Even if developers are highly criticized (mainly for security), PHP remains one of the best programming languages ​​for web development in 2021. Indeed, PHP is essential because it is the web development language that built the most used CMS globally (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Prestashop, Magento…). It is, therefore, the most widely used programming language to create web applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To define it, we can say that it is a dynamic scripting language on the server side, making it very easy to create fully functional web applications. If you still have doubts about its usefulness, note that half of the internet works on PHP! Remember that WordPress, the most popular web application software, is built on PHP.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PHP also has elegant syntax frameworks such as Laravel. This GitHub site repository is robust and allows you to quickly create web applications using a three-level MVC architectural model (model-view-controller).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you aspire to become a good PHP developer, you must also know SQL. PHP is used to create a program, SQL is used to interact with datasets, and most programs require some form of data to act. When developing a PHP application, you will need to create a connection to a database and then insert, delete, and select data. SQL provides a structured language for querying the database.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't listen to developers who say PHP is not valid. If you want to learn PHP for web development in 2021, you will find plenty of free resources on the web to train yourself.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Ruby
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ruby is another programming language that is well suited for web development. Like Python and PHP, Ruby is suitable for beginners because it is easy to learn.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ruby is a very intuitive programming language with its code syntax. This makes learning Ruby less difficult than learning some other programming languages. Ruby is also a great general-purpose language. It can be used to write scripts in the same way as Perl and create complete, stand-alone GUI-based applications. But Ruby's usefulness doesn't end there. Ruby is also excellent at serving web pages, generating dynamic web page content, and excelling at database access tasks.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ruby's great interest in web development is the Ruby on Rails framework (also called RoR or Rails). This free web framework written in Ruby is the basis for renowned websites like Github, Shopify, Airbnb, Groupon, GoodReads, and Kickstarter.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rails is also a model-view-controller (MVC) framework. It provides default structures for a database, web service, and web pages. In addition, it encourages and facilitates web standards such as JSON or XML for data transfer and HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for the user interface.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  HTML and CSS
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;While HTML and CSS are not programming languages (some of you might disagree, but yes, they are not programming languages), they are the backbone of development. Therefore, the web and every web developer should learn them.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main difference between HTML and CSS is that HTML is a markup language used to create the structure of a web page, while CSS is a styling language used to make web pages more presentable.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In short, HTML provides the structure while CSS provides the styling and improves the visual appearance of the pages. Note that for modern website design in 2021, you need to know HTML5 and CSS3, the most current versions of these two languages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;HTML and CSS are the basis of the web, and if you've never touched a codebase, this is not where you should start. The good news is that compared to other languages, they are pretty easy to learn. With the proper training, you can master them in a matter of weeks. However, if you want to become a frontend developer, you need to master these two languages ​​in 2021.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Conclusion
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It is possible to learn self-taught, but good training will help you structure your work and retain the correct syntax and methodology to work in a team (project manager, frontend + backend developer team, etc.). Furthermore, suppose you have a perfect mastery of one of these programming languages. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In that case, you will easily find a job as a salaried web developer in a company or freelance client missions. Indeed, there is a shortage of employment, so the law of supply and demand favors developers. So don't hesitate to negotiate your salary if you are a good developer!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's all about the best programming languages ​​for WEb development in 2021. As you may have seen, JavaScript is the king of web development! However, Python is just as good. As for PHP and Ruby, these are the easiest languages ​​for building web applications. Finally, TypoScript is a new, modern and promising programming language that you can also learn for website and app creation or redesign projects.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Finally, if you aspire to become a full-stack web developer, you must know all of these languages. This is a great goal to achieve!&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
      <category>webdev</category>
      <category>programming</category>
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      <title>Ten Powerful AI Chatbot Development Frameworks</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 09:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/ten-powerful-ai-chatbot-development-frameworks-4ahm</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/ten-powerful-ai-chatbot-development-frameworks-4ahm</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Nowadays, the use of Chatbots has evolved, and now you can see them in use on any social media platform like Telegram, Hangouts, Facebook, Slack, or your website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Creating effective and powerful Customer Loyalty Management (CRM) takes a lot of effort and time. Chatbot helps you scale and balance your business cycle and maintain the CRM routine like a pro.