Flutter Surpasses React Native in Cross-Platform Popularity
Google's open-source Flutter framework has gained popularity as a cross-platform development tool. Unlike React Native, Flutter allows developers to target mobile platforms, desktops, and the web with a single codebase.
Flutter is written in Dart, a language less popular than JavaScript used by React. The framework's native UI makes apps platform-independent, and its strong support for Visual Studio Code makes it an excellent choice for beginners.
The installation process is straightforward, using VS Code as the recommended IDE. This ensures that installation is quick, without requiring a command line. Instructions are available for Windows, macOS, Linux, and ChromeOS.