100 The Flutter Framework

Introduction

This chapter will give you a basic understanding of how the Flutter Framework [1] works as a whole. I will showcase the difference of Flutter to other cross-platform approaches and how Flutter works under the hood. You will also be introduced to the concepts of State [12] and Flutter’s way of rendering an app as a tree of Widgets [13]. Lastly, you will gain an understanding of how Flutter handles Asynchronous Programming and communication with the Web.

Contents of the Chapter

• Under The Hood
• Thinking Declaratively
• The Widget Tree
• Asynchronous Flutter

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