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Taking Flutter to the Web

By : Damodar Lohani
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Taking Flutter to the Web

By: Damodar Lohani

Overview of this book

Using a shared codebase in addition to an extensive range of tools in the Flutter ecosystem optimized for browsers, the Flutter framework has expanded to enable you to bring your mobile apps to the web. You’ll find out how web developers can leverage the Flutter framework for web apps with this hands-on guide. Taking Flutter to the Web will help you learn all about the Flutter ecosystem by covering the tools and project structure that allows you to easily integrate Flutter into your web stack. You’ll understand the concepts of cross-platform UI development and how they can be applied to web platforms. As you explore Flutter on the web, you'll become well-versed with using Flutter as an alternative UI platform for building adaptive and responsive designs for web apps. By the end of this Flutter book, you'll have built and deployed a complete Flutter app for the web and have a roadmap ready to target the web for your existing Flutter mobile apps.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
1
Part 1: Basics of Flutter Web
5
Part 2: Flutter Web under the Hood
9
Part 3: Advanced Concepts

Getting Started with Flutter on the Web

Flutter recently has become a very popular choice for building cross-platform applications. Flutter has gained a lot of popularity among mobile application developers and start-ups. With the introduction of stable web support and the preview of support for desktop, Flutter now supports building on six different platforms. In this chapter, we will learn how we can get started with Flutter web development.

By the end of this chapter, you will have a good understanding of the basics of Flutter on the web. You will understand what Flutter on the web is and how to get started with it. You will also understand how Flutter on the web is different from regular web and mobile development. The knowledge you gain in this chapter will also help you understand what you can build with Flutter on the web and when to use it.

In this chapter, we will cover the following main topics:

  • Introduction to Flutter and Flutter on the web
  • Why you should learn Flutter on the web
  • What you can build with Flutter on the web
  • Making and running a new Flutter web project
  • Flutter on the web for web developers
  • Flutter on the web for mobile developers
  • Official Flutter documentation