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Flutter Cookbook

By : Simone Alessandria, Brian Kayfitz
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Book Image

Flutter Cookbook

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By: Simone Alessandria, Brian Kayfitz

Overview of this book

“Anyone interested in developing Flutter applications for Android or iOS should have a copy of this book on their desk.” – Amazon 5* Review Lauded as the ‘Flutter bible’ for new and experienced mobile app developers, this recipe-based guide will teach you the best practices for robust app development, as well as how to solve cross-platform development issues. From setting up and customizing your development environment to error handling and debugging, The Flutter Cookbook covers the how-tos as well as the principles behind them. As you progress, the recipes in this book will get you up to speed with the main tasks involved in app development, such as user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design, API design, and creating animations. Later chapters will focus on routing, retrieving data from web services, and persisting data locally. A dedicated section also covers Firebase and its machine learning capabilities. The last chapter is specifically designed to help you create apps for the web and desktop (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Throughout the book, you’ll also find recipes that cover the most important features needed to build a cross-platform application, along with insights into running a single codebase on different platforms. By the end of this Flutter book, you’ll be writing and delivering fully functional apps with confidence.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
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IntelliJ IDEA

IntelliJ IDEA is another extremely powerful and flexible IDE. You can download the tool from this website: https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/.

If you look carefully, you'll probably notice that IntelliJ iDEA looks very similar to Android Studio, and that is no coincidence. Android Studio is really just a modified version of IntelliJ IDEA. This also means that all the Flutter tools we installed for Android Studio are the exact same tools that are available for IntelliJ IDEA.

So, why would you ever want to use IntelliJ IDEA if you already have Android Studio? Android Studio has removed many of the features in IntelliJ IDEA that aren't related to Android development. This means that if you are interested in web or server development, you are going to have to use IntelliJ IDEA to get the same experience. With Flutter now supporting the web as one of its targets, this might just be enough of a reason to reach for IntelliJ IDEA over Android Studio.