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Comprehensive Flutter
Ascendient Learning’s Comprehensive Flutter training teaches the hands-on programming skills needed to successfully build basic and robust Flutter applications. Attendees start out by learning how...
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$3,333 USD
Duration
5 days
Course Code
ACCEL-FLUTTER
Available Formats
Classroom
Overview
Ascendient Learning’s Comprehensive Flutter training teaches the hands-on programming skills needed to successfully build basic and robust Flutter applications. Attendees start out by learning how to use the Dart programming language, debug Flutter, create custom widgets, layout a screen, and respond to gestures. Then students take a deeper dive into more advanced skills including how to implement responsive design, style widgets, manage state, make RESTful API calls with HTTP/HTTPS, and more.
Skills Gained
- Write a cross-platform app that will run on any of the 5 billion iOS/Android cell phones in the world, as well as in browser and desktop environments
- Develop and debug Flutter apps
- Leverage the elegance of the Dart programming language in Flutter apps
- Apply themes and styles
- Write custom widgets
- Respond to gestures like taps, swipes, and pinches
- Precisely control the layout of apps in a responsive way
- Handle form data entry from users
- Make multiscreen apps with navigation, menus, and tabs
- Use Flutter to read and write data from an online RESTful API
- Find and include 3rd party libraries
Prerequisites
Experience in another object-oriented programming language like Java, C#, or C++.
Course Details
Training Materials
All Flutter training attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
- Google Chrome
- Other modern browsers as desired
- IDE/development environment of your choice
- Other free software and lab files that Ascendient Learning would specify
Outline
- Introduction
- Hello Flutter
- What is Flutter?
- Why Flutter?
- The other options
- Native solutions
- Dart Language Overview
- What is Dart?
- Expected features – Dart Cheatsheet
- Data types, Arrays/lists
- Classes
- Conditionals and loops
- Unexpected things about Dart
- Type inference
- final and const
- String interpolation with $
- Spread operator
- Map<foo, bar>
- Functions are objects
- Big arrow/Fat arrow
- Named function parameters
- Omitting “new” and “this.”
- Class constructor parameter shorthand
- Private class members
- Mixins
- The cascade operator (..)
- No overloading
- Named constructors
- Developing in Flutter
- The Flutter toolchain
- The Flutter SDK
- IDEs
- IDE DevTools
- Emulators
- Keeping the tools up to date
- The Flutter development process
- Scaffolding the app and files
- Running your app
- Everything Is Widgets
- UI as code
- Built-in Flutter widgets
- Value widgets
- Layout widgets
- Navigation widgets
- Other widgets
- How to create stateless widgets
- Widgets have keys
- Passing a value into your widget
- Stateless and Stateful widgets
- So which one should I create?
- Value Widgets
- The Text widget
- The Icon widget
- The Image widget
- Embedded images
- Network images
- Sizing an image
- Input widgets
- Text fields
- Putting the form widgets together
- Form widget
- FormField widget
- One big Form example
- Responding to Gestures
- Meet the button family
- RaisedButton
- FlatButton and IconButton
- FloatingActionButton
- CupertinoButton
- Dismissible
- Custom gestures for your custom widgets
- Reacting to a long press
- Pinching to add a new item
- Swiping left or right
- The gesture arena
- Laying Out Your Widgets
- Laying out the whole scene
- MaterialApp widget
- The Scaffold widget
- The AppBar widget
- SafeArea widget
- SnackBar widget
- How Flutter decides on a widget’s size
- The dreaded “unbounded height” error
- Flutter’s layout algorithm
- Putting widgets next to or below others
- Your widgets will never fit!
- What if there’s extra space left over?
- mainAxisAlignment
- crossAxisAlignment
- Expanded widget
- What if there’s not enough space?
- The ListView widget
- Container widget and the box model
- Alignment and positioning within a Container
- So how do you determine the size of a Container?
- Special layout widgets
- Stack widget
- GridView widget
- The Table widget
- Navigation and Routing
- Stack navigation
- Navigating forward and back
- Get result after a scene is closed
- Drawer navigation
- The Drawer widget
- Filling the drawer
- Tab Navigation
- TabController
- TabBar and Tabs
- The Dialog widget
- showDialog( ) and AlertDialog
- Responses with a Dialog
- Navigation methods can be combined
- Styling Your Widgets
- Thinking in Flutter Styles
- A word about colors
- Styling Text
- TextStyle
- Custom fonts
- Container decorations
- Border
- BorderRadius
- BoxShape
- Stacking widgets
- Positioned widget
- Card widget
- Themes
- Applying theme properties
- Managing State
- What is state?
- What goes in a StatefulWidget?
- The most important rule about state!
- Passing statedown
- Lifting state backup
- An example of state management
- When should we use state?
- Advanced state management
- InheritedWidget
- BLoC
- ScopedModel
- Hooks
- Provider
- Redux
- Your Flutter App Can Work with Files
- Including libraries in your Flutter app
- Finding a library
- Adding it to pubspec.yaml
- Importing the library
- Using the library
- Futures, async, and await
- Why would it wait?
- await
- async
- Including a file with your app
- Writing a file
- And reading it!
- Using JSON
- Writing your app’s memory to JSON
- Reading JSON into memory
- Shared preferences
- To write preferences
- To read preferences
- Making RESTful API Calls with HTTP
- The flavors of API requests
- Making an HTTP GET or DELETE request
- Making an HTTP PUT, POST, or PATCH request
- HTTP responses to widgets
- Brute force – The easy way
- FutureBuilder – The clean way
- Strongly typed classes
- Create a business class
- Write a fromJSON( ) method
- Use fromJSON( ) to hydrate the object
- One big example
- A GET request in Flutter
- A DELETE request in Flutter
- A POST and PUT request in Flutter
- Using Firebase with Flutter (time permitting)
- Introducing Firebase
- Cloud Firestore
- Cloud Functions
- Authentication
- Setting up Firebase itself
- Creating a Firebase project
- Creating the database
- Creating an iOS app
- Creating an Android app
- Adding FlutterFire plugins
- Using Firestore
- To get a collection
- To query
- To upsert
- To delete
- Where to go from here
- Conclusion
Schedule
FAQ
Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?
Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.
What languages are used to deliver training?
Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.
What does GTR stand for?
GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.
How do I find an Ascendient Learning training location?
We have training locations across the United States and Canada - View a complete list of classroom training locations.
Which delivery formats are available?
At Ascendient Learning, we offer training that is Instructor-Led, Online, Virtual, and Self-Paced.
Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?
Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.
What does vendor-authorized training mean?
As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.
Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?
It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.
How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?
We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.
Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?
Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.
Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?
Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.
Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?
We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth. We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.
How do I get started with certification?
Getting started on a certification pathway depends on your goals and the vendor you choose to get certified in. Many vendors offer entry-level IT certification to advanced IT certification that can boost your career. To get access to certification vouchers and discounts, please contact info@ascendientlearning.com.
Will I get access to content after I complete a course?
You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.
How do I request a W9 for Ascendient Learning?
View our filing status and how to request a W9.
Reviews
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