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since AI Powers and Controls all this, it perceives and understands the language unequivocally and responds perfectly to the opposite person as if a living person is talking to you and instantly gathers all the information and data you need from your existing customers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Businesses receive a large number of customer inquiries every day. It becomes challenging to handle all these queries effortlessly. So here is an alternative. &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/artificial-intelligence/"&gt;AI chatbot development&lt;/a&gt; frameworks can save your day! For many businesses, chatbots have now become essential to providing smooth customer service and efficient global operations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to recent research, it was predicted that chatbots would handle over 85% of consumer interactions by 2021. However, despite the multiple benefits of developing and using a chatbot for businesses, many available development frameworks can confuse and frustrate the new entrepreneur looking to design conversational UX.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With the latest updates and consistent releases, several AI chatbot development frameworks are fighting for the best place. However, two factors help you determine whether a chatbot is worth the investment or not: one is increased efficiency, and the other is time-saving.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We've listed the ten best AI chatbot frameworks to help you choose the best one for your business needs. Let's jump in!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Microsoft Bot Framework
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This Microsoft Bot Framework is a set of powerful tools, services, and SDKs that provide a solid foundation for developers to build and connect intelligent bots. This framework is ideal for developing enterprise-level conversational AI experiences.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Microsoft Bot Framework connectors allow you to deploy chatbots to apps, websites, Microsoft Teams, Cortana, Facebook Messenger, Skype, and more. It has two main components: BotBuilder SDKs and Channel Connectors. Channel connectors allow you to connect the Chatbot to other messaging channels. In addition, the Bot Builder SDK account contains several templates and code samples that instantly help developers get started with chatbot development.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Dialogue flow
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dialogflow is a conversation platform that lets you design and builds chatbots and other voice applications. It is powered by machine learning from Google and can connect users on major messaging channels like Facebook, mobile apps, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, Twitter, Messenger, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Dialogflow is the most beneficial tool for generating omnichannel chatbots with minimal coding. It runs on the Google Cloud platform and can be scaled to serve hundreds of millions of users. In addition, Dialogflow is user-friendly and supports over 20 languages ​​, and is probably the best framework for developing NLP-based applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Wit.ai
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wit.ai is an open-source natural language processing API. It allows developers to create devices and apps that users can talk to. So, for example, you can generate text or voice bots that humans can speak to with their favorite messaging platform.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Wit is free for all commercial use. It is an NLP platform that allows developers to configure intents and entities. For example, developers can use the HTTP API to connect the wit.ai to your Chatbot or other apps. This Wit.ai provides the SDK in Python, Node.js, and Ruby.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Amazon Lex
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Amazon Lex is a framework for building conversational interfaces in any application using text and voice. Amazon Lex is the same technology that powers Amazon Alexa. Amazon Lex automatically scales as a fully managed service, and you don't have to worry about managing infrastructure.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You can build, test, and deploy your chatbots immediately from the Amazon Lex console using this Amazon Lex. Amazon Lex bots can be published to messaging platforms such as Slack, Facebook Messenger, Twilio SMS, and Kik. In addition, Amazon Lex provides SDKs for iOS and Android to build bots for your mobile apps.&lt;/p&gt;

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  BotMan
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BotMan is another most successful chatbot development framework for PHP. In addition, there are different chatbot development tools for Python, Node Js, Java, C #. BotMan helps you publish your Chatbot to the following channels: Hangouts Chat, Facebook Messenger, Cisco Spark, Microsoft Bot Framework, HipChat, Telegram, Slack, WeChat, and Twilio.&lt;br&gt;
BotMan is the only PHP framework that helps developers build a chatbot using PHP. In addition, BotMan comes with a custom chat widget that you can directly use to add a BotMan powered Chatbot to your website.&lt;/p&gt;

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  BotKit
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Botkit is an open-source chatbot framework acquired by Microsoft and is considered the best developer tool for building chatbots, apps, and other custom integrations for major messaging platforms. It runs on a natural language processing engine from LUIS.ai and integrates open-source libraries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BotKit helps publish chatbots to messaging channels like Microsoft Teams, Slack, Cisco Jabber, Cisco Webex, Google Hangouts Chat, Facebook Messenger, Microsoft Bot Framework. Botkit additionally provides a web chat plugin that you can install on any website. Thus, BotKit can be used simply with all major NLP platforms.&lt;/p&gt;

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  Rasa battery
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Rasa Stack is an open-source conversation framework. It has two main components Rasa Core and Rasa NLU. First is the infrastructure layer for developers to create, enhance, and use better AI assistants. Second, it is a Machine Learning Framework for automated voice and text assistants. This framework provides the tools and infrastructure necessary for contextual, resilient, and high-performing assistants.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main advantage of using Rasa Stack is that the Chatbot can be deployed on your server, keeping everything in-house. In addition, it is a framework for dialogue management, natural language understanding, and integrations. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Pandorabots
