Flutter Force Weekly
Your hub for all things Flutter! Discover codes, repos, libraries, projects, and articles. Let's build amazing apps together!
Welcome to this week's newsletter! We've got plenty of exciting updates and insights to share. Dive into the latest tips, tricks, and resources for Flutter development, keeping you up-to-date with the freshest content in the community. Whether you're looking to enhance your skills, explore new libraries, or stay informed about the latest trends, this edition has something for everyone. Let's continue building amazing apps together! 🚀
🎨 Day 6: Working with Assets in Flutter — Fonts, Images & More!
Welcome back to “A Developer’s Journey with Hemant!” 🎉✨ Today, we’re diving deep into one of the most vital aspects of Flutter development — managing assets! 🎨
How to Dismiss Widgets in Flutter
Dismissing widgets in Flutter can be done in several ways. Flutter offers built-in widgets for this purpose, but there are also third-party packages that can help. In this post, we will discuss three different approaches, so you can understand the differences and choose the right one for your needs.
Get Serverpod running on your VPS with Plesk
First of let me tell you that I really like using Serverpod as a development platform. And now in version 2, I really think it is out there to be ready to be shipped for real world apps.
For really understanding Serverpod I read the docs but also found a wonderful series on YouTube from Tyler Codes. On his page you will find a lot of different tutorials on Flutter and Serverpod. But his biggest effort for us “newbies” to Serverpod is his journey to develop a complete app from A to Z and recording while he is going. The series is still going on and I highly recommend it to go and see Link is here!
Packages
Cache Service
Cache Service is a powerful Flutter package designed to simplify and optimize the caching and display of images and PDFs in your applications. With its robust caching strategies, including in-memory cache management and customizable settings, Cache Service helps reduce loading times, network requests, and resource usage, resulting in a seamless user experience.
wallet_verifier_api
This plugin is a wrapper around the iOS Verifier API. You can learn more about the Verifier API here.
This plugin is still in development and currently only supports display-only capabilities.
MultiSelectField
MultiSelectField is a custom implementation of a multi-select field for Flutter applications. This library provides a flexible and highly configurable solution for projects that require native multi-selection, real-time text filtering, and more advanced features.
PocketBase Dart SDK
Official Multi-platform Dart SDK for interacting with the PocketBase Web API.
Videos
Uint8List (Technique of the Week)
Digitally, files are often represented as a list of bytes, and in Dart, bytes are represented by integers ranging from zero to 255. In this video, learn how Dart's Uint8List can help improve memory and performance when working with bytes.
Dillon Nys: How to build a Flutter cloud platform ⛅️
In this talk, we'll walk through what does on behind the scenes when you run `celest start` or `celest deploy`, everything from hot reloading your backend to bundling it up and running it on the cloud. If you've ever been curious how it's done, this talk is for you. I'll be spilling all the beans!
Flutter & Friends 2024 - Main stage stream
This is the stream from the main stage of the Flutter & Friends conference in Stockholm on the 2nd of September, 2024.