Why you should take a good look at Flutter for all platforms!*

(* because it's good to learn about other languages too, not just Perl!)

Flutter has come a long ways since its was first introduced a few years ago. Yes, even though Google is still in the driver’s seat for Flutter and Dart development, more and more of the contributions are coming from the community.

Google is highly committed to continuing to make Flutter the go-to SDK for user interfaces of all kinds. Of course it still does Mobile well (ios/android/fuchsia), but recently, major releases for Flutter on Web, Flutter on Desktop (linux, windows, macos), and Dart on every platform (including compiling go-like to a single binary with everything included) have continued to please the crowds.

Many large organizations have adopted Flutter, and some app-store apps have had literally millions of downloads.

We’ll be talking about the Past, Present, and Future of Flutter and Dart.

Topics covered:
What is Flutter anyway, and why Dart?
How does it compare to other multi-platform UI SDKs?
Flutter/Dart – past, present, future
Platforms
Notable adopters
Q&A (if there’s time)

Randal L. Schwartz is a veteran of the software industry, and if you have spent any time in the Perl community, your life has in some way been influenced or directly improved from his work. He is skilled in software design, system administration, security, technical writing, and training. Randal is the author of a number of Perl books, and a founding member of Perl Mongers. He's also a passionate advocate of Flutter, and we're excited to have him share some knowledge about life outside of the Perlsphere.