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Pandorabots offers an online web service for building and deploying chatbots. This Pandorabots uses AIML (Artificial Intelligence Markup Language) for the chatbot conversation script. In addition to premium libraries and modules such as the Mitsuku module available for a monthly fee, Pandorabots also provides free and open-source libraries such as ALICE, Rosie, and Base Bot.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It recently added additional functionality in which you can design your AIML. Integration of this Chatbot is possible on various apps, websites, and other messaging platforms, Cortana, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  IBM Watson Assistant
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;IBM Watson Assistant is built on a billion-word Wikipedia neural network to create conversational interfaces in any device, application, or channel. It supports 13 languages ​​and provides an SDK for developers to build applications around Watson Assistant. It communicates quickly with bot users. You can use SDKs in Python, Java, iOS. It offers several free, standard, and premium plans. IBM Watson Assistant uses machine learning to respond to natural language input on websites, mobile devices, messaging apps, and bots.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Chatfuel
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Chatfuel is a modern chatbot-building platform for creating chatbots for Facebook Messenger. It is one of the most widely used open-source platforms for Facebook Messenger-based chatbots. So far, over 350,000 bots have been built with Chatfuel.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;One of the main advantages of using this platform is the simple editing tool sets that allow users to create chatbots without any prior coding experience. Additional key features include integrated analytics, provision of multiple languages ​​, and plugins for integration into Twitter, Facebook, Google, Dropbox, Live Chat, etc.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Conclusion
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Since these chatbots arrived, they have helped businesses tremendously in lead generation, customer support, marketing, etc., emerging as an essential business tool. In addition, this tool lays the foundation for increased efficiency and improved customer experience. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;We have listed the Chatbot frameworks above that you can choose for your business. Of course, there isn't a perfect setting, and it depends on the needs, so you need to explore them all and understand what works best for your business. Or, if you are a developer, you may be involved in learning about Chatbot development. With that said, now, if you are planning to build a chatbot for your business or business, choosing a chatbot development framework that meets all of your business requirements is essential. Pick and choose the one that works best for you and your business.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <title>How to manually convert HTML to WordPress theme?</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/how-to-manually-convert-html-to-wordpress-theme-4lf3</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/how-to-manually-convert-html-to-wordpress-theme-4lf3</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Over the year, one of the best open-source platforms like WordPress has grown in popularity thanks to its simple and flexible CMS, which has become much easier for its user. Gone are the days when you needed a coding master to build your business website.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Fortunately, we are now living in a highly technological age, where there are dozens of frameworks that provide us with excellent content management system platforms.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main one is, of course, WordPress.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As a software development company, we get a lot of inquiries where customers want to switch from HTML to WordPress to have better control of the CMS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;So in this blog, we are going to let you know how you can convert your static HTML site to WordPress; you need to have basic knowledge of HTML, CSS, and PHP.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;There are three ways to do this conversion, but in this blog, we're going to show you the manual way to do it so that you can get a feel for the changes you've made and how they're reflected.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Manual conversion from HTML to WordPress&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Converting HTML via a WordPress child theme&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Importing HTML content into WordPress using a plugin&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Manual conversion from HTML to WordPress
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Step 1: Create New Theme Folder and Base Files
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The first thing to do is create a theme folder on your desktop or in any directory on your computer. Then, you can name it whatever you want your theme to be called.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After that, go to one of your code editors and create some text files and name them as follows:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;i) style.css&lt;br&gt;
ii) index.php&lt;br&gt;
iii) header.php&lt;br&gt;
iv) sidebar.php&lt;br&gt;
v) footer.php&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Step 2: Copy the existing CSS to a new stylesheet
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;You will need to copy the CSS coding from your existing HTML site to a WordPress stylesheet for the next step.&lt;br&gt;
Now before copying the HTML CSS, open style.css and paste the following:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;/*Theme Name: Twenty TwentyTheme &lt;br&gt;
URI: https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty&lt;br&gt;
Author: John DoeAuthor &lt;br&gt;
URI: https://wordpress.org/&lt;br&gt;
Description: Twenty Twenty &lt;br&gt;
themeVersion: 1.0.0&lt;br&gt;
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later&lt;br&gt;
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html&lt;br&gt;
Tags: black, orange, brown, white, tan, yellow, light, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, flexible-width, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, microformats, post-formats, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, translation-ready&lt;br&gt;
Text Domain: twentytwenty*/&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is the header of the stylesheet, you will need to copy the whole line of code including the comment /&lt;em&gt;…..&lt;/em&gt;/&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  The detailed description of these lines of code follows:
