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Flutter has been transitioning from a cross-platform mobile development SDK for Android/iOS into a tool that allows you to run the same code natively in a browser on Windows, Linux and macOS. With Flutter 2, non-mobile Flutter development is starting to become more viable. Last year, I wrote two articles here on Smashing Magazine about using Flutter on web and desktop platforms. The first article was a general introduction to web and desktop development, and focused on building responsive UI; t...

According to the company, Google Pay switched to Flutter a few months ago and the engineering team was able to get rid of half a million lines of code tied to features for specific platforms. Flutter is also gaining traction at other companies. At Flutter Engage, Canonical is expected to show off a new Ubuntu installer app built with Flutter. And Microsoft is planning to add code contributions to the Flutter engine to support foldable Android devices. One of the criticisms of Flutter for the we...