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Understanding Flutter Widgets with Code Examples

Understanding flutter widgets, stateless and stateful widgets

In this post, we will understand some of the following key concepts of Flutter framework. What are widgets? What are stateless widgets? What are stateful widgets? What are Flutter Widgets? A flutter mobile app consists of multiple UIs with each UI built out of one or more widgets. These widgets are nothing but elements of interaction between the app user and the application. Note element of interaction used to describe widget in Wikipedia definition given below. As per the wikipedia, A graphical widget (also graphical control element or control) in a graphical user interface is an element of interaction such as a button or a scroll bar. Controls are software components that a computer user interacts with through direct manipulation …

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Flutter Web App Commands – Cheatsheet

Flutter Web Commands Cheatsheet

In this post, I will list down some of the key commands (cheatsheet) which can help one build and release web application (app) using Flutter.   In order for the following commands to work, follow the steps given below: Install Flutter: Make sure you have installed Flutter. Follow the steps in this page for setting up / installing flutter. Create Flutter Project: Once installed, create a template project for getting started with a project. Use this page for creating a flutter project. Flutter Commands for Web Once flutter is set up and a template project is created, execute the following one-time commands for setting up Flutter web development environment. These commands can be run from anywhere …

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Google PACO for Tracking Trends on Personal Stuff

The article talks about features & benefits of Google PACO mobile app that one could use for tracking analytics data in relation with personal stuff. Thanks for reading it further. Ever wanted to check on how are you doing in relation with some of the following habits on the personal front: Software Developer: How much time are you devoting on some of the following: Learning new technologies by reading one or more webpages/books Trying out/evaluating new tools & frameworks (this could be tracked on weekly basis rather than daily basis) Physical Training (PT): How much time are you spending daily on doing one or more PT exercises such as running? In …

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Tools & Frameworks That Were Used to Build WhatsApp (Android)

  The article talks about the tools & frameworks that got used to build WhatsApp mobile application for Android platform. The reason why I decided to write this article is the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook in $19 billion and, my curiosity on what could have gone in building such application from technology perspective. The objective is to let Android developers take a peek into WhatsApp Android application and, get appropriate information on tools & frameworks that could be used to build a messaging application such as WhatsApp. Thanks for reading it further. Tools & Frameworks Used in WhatsApp Following is a list of tools & frameworks that were found to …

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