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ Theme name : This can be anything you want&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ Theme URL : Site address or homepage information&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ Author : Can be your name&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ Author URL : Can be as we added it above or you can add a link to your homepage or whatever makes sense.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ Description : Optional, can be as is, or you can add any description you want. It will appear in the WordPress backend.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ version : This is basically your theme version. Since this is not a post theme, you can start with 1.0 here.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;✔ License, License URI &amp;amp; Tags : Only required if you are going to submit the theme to the WordPress directory for others to use. If you keep it to yourself, don't worry. Keep as is.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you are done, add the above to your style.css file; copy and paste the CSS from your existing HTML site into this file. Save the file and close it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Step 3: separate your existing HTML code
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In WordPress to access database information, PHP is used. As a result, your existing HTML code which resides in index.html must be separated into parts, so that the WordPress CMS can combine them properly.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To do this, you will need to copy parts of the original HTML document into different files that you created in the first step.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;First, open your index.html file, then browse your newly created WordPress file:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  header.php:
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From the start of your HTML file to the main content area i.e. or go to the header.php file. So copy and paste the code after that just before it is displayed copy and paste after&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  Sidebar.php
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Check your index.html file again; find and search or and notice the closing tag. Now, whatever is inside this section, copy and paste inside the sidebar.php file; save and close.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  Footer.php
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now, whatever is left from the end of the sidebar (i.e.) to the end of the index.html file should contain footer information. It will be added to this file. After that just before the closing hook tag copy and paste after&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h4&gt;
  
  
  save file
&lt;/h4&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once you are done with the index.html file, save it and close it as well&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Step 4: Finalize your header.php and index.php files for WordPress
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now the last steps for header.php and index.php are in the following format:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Look for the link in your section that looks like this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;link rel=”stylesheet” href=”style.css”&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Replace the link with the link below:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;link rel=”stylesheet” href=”&amp;lt;?php &lt;br&gt;
echo get_template_directory_uri(); ?&amp;gt;/style.css” type=”text/css” media=”all” /&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now save and close the header.php file.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In your index.php file; enter the following, exactly like this:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;?phpget_header(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;lt;?php get_sidebar(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;lt;?php get_footer(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Make sure the space between the two lines of code above is as is, one after the other.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The loop starts here:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;?php if( have_posts() ) : ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;lt;?php while( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;div id="post-&amp;lt;?php the_ID(); ?&amp;gt;"&amp;lt;?php post_class(); ?&amp;gt;&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;div class="post-header"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;div class="date"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                    &amp;lt;?php the_time( 'M j y'); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;h2&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href="&amp;lt;?php the_permalink(); ?&amp;gt;"rel="bookmark"title="Permanent Link to &amp;lt;?php the_title_attribute(); ?&amp;gt;"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php the_title(); ?&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/h2&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;div class="author"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;?php the_author(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!--endpost header--&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;div class="entry clear"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php if( function_exists( 'add_theme_support') ) the_post_thumbnail(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php the_content(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php edit_post_link(); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php wp_link_pages(); ?&amp;gt; &lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!--endentry--&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;div class="post-footer"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;div class="comments"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;?php comments_popup_link( 'Leave a Comment', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
                &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!--endpost footer--&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!--endpost--&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;lt;?php endwhile; /* rewind or continue if all posts have been fetched */?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;lt;div class="navigation index"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;div class="alignleft"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;?php next_posts_link( 'Older Entries'); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;div class="alignright"&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
            &amp;lt;?php previous_posts_link( 'Newer Entries'); ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
