In code reviews, I often see a construction like this: — In code reviews, I often see a construction like this: enum Some { option1, option2 } final someCondition = Some.option2; void main() { late final String x; switch (someCondition) { case Some.option1: x = 'a'; break; case Some.option2: x = 'b'; break; } print(x); } Take a look at the…

This article is all about promoting my Flutter library for showcasing isolated widgets and screens. Something like Storybook in the React… — This article is all about promoting my Flutter library for showcasing isolated widgets and screens. Something like Storybook in the React world. Actually, it’s even named storybook_flutter. Why do you need it? First, to speed up UI development. Yes, Flutter has a “hot reload” that makes UI development very smooth, but what if the widget…

This is a text version of my presentation at DartUP 2020. — This is a text version of my presentation at DartUP 2020. What do we do? Our main product is a large and complex Property Management System. Also, we have a set of smaller products, one of which is a mobile application intended mainly for housekeepers and other hotel staff. Initially, it was written as…

As you probably know from my previous articles and talks, I love Flutter. I really think that this is one of the best options to develop a… — As you probably know from my previous articles and talks, I love Flutter. I really think that this is one of the best options to develop a high-quality multi-platform app. It’s so easy to create custom views with complex animations — especially, comparing with the native Android View layer. The…

Continuous integration (CI) is the practice of merging all developers’ working copies to shared mainline several times a day. — Continuous integration (CI) is the practice of merging all developers’ working copies to shared mainline several times a day. One of the most important aspects of CI is keeping the mainline healthy. That’s why it’s crucial to have proper tests, both unit and UI, that can run against any PR…

Today I would like to share with you our experience with running our Flutter application in production for about 6 months. We will talk… — Today I would like to share with you our experience with running our Flutter application in production for about 6 months. We will talk about how to organize your code, which libraries to use, and other tips and tricks we’ve learned so far. This is actually a text version of…

During one of our recent discussions about Flutter and Flutter for Web (and I do like talking about Flutter a lot), I was asked a question… — During one of our recent discussions about Flutter and Flutter for Web (and I do like talking about Flutter a lot), I was asked a question, whether the final goal of our Application Development department is to fire all the front-end developers and replace them with Flutter developers. It was…

For one of our side projects (highly experimental and written in Flutter for Web, by the way) I needed to implement something like this: — For one of our side projects (highly experimental and written in Flutter for Web, by the way) I needed to implement something like this:

As I wrote in a previous article, we’re experimenting with Flutter while developing our side project for step challenges with colleagues… — As I wrote in a previous article, we’re experimenting with Flutter while developing our side project for step challenges with colleagues. This side project should also be considered as a playground, where we can check if we can use Flutter in more serious projects. …