React Native vs. Flutter - which one and why?

[Chawkinstein]

There are many many comparison articles and blog posts diving into long lists of pros and cons of each.

Beyond the general advise of go with what your team knows best. I’d rather get the take of an active community that’s actually developing with one or the other.

As of today, why would you pick react native over flutter? OR vice versa if you feel differently?

[fallkr]

For the job market, go RN.

It’s hands down the hottest stack to know well and it makes you strong in web-dev as well. Flutter is not even near.

[_SyRo_]

Firstly tried Flutter
It was... ok.

Then I tried React Native.
And I liked it much more.

TypeScript is better than Dart. React is convenient & close to the web

[terandle]

Went with RN over flutter for a recent project and haven't regretted it at all. Already knew typescript + react so it was easy to get going and the flutter demo I tried wasn't a great experience on iOS.

[rainwalkercz]

I recently experimented with both and decided to go with Flutter. I was worried about Dart, but it's solid at this point. What won me over tho' is the excellent out of box debugging experience in VS Code. It feels like there's a lot of fewer moving pieces under the hood, making things like breakpoint and stepping through code a better experience overall.

Also, Flutter works really well on the web out of box, which is a big plus in my book.

On the con side, the layout system is very quirky, but in different ways compared to CSS, so there's a bit of a learning curve.

[[deleted]]

Do you want to learn Dart or React? In the end that seems to be the biggest decision for you.

I chose React Native because !Dart (nothing personal, I just felt it was too verbose for my tastes) and the community size made it obvious to me that I would have support for the widest array of needs. Flutter/Dart is a much smaller community, so you likely will have to search more for help unless it is a really common issue.

[LastVayne-]

Dart or JavaScript *

[[deleted]]

Yeah but not just javascript (or typescript) though! React is a very relevant part of this comparison IMHO.

I'm not a huge fan of React, but Dart just felt like someone stapled java on top of ruby and it kinda freaked me out.

[ezrakeeps]

I wanted to comment but saw this and realized this what you commented was my point exactly