        &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!--endnavigation--&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
    &amp;lt;?php else: ?&amp;gt;&lt;br&gt;
&amp;lt;?php endif; ?&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;After that save and close the file. The basic theme is ready.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h3&gt;
  
  
  Step 5: Download your new theme
&lt;/h3&gt;

&lt;p&gt;To download your theme, follow these steps:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Create a zip file from your folder&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Go to WordPress&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Select Appearance-&amp;gt; Theme-&amp;gt; click Add New at the top&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Click Download Theme.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Download your zip file and click Install Now.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Once done, you can easily activate your theme.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;These are the basic steps to take if you are &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/wordpress-development/"&gt;manually convert your HTML site to a WordPress theme&lt;/a&gt;. Although a lot of work remains to be done to fully migrate content from HTML to WordPress in terms of pages.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If you have been following our blog as a guide for migrating from HTML to WordPress, then welcome aboard, you have joined one of the largest open source CMS communities in the world.&lt;/p&gt;

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      <category>htmltowordpress</category>
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      <title>Ubuntu makes Flutter a 'default choice' for future desktop applications
</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2021 06:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/ubuntu-makes-flutter-a-default-choice-for-future-desktop-applications-21ie</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/ubuntu-makes-flutter-a-default-choice-for-future-desktop-applications-21ie</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Flutter is a free and open-source framework for cross-platform user interface development offered by Google. It is one of the multi-platform development solutions that is gaining more and more popularity. It allows you to write user interface code in Dart, which is then compiled to build native Android apps, iOS, and the Web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Comes with a variety of predefined widgets (by Google), Flutter is a framework like Facebook's React Native and Microsoft's Xamarin, allowing developers to build native cross-platform apps. Cross-platform solutions can dramatically reduce developer time and deployment costs for businesses.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;According to Google, the use of Flutter is increasing in businesses thanks to "its ability to build brand experiences that support multiple platforms."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter was used to develop Android and iOS and is also the primary method of building apps for Google Fuchsia. However, since May 2019, thanks to the Web Dart programming language's possibilities and the development tools implemented at this period by browsers. Google was able first to extend the Flutter framework's support to the Web and then subsequently to office applications run by Windows, Mac OS and Linux, and other platforms. Now, Google said, the Flutter framework is becoming a portable user interface framework for all displays.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Through this update of the framework, Google intended to enable companies to offer better experiences to their customers on all types of screens, mainly through mobile, desktop, and Web applications. "For startups, the ability to reach users on mobile, Web, or desktop through the same app allows them to reach their entire audience from day one, instead of 'have limits for technical reasons. Especially for large companies, the ability to provide the same experience to all users with a code base reduces complexity and development costs, and allows them to focus on improving the quality of that experience", said the team in charge of developing the framework.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;In April 2020, Google announced that the use of Flutter continues to increase, with more than two million developers having used Flutter in the sixteen months since its release at the 2018 Google I / O conference.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to Tim Sneath, Product Manager for Flutter and Dart at Google, Flutter usage increased 10% in March compared to February. He added that Flutter now has "nearly half a million" developers using it every month.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to Google, most of them rely on Windows, with 60% of Flutter users developing on Windows 10 PCs, 27% on macOS, and 13% on Linux. More than a third of Flutter users (35%) work in a startup, while 26% are developers working in large companies, 19% are freelancers, and 7% work for design agencies.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;According to Sneath, 78% of &lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/flutter"&gt;Flutter developers&lt;/a&gt; use the stable channel, 11% are using the beta, and 11% are using either dev or master. The company also announced that the top five regions for using Flutter are India, China, the US, the EU, and Brazil. According to Sneath's article, there are also now 50,000 Android apps created by Flutter on the Google Play store, and 10,000 of them were uploaded last month,&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Google Flutter SDK version 2 available with desktop and web application support
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Last week Flutter upgraded to version 2.0, providing many supports. While Flutter started out focusing on mobile when it launched two years ago, it has taken off in recent years, and with version 2, Flutter now supports both Web and desktop applications. With this, Flutter users can now use the same codebase to build apps for iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, and the Web.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The big thing that justifies the version number change is, of course, the availability of web and desktop support," Tim Sneath, product manager at Flutter, said in a statement. "And that's just a pretty deep pivot. It's rare for products to suddenly have all these extra terminals".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Flutter 2 for desktop, foldable devices, and in-vehicle devices
