Next Stop: Flutter

Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPtsV-u6Rd8
A talk on comparison of Flutter with other frameworks (Android/iOS Native, React Native, Xamarin, Native Script, Cordova Ionic) given at Flutter Karachi Meetup # 1 on 10th November, 2018.
https://medium.com/flutterpub/next-stop-flutter-477023188671

Transcript

1. Next Stop: Flutter
   A Comparison of Flutter with Other Frameworks
   Wajahat Karim
   

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2. About Me
   Wajahat Karim
   - Mobile Developer (Apps & Games)
   - Writer (Co-Authored 2 Books)
   - Open Source Contributor
   - Editor at Android Pub (70,000+ followers) & Flutter Pub (1000+ followers)
   

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3. Flutter Pub - A Medium Publication
   ❏ 1000+ Followers
   ❏ 100+ Stories
   ❏ 50+ Writers
   ❏ 20,000 Daily Visitors
   Created and Edited by
   Wajahat Karim & Danish Amjad
   https://medium.com/FlutterPub
   

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4. What’re we going to talk about?
   

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5. What have we got?
   Native Language Hybrid Apps Compiled App
   

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6. A Closer Look
   Uses C# and .NET
   Not compiled to native
   Comes with many
   pre-built and mostly
   adaptive controls
   Uses JavaScript
   Not compiled to native
   Comes with some
   pre-built and partly
   adaptive controls
   Uses JavaScript
   Not compiled to native
   Comes with some
   pre-built and mostly
   adaptive controls
   Uses Dart
   Compiled to ARM/C++
   Comes with lots of
   pre-built and
   non-adaptive controls
   

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7. Write Once, Use Everywhere
   Write Once Write Twice
   

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8. Learn Once, Write Everywhere
   Learn Once Learn Twice
   

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9. Rich pre-styled Components Library
   All you need Style yourself
   

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10. Ecosystem / Third-party Libraries
    High Low
    

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11. Popularity / Community
    Hot Cold
    

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12. Performance
    Native-like Wrapped-like
    

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13. Native Device Features
    Native-like Wrapped-like
    

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14. And The Winner Is...
    Write Once, Use Everywhere
    Learn Once, Write Everywhere
    Components Library
    Performance
    Native Device Features
    Ecosystem / Third-party Libs
    Popularity / Community
    Real World Usage
    

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15. Thanks for listening.
    https://wajahatkarim.com wajahatkarim3@gmail.com
    https://github.com/wajahatkarim3 @WajahatKarim https://medium.com/@wajahatkarim3
    

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16. References
    - https://hackernoon.com/react-native-vs-flutter-which-is-more-startup-friendly-c6e412d0b9ab
    - https://hackernoon.com/react-native-vs-flutter-which-one-is-better-21e576b56b41
    - https://blog.novoda.com/react-native-flutter-xamarin-a-comparison/
    - https://dzone.com/articles/flutter-vs-react-native-how-to-choose-the-best-hyb
    - https://academind.com/learn/flutter/react-native-vs-flutter-vs-ionic-vs-nativescript-vs-pwa/
    

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