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What Is Flutter and Why Should I Use It?

In this chapter, you will learn the basics of the Flutter framework, the reasons for its creation, and what the future of Flutter may hold. You will learn about the thriving Flutter community, how it is contributing to the continued evolution of Flutter, and how and why Flutter has grown so quickly in the last few years. Along the way, you will see how to build (and run!) your first Flutter project, experience the excellent Flutter documentation, and see how Flutter is designed to work across a range of platforms including iOS, Android, web, Windows, and macOS.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • What is Flutter?
  • Hello Flutter – a first glimpse of Flutter
  • Widgets, widgets, everywhere ...

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