"Failing to plan is planning to fail" — Now that we've got Flutter installed and our set up ready for development we could jump in headfirst and start coding, or we could do the smarter thing and define what we're going to build. If you still feel uncomfortable with Flutter and Dart (the programming language that powers Flutter)…

Some directions of getting started — When you're set to build a Flutter mobile, web, and/or desktop application, you'll almost every time start the same way. If you start from nothing at all, you might consider first installing and setting up Flutter itself. If you already have Flutter installed you can simply create a new project. …

And some other secret ingredients — Building a visual identity for a software product is a process that usually starts in my head. I start thinking of how I can relate to what the product is or should be about. I link it to my past experiences and the knowledge I have of the domain it…

The way it usually starts — I was one-third into my 100 days of Python journey and I just scribbled something into the 34th box that was part of a table that I received and printed. Tracking progress is important. It keeps us motivated and gives us a sense of completion. Box by box, day by…

This is the most simple, yet useful, web app I could come up with — What we'll build? A simple web app called The Background App. It'll be just a canvas colored with a default color. We'll be able to manipulate the color by passing it as a parameter in the URL of the browser. Why is this useful? Sometimes I want to grab screenshots of certain on-screen…

A geocode system for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth — The Open Location Code (OLC) is a geocoding system developed by Google that was released in October 2014. Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as Plus Codes. These codes are supported by Google Maps search since August 2015. Plus Codes are designed to be used like…

Some thoughts and ideas on how it can improve — MagSafe is one of the new things that Apple unveiled with its iPhone 12 line-up in late 2020. This technology created a special category of accessories from Apple or third-party manufacturers. This is how we got the iPhone MagSafe Charger, wallets, the colorful cases, car mounts, and many others. The…

I recreated my old website in Flutter and learned some things on the way — My website is almost as simple as it gets, having just 2 "pages": home and contact. I quoted pages because there the website is actually a SPA with 2 views. I built it a couple of years ago and used PicoCMS and its out-of-the-box Astral theme for that. It is…

Move widgets bit by bit — This example is provided as a FlutterPen and I won’t detail how to create a Flutter app. Instead, I will explain the code that manages the state as a decimal value using bitwise operators like AND, OR, or NOT. Control movement We’ll alter a state using the WASD keys (or the equivalent…