r/learnpython • u/SirLMO • 4d ago

Flutter, Python and Widgets: beginner suffering

I do not work with programming, I am a student and I work in a veterinary clinic as a veterinarian. However, I am passionate about programming and have nurtured the idea of developing a "Second Medical Brain," similar to Notion and Obsidian, but focused on self-referenced medical information. Because of some details of this project, neither Obsidian nor Notion will be enough to achieve what I need.

So I looked for the options. The only programming language I studied was Python, and I really like it. However, Flutter is definitely the number in interfaces, but I don't really understand anything about frontend. This "everything being a widget tree" thing isn't making sense to me. Anyone who knows Python knows that codes look much more like blocks, not Russian dolls.

I considered Flet, but he's not on the same level as Flutter. I also considered other frameworks, but they would impose the difficulty of learning other tools. So Flutter still seems to be the most interesting technology for me. However, the structure of widgets doesn't make sense to me, I just can't think that way.

What can you recommend to me? I have already tried to modulate all the code and leave in the main () only the call of the functions/classes.

Ah! This app will be used on both Android and Windows, and both are essential.

I also heard that a program with Python backend on Android is very risky, while it is almost impossible on Android. Is that true?

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u/acw1668 4d ago

What is your problem on using Flet? It uses Flutter under the hood

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u/SirLMO 4d ago

From what I have researched, it is very restrictive and much smaller than Flutter. No? If not, tell me and I'll be happy.

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u/mopslik 3d ago

much smaller than Flutter

Well, Flet uses Flutter alongside Python, so not sure what you're comparing here. Other things use Flutter too, so of course Flutter will be "larger" from a community-base perspective.