Gitpod + Flutter = productivity on the go for mobile app developers

No, you don’t need to carry a 5 kg laptop with a 2 kg charging brick.

Flutter: a robust cross-platform framework.

In short, Flutter is a cross-platform framework that lets developers write apps in Dart that compiles to Android, iOS, Web, and Desktop. It is similar to React Native, but more Cpp-ish. The discussion around Flutter vs. React Native can go either way, but personally I prefer Flutter as it’s by default robust and consistent across platforms.

The development environment for Flutter is not portable

Running Flutter together with either Android Studio or XCode takes a lot of resources. Many lightweight laptops cannot run it. For some that can, it will drain your battery fairly quickly. For quite some time, I was stuck with either waste my commute time or carry a giant brick, until recently I found Gitpod + Flutter solution (beta and hacky, but works for now).

Gitpod: IDE for the Chromebook era.

Gitpod is a cloud/browser-based IDE. It runs the workspace in a container and serves the UI to a browser. It’s perfect for someone who always works on the go with a…