Beginning Flutter: A Hands On Guide to App Development

by Marco L. Napoli

Build your first app in Flutter―no experience necessary! Beginning A Hands-On Guide to App Development is the essential resource for both experienced and novice developers interested in getting started with Flutter―the powerful new mobile software development kit. With Flutter, you can quickly and easily develop beautiful, powerful apps for both Android and iOS, without the need to learn multiple programming languages or juggle more than one code base. This book walks you through the process step by step. In Flutter, you’ll be working with Dart, the programming language of choice for top app developers. Even if you’re just starting out in your development career, you can learn Dart quickly, eliminating the barrier to entry for building apps. This is a more efficient way to develop and maintain cross-platform mobile apps, and this book makes the process even easier with a teach-by-example approach. The Flutter community is growing rapidly and transforming the way Android and iOS apps get made. Beginning Flutter allows you to get on board with the latest app development technology, giving your mobile development career a big head start.

Genres: Technology

528 pages, Paperback

Published October 8, 2019

Reviews

[Melinda Trimble · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is a great book for beginners. It provides clear instructions and practical examples, making it easy to understand the basics of app development. The book also covers important topics like UI design and backend integration. If you're looking to create apps for your startup, working with a startup app development company can help you apply what you learn in real-world projects.

[Jess · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frustrating to use as it's already out of date with current versions of Flutter and Material Design - constantly having to check discrepancies on my own. also not enough visuals to support the text material.

[John Wargo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Written in a style that made it harder to learn. Needed more figures illustrating topics. Less words, more drawings.

[Ahmed · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a good guide for Flutter developers with very little previuos experience.

If you are experienced, this book isn't for you. [Else if] you are going to start learning Flutter & Dart through this book, I think you may face some difficulties with new concepts (as they are not explained in details).

For me: best sections were the intermediate and advanced chapters.

I just have two questions to the author:

Why did you use the BLoC/InheritedWidget for state management instead of the Provider package ?
I (personally) find Provider easier!!!

Also, why JSON and not SQlite for local persistance ?