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Welcome to the special edition of MobilePro where we make recommendations on the best resources. This week we discuss React, Swift and Flutter and why they should be your trusted companions in your app creation journey!

Flutter and React Native are two leading tools for cross platform app development that cut development time for iOS and Android devices.

In software engineering and programming, a framework isa collection of reusable software components that make it more efficient to develop new applications. The reuse of existing development and research is an essential principle in all engineering fields.

There are plenty of differences between Flutter vs Swift vs React Native. Swift is better if you want to deliver solutions for iPhone, iPad or other Apple devices. React Native is better if you want to create MVPs or basic app solutions. However, if you want to deliver high-performing apps, go with Flutter.

In the following sections we cover the latest news on these tools and provide recommendations on resource that can bank on while creating your apps!

Thanks,
Apurva Kadam
Editor-in-Chief, Packt

React Native is an open-source UI software framework created by Facebook Inc. It is used to develop applications for Android, Android TV, iOS, macOS, tvOS, Web, Windows and UWP by enabling developers to use the React framework along with native platform capabilities.

Here are some resources that will get you started from the basics:

React and React Native

Learn React with TypeScript

Modern Full-Stack React Projects

Swift, on the other hand, is an open-source programming language, rather than an app development framework, and was created in 2014 as a modern, safe, and fast programming language for iOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS app development. Swift is designed to be easy to learn and use, with a syntax that is concise and expressive. It was intended to replace Objective-C as the primary programming language for Apple platforms.

Here are some resources that will get you started from the basics:

An iOS Developer's Guide to SwiftUI

Swift Cookbook

Elevate SwiftUI Skills by Building Projects

Flutteris an open-source framework developed by Google to buildiOS and Androidapps from a single codebase. Launched in 2018, it has since received a great deal of attention and is nowneck and neck with React Nativeas the top cross-platform development framework. When launched, Flutter focused primarily on mobile apps but is now able to build applications for web applications, Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

Here are some resources that will get you started from the basics:

Flutter Cookbook, Second Edition

Flutter & Dart - Complete App Development Course

Flutter for Beginners

And that’s a wrap.

P.S.: If you have don't want to be left behind in creating apps that are future-proof, do check out these resources!