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    VS Code is lightweight, ultra-fast, and uses minimal RAM. Android Studio offers more comprehensive visual layout inspectors and virtual device managers out of the box.

    Over 70% of professional Flutter developers prefer VS Code for day-to-day coding due to its instant launch speed and outstanding Flutter extension refactoring tools. Android Studio is primarily useful for managing native Android SDK build tools and deep memory profiling.

    Pro-Level Best Practices

    • •Install the official Flutter & Dart extensions in VS Code for instant Hot Reload on file save.
    • •Use keyboard shortcut Cmd/Ctrl + . on any widget to instantly wrap, extract, or remove widgets from the tree.

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