Flutter strengths and weaknesses
So, we’ve had a look at the other options available to you for your mobile project and looked at the vitality of the Flutter community. This book is not designed to brainwash you into thinking Flutter is the best option (though it probably is), but given the context of the technology landscape, let’s recap the strengths and weaknesses of Flutter so that you can make an informed decision.
Strengths
The following are some of the strengths of Flutter:
- Hot reload: Flutter has the best hot reload functionality (equal to React Native and Xamarin), and this is a huge productivity benefit.
- Single code base: Of all the options available, only a couple (Flutter and Cordova) truly have a single code base that will work across platforms. As discussed, this helps hugely with project management, defect resolution, and new platforms becoming relevant or old platforms being retired.
- Project vitality: Flutter has a very active community...
