The document discusses Flutter, a high-performance, cross-platform mobile application runtime and framework introduced by Google. It highlights the unique features of Flutter, such as full control over the rendering stack, hot reload capabilities, and its open-source community focused on sharing knowledge and supporting developers. Additionally, it outlines community purposes, values, and recurring events, emphasizing collaboration and learning within the Flutter ecosystem.

2. Filipe Barroso
Senior Software Developer @ Acceptto
- Mobile & Machine Learning Engineer
Community Organizer
- Google Developers Group Lisboa, part
of Lisbon Tech Alliance
- Flutter Portugal
@ABarroso

3. . Why is Flutter different
. What’s exciting about Flutter
. Why communities matter
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4. @ABarroso
flutter.dev
“At a high level, Flutter is a high-performance,
cross-platform mobile application runtime and
its corresponding framework.” (2016)
~ Ian “Hixie” Hickson
Twitter: @Hixie

5. Robot by Richard Schumann, Laptop by Dhika hernandita from the Noun Project, Mac by Govind Dhiman, Web by
Icongeek26 all from the Noun Project, @ABarroso

6. Native
Code
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7. Native
Code
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

8. Native
Code Widgets,
Rendering
Platform
Channels
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

9. Native
Code Widgets,
Rendering
Platform
Channels
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

10. Native
Code Widgets,
Rendering
Platform
Channels
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

11. Robot by Richard Schumann, Laptop by Dhika hernandita from the Noun Project, Mac by Govind Dhiman, Web by
Icongeek26 all from the Noun Project, @ABarroso

12. Native
Code
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

13. Native
Code
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
OEM
Widget
Events
Canvas
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14. Android iOS
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15. Native
Code
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
Events
Canvas
WebViews
Bridge
@ABarroso

16. Native
Code
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
Events
Canvas
Bridge
OEM
Widget
@ABarroso

17. Native
Code Widgets,
Rendering
Platform
Channels
Events
Canvas
BluetoothLocation
AudioSensors
Camera etc.
@ABarroso

18. https://flutter.dev/docs/development/data-and-backend/state-mgmt/declarative

19. Skia Dart Text
Foundation
Animation Painting
Rendering
Widgets
Material
Gestures
Engine
(C++)
Framework
(Dart)
Cupertino
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20. What is a Widget?
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21. Widgets?
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22. Widgets
Material Cupertino
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24. Olá, Open Source Lisbon

25. Superpowered by Dart
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26. Develop Deploy
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27. Develop Deploy
JIT + VM
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28. Develop Deploy
JIT + VM
Hot
Reload
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29. Develop Deploy
JIT + VM
AOT +
runtime
Native
x86/Arm
Hot
Reload
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30. @ABarroso

31. - Full control over the rendering stack
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32. - Full control over the rendering stack
- Reactive views with no bridge
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33. - Full control over the rendering stack
- Reactive views with no bridge
- Great development experience with Hot
Reload
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34. - Full control over the rendering stack
- Reactive views with no bridge
- Great development experience with Hot
Reload
- Fast, smooth, and predictable UI
@ABarroso

35. - Full control over the rendering stack
- Reactive views with no bridge
- Great development experience with Hot
Reload
- Fast, smooth, and predictable UI
- Deploy to multiple platforms from one
codebase
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37. @ABarroso
flutter.dev
“Flutter is Google’s UI
toolkit for building
beautiful, natively
compiled applications
for mobile, web, and
desktop from a single
codebase.” (2019)
flutter.dev

38. @ABarroso
“An Open Source Community”

39. Purpose
Why does the
community
exist?
● Talk about Flutter
● Sharing knowledge &
news
● Support each other

40. Identity
Who is this for
● Curious
● Who want to learn
● Wish to improve

41. Values
Which 3
principles are
important to us?
● Motivation
● Respect
● Reliability

42. Rules
What guidelines
and boundaries
help us achieve
our purpose and
represent our
values?
● Free events
● Open Sourced Content
● Community First

43. Experience
What happens
in our
community on a
recurring basis
● Tech Talks
● Workshops
● Social Projects

44. Maintainers
Who lead the
community?
● Organizers act as
Open Source
maintainers
● Community Requests
● 1 person responsible
per event

45. VOST.pt

46. Fogos.pt

47. Flutter Portugal
Twitter | Github | Meetup
@FlutterPortugal
Discord
chat.flutter.pt

48. Twitter: @ABarroso

49. PÁRA DE
FALAR

50. Q&A
Filipe Barroso
Twitter: @ABarroso
@ABarroso