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Beyond traditional mobile devices and the Web, Flutter is increasingly expanding to other types of devices. Google has highlighted some of its partnerships during the launch of version 2 of its development kit.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;On the desktop, Google announced that Canonical is going with Flutter and making it the default choice for all of its future desktop and mobile apps. The engineering team, contributing code to support development and deployment on Ubuntu, rewrote their new installer application with Flutter. The engineers made the first demo of it when Flutter 2 was launched.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Microsoft, too, is expanding support for Flutter and working with Google on Windows support for Flutter. Given Microsoft's interest in Android, this might not come as a big surprise. According to Google, Microsoft posted contributions to the Flutter engine on Wednesday to help support foldable Android devices. These devices present new design patterns, with apps that can either expand content or take advantage of the dual-screen nature to deliver side-by-side experiences.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Automaker Toyota has also announced plans to bring a new digital experience to its vehicles, building infotainment systems powered by Flutter. According to Google, using Flutter's integration API, Toyota can tailor Flutter to an in-vehicle network's unique needs.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Ubuntu bets on the future of Flutter
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Canonical is a strong supporter of Flutter. Not only did he work with Google to bring the Flutter SDK to Linux desktops through the Snap Store earlier this year, but he plans to create a new Ubuntu installer using the technology.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now it is confirmed that everything is in the direction of technology.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Indeed, Canonical's Ken VanDine, who works on the Ubuntu desktop, appeared at Google's recent Flutter Engage event to relay the message about his company's full support for the technology:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"We [Canonical] don't just enabled Flutter for Linux, we also worked with the Flutter team to release the Flutter SDK as a Snap to the Snap Store, the app store for Linux," recalled Ken. "By releasing the Fluter SDK as a snap-in, we've made it easy to install and configure your development environment to build mobile, Web, and desktop apps with Flutter on Ubuntu. Flutter is the default choice for future mobile and desktop applications created by Canonical".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That's a pretty big commitment for a framework that, until a few months ago, was not available at all for Linux desktops. Nonetheless, Canonical sees Flutter's potential. He started working on the all-new Ubuntu installer using Subiquity server installer technology and a custom Yaru-style Flutter UI.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But while Canonical's support is undoubtedly a victory for the Flutter community, what benefits will Flutter apps offer Ubuntu users?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;h2&gt;
  
  
  Native is more than just widgets.
&lt;/h2&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Like Flutter, Electron apps are popular with web developers because they are easier to learn, faster to build, and compatible with existing skills (or, for lack of a better term, they allow you to smooth things over).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Desktop users, however, are less enthusiastic. Electron applications are regularly criticized for their poor performance, do not integrate or support desktop functionality, and are markedly "different" from traditional applications.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter tries to iron out many of these flaws. It offers better performance and allows developers to use web styles that "mimic" other systems' user interface. For example, a Flutter app designed for iOS might use a set of UI widgets modeled after those of native iOS.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Flutter isn't Electron, of course, but he faces some of the same barriers to broader adoption (whether real or perceived) from an end-user perspective.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The main? The Nativity. None of the examples in Google's Flutter gallery perform as well as a native-coded app. The experience is different in use, and they look different (even when trying to mimic the face of a specific system, like with iOS).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Many minor inconsistencies (slow UI interaction here, unstyled text label there, etc.) fuel a larger sense of "valley of the strange". Also, Canonical is working on a "Yaru" style (the user interface theme used in Ubuntu since 18.10. The article determines the colors, borders, shadows, size, and shape of individual elements on the screen) to use by the developers of Flutter applications. A logical idea.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Note that although this visual "coating" can take effect, the Yaru style is only helpful on one Linux distribution, among others. Developers who wish to target other Linux distros won't find Yaru very useful, not without similar Flutter side styles for other GTK and Qt themes.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Google has a habit of "dropping" projects that don't match its priorities (constantly evolving). Flutter is the trend right now, but with mobile moving faster than desktop, it might as well fall out of favor.&lt;/p&gt;

</description>
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      <title>How Flutter App Development Services are Enhancing Mobile Apps in 2021</title>
      <dc:creator>WebOccult Technologies</dc:creator>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 06:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>https://dev.to/weboccult/how-flutter-app-development-services-are-enhancing-mobile-apps-in-2021-dnc</link>
