Most overpowered way to build mobile apps?

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Learn how to use FlutterFlow to build iOS and Android apps quickly. It is a low-code Flutter tool with integrations for Firebase that rapidly speed up mobile development.

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  1. This is basically the same concept as WordPress. Yes, these tools are faster, but you lose the nuance and flexability of doing it with code. Besides, as an iOS developer, I prefer to build apps native because most people use tools like flutter and React Native, which are unable to utilize the Swift API features that make an app much more beautiful when uitilized properly.

  2. I have a very simple app that is a daily tracker that will eventually have AI assistant within it. It will be 6 daily checkboxes yes/no, 6 “rate your day” 1-10 questions and a notes section for your day. What would you recommend to get a simple version 1 on the App Store asap so I can go sell sell sell?

  3. Unrelated but… Every other day they create some new thing with the same output with more not needed complex steps added. For example, I don't understand how can people like react.js. I absolutely hate it.

    The thing I hate the most is… I like vanilla coding with little use of the library. But here, every other day they tell you to learn a new language or a framework.. because it's "latest" even if it's no good and will make the system actually heavy. I absolutely don't understand this mentality.

    I spent more of my life learning new and forgetting old only to go back to learn the old again because it has changed drastically. Not to mention in the meantime I don't actually doing anything productive. Just fucking learning eat with legs.

  4. As a professional flutter developer who has used this tool in production, let me tell you that this tool is shit. You can use this for small MVP/internal tools but using this to ship production level apps is a mess. It became so intense that we had a convo with the FlutterFlow team and even then they couldn't solve the problem. With delayed delivery timelines, issue that had no resolution (because they were only happening in flutterflow and not in normal flutter project), broken flutterflow interfaces I urged my CTO to put this to rest and use normal code (I am the flutter tech lead), but he was adamant on using this and made even bigger pitches to the client about this tool. My team suffered for at least 3 months with no solutions to our problem and the date to demo the client was getting close. I later go to know that my CTO knows one of the 2 founders of flutterflow(they were batchmates) and that was the reason for pushing this tool without proper evaluation. I resigned on the spot when I learned this and saw the entire project crash and burn. It felt good to watch my managers and CTO sit at nights in meetings, feeling the same stress that I dealt with.

    Long story short evaluate the tool before implementing and never let these corporates boss you around.

  5. I just realized my favorite thing about this channel; actually there are a few things: No obnoxious ads, short and sweet with just enough info to cover the basics, and best of all, NO ANNOYING INTROS / OUTROS!! ❤‍🔥

  6. Flutter flow is great for prototyping but trust me unless you are paying 50 + dollars everymonth just to flutter flow , its very very limited and even when you do its still only great for prototyping and not at all for long term development at all.

    As soon as you hit something a little complex than average you are gonna have to dive into code (which you cant get unless you pay a little more) and even then you have to work with flutter flows way of doing things which is sub optimal to say the least in terms of maintainability and code readability.

    Its a tool for prototyping at the moment not truly to build maintainable , production worthy apps. I am aware there are a lot of people out there pushing top prod using FF but take some advice don't do it unless there is literally no other option

  7. I would like need to know if someone can tell me what kinda type of minimal specifications to use and where is the app stored, if I need much space of if a cloud with 20gbs is enough.

  8. This is useful. I have to build some very simple app that would take me a few days by hand, but I don't have the time to do it and this would allow me to do it for a few hours even if I am not familiar with FlutterFlow. Great idea for a simpler apps.

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