Google Drops Support for Flutter and Dart: Implications for Developers and the Future of Cross-Platform Apps

The writing is on the wall, between the track record that Google holds in support for the software it releases it is a matter of time. The layoffs for the Flutter, Dart, and Python groups will be felt and drive the abandonment of their cross development framework. We have to first understand how these languages/frameworks stand to understand the future of them and how Google affects them.

Python

Python on the other hand is a mature language and stands far beyond the need of support from Google as it is widely used and supported.

Dart

Dart on the other hand was a language developed by Google, it is not a bad language, but it never took off until Flutter. It was originally a language that would be compiled into Javascript for web development. However, it was given a second life by having it used to develop Flutter applications. The language is a mix of Javascript and C (without pointers). It is easy to learn as a second programming or even a first programming language… and any language is better than Javascript.

Flutter

Flutter is a cross-platform framework developed by Google. The goal was to provide a way to easily develop…