# Anyone familiar with Google's Flutter? **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [June 21, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-googles-flutter/638392 "2018-06-21T16:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2018, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-googles-flutter/638392/1 "2018-06-21T16:34:04Z")
> **[Announcing Flutter Release Preview 1 – Flutter – Medium](https://medium.com/flutter-io/flutter-release-preview-1-943a9b6ee65a)** > > Community momentum builds on the path to release Looks nice, and possibly something to help streamline mobile development (though getting into some of the examples it was not as simple as I initially suspected). ---
**Author:** ![kirupa](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/kirupa/32/11616_2.png) [@kirupa](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kirupa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-googles-flutter/638392/2 "2018-06-24T05:22:22Z")
I played around with their Hello World sample when it first came out. My only hesitation with using it is its reliance on Dart. I still lean towards React Native for giving me a balance between performance and developer convenience 😛 ---
**Author:** ![senocular](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/senocular/32/7217_2.png) [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-googles-flutter/638392/3 "2018-06-24T13:41:10Z")
> [@kirupa](#): > > My only hesitation with using it is its reliance on Dart. That’s what threw me too. I mean, I hear some people really like Dart, but it’s also one of those things that keeps Flutter from being as accessible as it could be.