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I'm going to have to disagree, straight up flutter fixes everything wrong with react native. I've wasted countless hours I'll never get back trying to get various Babel configurations to work. I guess typescript tries to fix issues with JavaScript not having real types, but you still have to fight Babel.

Why do I still need a bunch of weird configuration files to just get import working ? JavaScript has treated me very well, it's what allows me to pay my bills. It still has so many fundamental issues that I avoid it when I can.

The vast majority of apps ultimately either CRUD or LOB( thanks for the term). When I or a friend needs something hacked together real quick, Flutter is the answer.

Add in what might be the greatest Firebase integration, and that you can create CRUD apps in hours. Implement login, and authentication flows within minutes.

I don't feel like playing the true Scotsman game when it comes to getting things done, if it works it works.

In fact when I build these tools for my friends, or for myself I don't even build an app. I deploy directly to a website with Firebase and Flutter web. Google makes us workflow insanely easy, I could probably deploy a new CRUD app with a login system in like an hour.

Ultimately all we need to do is render a list of items, create new items, update them and delete them. That's what the vast majority of apps do.

At least for my personal projects it's Unity for games, and Flutter for anything else.

Then again, I don't have a comp science background and I just love getting things done. I don't really care how Flutter accomplishes what it does. Your allowed to use both Dynamics and Types when defining methods. This really helps when trying to hack something together fast, but latter reffing it.

If a friend needs an app built to track grocery spending or what not, what stack would you pick.



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