30 Days of Flutter

Week 3 content

Welcome to the 3rd week of #30DaysOfFlutter! Reminder, this is a self learning journey. Spend 1 hour everyday to study the learning materials, and join the live session on Wednesdays.  

🔴 Live Session - February 17th at 9 AM PST: - Add to calendar 

• Live Q&A with Tim Sneath.
• Live Coding Example: API Network communication and JSON.
  • We’ll pick up where we last left off to add some simple networking calls. 
  • This week, we’ll take a look at adding some data about SpaceX rockets from a real API using HTTP and JSON deserialization! We’ll also update our UI to make everything pop a little more and have a quick look at how we can use plugins to give our app some cool new features.
• Q&A with the community panel. 

Self Study Materials

• Last week, we live-coded a Flutter app from 0 and created a simple UI, check out the video and code repository. Widget catalog - play with some widgets. 
• Widget catalog - play with some widgets. 
  • Are you struggling with widgets and layouts still? Revisit the Week 1 content! 
• Check out how to use packages and look at some packages :
  • Firebase
  • Image Picker
  • URL Launcher
  • Video Player 
• There are lots of other packages, check out : https://pub.dev/
   
• Firebase integration :
  
  • Complete this codelab : Get to know Firebase for Flutter
  • Watch this video to get started with Firebase for Flutter
  • Watch this video on using Firestore with your Flutter app

Further Reading  
Adding animation to your app

• Follow the Animations tutorial

You can also watch some videos here  

• Choosing animation in Flutter
• Animations Basics with Implicit animations
• Creating your own implicit animations
• Make your own first Directional Animations with Built-in Explicit Animations