Flutter vs React Native – Programming Language, Which One You Should Learn?

Flutter vs React Native – Programming Language

Flutter is built upon the Dart language, which was made by Google too. The language is considered a niche in the developer community but is in no way a tough language. If you have any experience with object-oriented programming, then learning Dart will be a cakewalk. A thorough guide, along with examples can be very easily found at the official documentation.

React Native, on the other hand, uses JavaScript as its base language. Over the years, JavaScript has gained immense popularity due to its easy learning curve and widespread usage. If someone is well versed with JavaScript, they can start developing applications using React Native without wasting much time getting accustomed to the framework.

Flutter	React Native
Uses Dart	Uses JavaScript
Installation requires extra steps e.g. setting of PATH	Installed easily through NPM
Detailed and easy to follow documentation	Documentation lack a lot of vital information
Complete and independent architecture	Architecture depends on bridges resulting in poor performance
Rich in features and API has everything you need	Heavy reliability on third-party libraries
Productivity decreases with complexity	Encourages developer productivity
Smaller community than React	Huge and active community
Inbuilt testing support through modules	Testing is done through third-party applications
Release automation well documented	Release automation also dependent on third party applications
Inbuilt CI/CD support	Can be set up through third parties