0.0 Introduction

Welcome to the world of Flutter and Dart!

Whether you're an experienced developer or a newbie, Flutter offers a creative and efficient way to build cross-platform applications (although we’ll be using it to write mobile apps).

0.1 What is Flutter?

Flutter is an open-source UI toolkit by Google for developing applications across multiple platforms from a single codebase.

Key Features:

• Single Codebase: Write once, run anywhere.
• Fast Development: Hot Reload for quick iterations.
• Expressive UI: Customisable widgets for consistent, native-like apps.
• High Performance: Native ARM code compilation.
• Strong Community: Extensive packages and support.

0.2 What is Dart?

Dart is the language used for writing Flutter apps, optimized for building user interfaces.

Key Features:

• Object-Oriented: Supports classes and inheritance.
• Strongly Typed: Early error detection.
• Asynchronous Programming: Smooth UIs with async and await.
• AOT and JIT Compilation: Fast startup and development with hot reload.

0.3 Why Choose Flutter and Dart?