When you start a business, Flutter can be a key ingredient in the recipe for success. Learn if Flutter is the right tech choice for your startup.
When you start a business, you already have a lot on your plate. From marketing to production and employee onboarding, everything requires a lot of investment.
At such a time, investing in a website and mobile apps (for Android and iOS) is another added burden. You cannot, however, proceed without these key digital assets either.
If you are short on funds at the moment, you may want to start your digital journey with a mobile app or a website and then expand later on. How to decide which one to start your business journey with? Here’s a handy guide that can help.
But what if your audience is divided between web users and mobile app preferers?
What if all your competitors have both websites and mobile apps and you’d be left behind if you choose just one?
Well, in that case, either you need to pull in funds from other avenues and invest in getting a website and apps for Android and iOS developed. Or you can leverage the new-age Flutter technology to get a website as well as a cross-platform mobile app developed for your business.
Intrigued by what all Flutter can do for your business? Read on to learn more about what Flutter is, its various benefits, and whether it is the right solution for your startup or not.
In this piece, we will cover:
- What is Flutter?
- The benefits of using Flutter
- The best use case of Flutter
- Industry leaders using Flutter
- The shortcomings of Flutter and specific situations when it shouldn’t be used
- Getting started with a reliable Flutter development company
What is Flutter?
Flutter is an open-source framework developed by Google for creating natively compiled multi-platform apps from a single codebase.
Flutter can be used to develop apps for Android, iOS, and Windows.
Areas Where Flutter Scores Over Other Stacks
- Availability of widgets to help bring down UI development time
- Extensive documentation and community support for quick query resolution
- The use of Dart language eliminates the need for a Javascript bridge in architecture, which enhances performance
- Get constant previews and view changes in real-time with Hot Reload
- Support for 80 languages which ensures ease of implementation
- An open-source framework that is available for free
- Modern APIs with customizable features
- Does its own rendering via Skia
- Blazing fast speed as Flutter compilation happens within 25 seconds
- Ease of code sharing as 95% of Flutter code is reusable
- Quick and smooth QA as Flutter apps checked in iOS work perfectly on Android too
The Best Use Case For Flutter
Creation of Minimum Viable Products (MVP)
Why?
Flutter provides what MVPs need the most
- Faster time to market
- High-value proposition
- Higher performance
Thus, if you are just starting out, Flutter can help you develop a great MVP (for a website and Android and iOS mobile apps). Later on, as your business grows and so does Flutter, you can keep adding more features, form, and functionality, and scale your digital presence.
Web, Android, and iOS Presence With Flutter
Flutter is the only cross-platform technology that not just helps you get over the Android vs. iOS debate but also helps you create a web presence with the same code.
With Flutter, you can use the same shared code (of course, with some customizations) to create a web app or website that matches your Android and iOS app. As a vast majority of Flutter code (up to 95%) is reusable, it lets you create multiple digital assets (website and mobile apps) at the cost of one and within the time required for natively creating just one of these assets.
Industry Leaders Using Flutter
Other than its great set of advantages, there is one more reason to trust Flutter. And that is because Flutter has been trusted by not one but several industry experts.
Here are a few industry biggies who have placed their trust in Flutter
The Few Constraints Of Flutter Technology
Like every other programming language and development technology, Flutter also has some shortcomings. So here’s where Flutter falls short and shouldn’t be used.
1. Need for hardware-specific APIs and the use of third-party plugins.
That means if you are not working with actual Flutter experts, you might face the risk of not finding the right APIs and plugins. Or worse, using unsafe and incorrect additions for your website and mobile apps.
2. Shortage of 3rd party libraries.
Though the number is on a quick rise as Flutter gets more industry adoption. But still, for now, a lot of custom code needs to be written, which is impossible to get done right without experts by your side.
3. Flutter code in Dart takes a lot of space and thus, may slow down the apps.
Of course, that can be compensated for with other optimization tips and tricks. But again, you’ll need experts who understand Flutter deeply to ensure that.
Ready to get Flutter Development Services?
Trust only the experts.
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We have a team of 50+ experts, 8+ years of industry experience, and hands-on knowledge of working with Flutter. Having served clients from across the globe from 15+ industries we are the ideal partner for your Flutter development needs.
Drop us a line at info@synergytop.com or explore our Flutter development services to get your Flutter project off the ground.
