Flutter 1.0 For Cross-Platform Development With Hummingbird

Q: What Is Project Hummingbird?

Project Hummingbird is an initiative by Google to extend Flutter's capabilities beyond mobile to include web applications. It enables developers to use a single codebase to create high-performance, responsive apps that run seamlessly on both mobile and web platforms. This project aims to simplify cross-platform development and enhance the versatility of Flutter.

Q: How does Project Hummingbird benefit developers?

Project Hummingbird allows developers to leverage Flutter's existing skillset to build high-performance, visually rich web applications using familiar tools and frameworks.

Q: How can developers get started with Flutter and Project Hummingbird?

Developers can begin by installing Flutter, exploring the documentation, and using Flutter's tooling to create and deploy web applications. The Flutter community and resources like VT Netzwelt's articles can provide further guidance and support.

Google Releases Flutter 1.0

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Finally, Google has announced the first stable release of Flutter, its cross-platform UI toolkit at an event in London.

Flutter is intended to help developers build attractive apps with a native app experience from a single codebase. Although cross-platform app development is nothing new but emphasising on speed and developer control is what makes Flutter unique.

Flutter 1.0 offers unified toolkit and faster development experience by integrating directly with Android Studio, Xcode, Visual Studio Code, or the development environment of your choice.

Flutter 1.0 runs smoothly thanks to its Skia graphics engine and Dart 2.1. Flutter also supports 120 Hz phones with native compilation for 32 bit and 64 bit ARM processors.

Google in the past few months has also compiled Flutter’s widget library with extensive support for Google Material Design.

Flutter implementation has already taken place within Google itself as the company’s Google Ads app is powered by Flutter.

At the Flutter event, Square (Payment Unicorn) also announced two SDKs that allow developers to accept card payments and 2Dimensions, introduced Flare which let developers create and embed vector animations within the Flutter app.

2Dimensions Introduces Flare for Flutter
Traditionally, the whole focus of Flutter was on iOS and Android apps, but as the company has announced today that it will bring Flutter on the web too.

Project Hummingbird

Project Hummingbird for Flutter 1.0
Hummingbird is an experimental web-based implementation of Flutter that takes the advantage of Dart platform to compile JavaScript. More details on Hummingbird will be shared by Google at Google I/O 2019.

Flutter 1.0 is available and Google has offered a detailed documentation guide in addition with code labs, cookbook, technical videos.

Summary

We, at VT Netzwelt, have been playing with the beta version of Flutter from quite a time now and we know what future Flutter holds for Cross-Platform App Development.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What Is Project Hummingbird?

What are the key benefits of using Flutter with Project Hummingbird?

Flutter with Project Hummingbird allows developers to maintain a single codebase for both mobile and web applications, resulting in faster development cycles, consistent UI across platforms, and enhanced performance through Flutter’s reactive framework.

How does Project Hummingbird benefit developers?

How can developers get started with Flutter and Project Hummingbird?

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Author: Prithi Pal Thakur

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Prithi is currently working as Android Architect at VT Netzwelt. He is having 12+ years of industry experience. Prithi has worked on different technology stacks including Android, Kotlin, iOS, Java, J2EE, React Native, Flutter, Web Services. Prithi is currently exploring AI and ML in Mobile app development.