The long-awaited extension of the State class When I first began learning Flutter back in 2018, I kept getting two particular warning messages. It was obvious I was doing something wrong and not taking full advantage of Flutter’s declarative approach to programming. These messages are conveyed in the two screenshots…

now inside one State object. — State objects are a vital part of Flutter. They retain state. However, four years ago when I began working with Flutter, I found them wanting. Thus came along the concept of a ‘State Object Controller’ in the package, mvc_pattern. In that package, all your State objects can have an optional…

Works with and like Fluter; not despite Flutter. This is the final article of the series demonstrating the custom package, mvc_pattern. We’ve gone right back to the beginning of the example app to show how it starts up. For example, like any Flutter app, it begins with a Dart file…

Using InheritWidget for efficient UI updates In this article, Part 3 of 4, we’ll learn more about the mvc_pattern package by examining its second example app. Below is a screenshot of the StatefulWidget, MyHomePage. Now, this is very much your run-of-the-mill StatefulWidget. The one lone instance variable is set final…

A StatefulWidget’s Controller & State object Let’s continue from the first article, A Framework for Flutter, and examine the mvc_pattern package by examining the two example apps that come with it. In truth, I would rather you develop your Flutter apps with the more comprehensive framework package, mvc_application. However, an…

A Custom Framework for Flutter Developers — I stumbled upon this old tweet by Mike Rydstrom the other day. It’s a year-old ranking of the packages used by developers to build their Flutter apps. Nice to see my mvc_pattern is ‘gaining momentum.’ Of course, I can’t see why mine’s not #1 on the list, but that’s neither…

Flutter’s on the Web. Here’s how to get you there. — “When you compile Flutter code for the web, your application, the Flutter framework, and the web-flavored dart:ui library — all written in Dart — are compiled to JavaScript that can run on any modern browser.” — Kevin Moore, Google Product Manager. To date, Flutter runs on Windows, Mac, Fuchsia, and…