      <guid>https://dev.to/weboccult/how-flutter-app-development-services-are-enhancing-mobile-apps-in-2021-dnc</guid>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Flutter application development has many advantages to offer a business. Since every new year brings some hope and challenges in various fields, 2021 is again to be proved as an important year for mobile applications. Mobile app owners are going to enjoy the enormous benefits of Flutter and its amazing tools that will bring not only better business but also better acceleration. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With every passing year, cross-platform app development is treading. The mobile app development trends are adopting new tools to meet ongoing standards. You must hire a Flutter app developer by keeping the latest mobile app development technology in mind. Where two immensely popular frameworks were enrooted well, Xamarin and React Native, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/blog/why-do-developers-choose-flutter-for-cross-platform-development-over-react-native/"&gt;Flutter has made an entirely separate room&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. The significant advantages are propelling the mobile app owners to adopt the same. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why Cross-Platform Mobile App Development is Important&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Android and iOS are the two leading mobile operating systems of Global market share. As per a survey, around 75% of mobile operating system users are Android users and 13% are iOS users. Flutter App Development Services are soothing the task by providing affecting cross-platform mobile app development.&lt;br&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;code&gt;Android OS is indeed dominating the market. Still, mobile app owners need to explore the other available mobile operating systems too. Though it also depends upon the product or service to be focused on the application, most of the app owners want to target the audience more broadly. It again creates some difficulties to deploy the two different apps for the platforms, individually.&lt;/code&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A Flutter App Development Company can banish the need for separate codes and management teams. The UX experts need to navigate between both projects to maintain a better user experience. Cross-platform mobile app development is trending and there are several &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/blog/top-reasons-to-choose-cross-platform-development-especially-flutter/"&gt;reasons to choose Flutter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; for the same. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mobile Applications and Flutter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mobile applications are playing an important role in business marketing. Currently, around 57% of digital media utilization is covered by mobile applications. This percentile can be highly increased with every passing year. 2021 may witness a drastic growth in this ratio where the businesses are focusing on mobile app development. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Mobile app owners are willing to take their applications to the next level so that they can win the rat race of the market. Mobile App owners hire Flutter app developers to churn the technological advancement with the real value of apps. There is a need to build a cost-effective plan for mobile app development, where you can hit a larger span without making a hole in the pocket. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;With our Flutter App Development Services, you can't create a comprehensive mobile application that can help you to set your own trend in the market. &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/flutter"&gt;Flutter was introduced lately but soon it had gripped the mobile app development realm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Flutter is an incredible SDK that is used to build mobile applications for iOS, Android, and many mobile OS. You can develop a mobile application that can be operated on different operating systems with a single codebase. We do tenfold productivity with Flutter application development as here is why it is a perfect choice to level-up your mobile application this year –&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dart: Flutter includes an in-house programming language of Google that is 'Dart'. It is an excellent language and tool to be used for application building. There is no need to manage variations of programming languages. Dart has incredibly powerful syntax to design splendid mobile applications. It further encourages the robust architecture of the application. The language has no such difficult feature that can make it difficult to learn. Developers can adapt it easily with the perfection of performance.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Hot Reloading Feature: Flutter’s Hot Reload feature adds more value to mobile applications. It allows the developers to inject modifications easily in the source code, without troubling them with the need to restart. It often becomes quite frustrating for the developers to apply changes in the codes. Though React Native also has this feature, Hot Reload is giving great comfort to the developers with better productivity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plugins and Widgets: Developers are having a broad library of plugins and widgets to accelerate app development. With the excellent UI tool kit, Flutter is giving a fresh touch to mobile applications. This feature eliminates the need for combining the external components. Developers can get the workflow of the designer with Adobe XD. Adobe Plugin helps to design components with the Dart code.`&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Front-end and Back-end Development: Since native app coding was complex with separate coding requirements, Flutter eases the task. Developers can perform front-end and back-end development with one code. There is no need to maintain separate files for them. Dart is making Flutter a perfect choice for mobile apps that developers prefer to offer a perfect mobile app to the business owners.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Time and Cost: From progressive startups to renowned enterprises, everyone wants to save cost and time. Mobile applications are something that can bring profits in the market. Still, we need to save our concern before pouring too much for the same. Flutter lets the developers create flawless mobile applications to run on multiple platforms. Since it reduces the need for writing codes from scratch, again and again, it saves lots of time and cost.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;2021 may bring lots of success for your business. All you need is good support from a &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/services/flutter"&gt;Flutter app development company&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, which can help you to explore by leveraging the best features in your mobile application. Weboccult helps your business with cross-platform development and lets you stand out with distinction. &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Final Words&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;
Flutter is known as a modern and intelligent technology that can create innovations in mobile app developments. Since every innovation has some limits,&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.weboccult.com/"&gt;WebOccult&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; helps to overcome them. 2021 can be a prosperous year for your business; Let your feature-rich mobile application capture the audience&lt;/p&gt;

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