Managing conditional imports and CORS issues Here’s what I want to do: The user chooses a file and uploads it to a server. The user downloads a file and chooses where to save it. Both of these tasks should support web and desktop. The problem is, on desktop (and mobile)…

Unveiling the magic The GetIt package provides a convenient way to access app services and state management classes from anywhere within your app. This functionality is known as a service locator, which is often compared to dependency injection, another common way to decouple dependencies in your app. The idea of…

This tutorial covers local storage only, no Atlas device sync Normally I use SQLite for storing large amounts of data locally, and the sqflite package has served me well for that. However, I’m now working on a project that will require syncing data across devices, and I have no idea…

The pros and the cons In this article I’ll be referring to Flutter and Dart packages, but the principles apply across languages and frameworks. There’s a package for that When you’re just getting started building a new application in a new language and framework, everything is fresh and exciting — but it’s also difficult. How…

Quick reference and tutorial Written for Flutter 3.7. Every time I need to style text in Flutter, it always feels like reinventing the wheel. I’ve written about styled text before, but this will be a quick-reference article just related to using text spans. Text vs RichText vs Text.rich If your entire text uses the same…

A minimal example for a dialog or snackbar message My friend asked me today how to show an error message in the UI when making an HTTP request. …

A short tutorial to make writing code a little faster I’m in the habit of scattering print statements around my code. This saves from having to step through a debugger to see what the code is doing. In the Dart language, it looks like this: print('message'); Everything but the message…

I always think it’s good to reflect on the meaning of life. Life is short, and it’s so easy to get caught up in making money and building your personal brand. What’s your motivation for programming? At the end of your life, what will it all mean? …

I originally meant to quietly post this as my Stack Overflow profile, but profiles there are only allowed 3000 characters, so here we are on Medium. Normally I don’t publicly write about sensitive topics that I know are controversial because I dislike controversy and I didn’t want any negative consequences…