Flutter: Find Unused Dart Files (VSCode Extension)

With this VSCode extension, you can remove all the unused assets, files, and dependencies in your Flutter project and decrease your app bundle size. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/find-unused-dart-files/

Conditional Imports for Web/Native APIs

If you try to access a web-specific API on native platforms, your app will crash. Here's how to use conditional imports to solve this problem. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/dart-conditional-imports/

How to use defaultTargetPlatform and kIsWeb

To detect the current platform, check for kIsWeb beforehand and use it together with defaultTargetPlatform, which doesn't import dart:io. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/default-target-platform/

The Universal Platform Package

With the Universal Platform package, you can perform platform detection with a unified syntax on all platforms, including web, without errors. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/universal-platform-package/

Taking Screenshots with the Flutter CLI

How to use the Flutter CLI to save screenshots from connected iOS and Android emulators https://codewithandrea.com/tips/flutter-screenshot/

Useful Aliases for Flutter App Development

A collection of useful aliases to speed up your Flutter app development workflow. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/useful-aliases-flutter-dev/

Prefer const over final over var

Const is for hardcoded, compile-time constants. Final is for read-only variables that are set just once. Var is for variables that are set more than once. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/const-vs-final-vs-var/

Use Type Annotations for Safer Code

By adding type annotations to your collections, the Dart analyzer will warn you if you add values of the wrong type. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/use-type-annotations-for-safer-code/

How to Define Type Aliases in Dart

Here's how to use typedef to define type aliases for your function and non-function types in Dart. https://codewithandrea.com/tips/how-to-define-type-aliases-dart/

May 2024: Flutter 3.22, Firebase Data Connect, Wasm Updates, Dart Macros Preview

Also included in this edition: Google I/O news, new Flutter features, creating custom linter rules, how to run JavaScript in Flutter, and more. https://codewithandrea.com/newsletter/may-2024/


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