{"id":9,"date":"2023-11-03T06:13:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:13:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/?p=9"},"modified":"2023-11-03T06:13:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T06:13:13","slug":"experiencing-flutter-and-dart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/2023\/11\/03\/experiencing-flutter-and-dart\/","title":{"rendered":"Experiencing Flutter and Dart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our team has recently embarked on an exciting project &#8211; a dating app designed for pet adopters and shelters. To build the app, we decided to use Flutter, an open-source UI development tool by Google that uses Dart as the programming language. I&#8217;ve been using Flutter for a while now, and so far, my experience with the kit has been overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the things I appreciate the most about Flutter is its flexibility and versatility. It allows us to create beautiful and high-quality user interfaces that run seamlessly across multiple platforms. It&#8217;s also reassuring to see instant results on both my iOS simulator and Android devices. As someone who values practicality, this feature of Flutter has been a game-changer for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, I do wish Dart&#8217;s syntax could be more consistent and concise over time. As self-taught developers of this tool kit, we rely heavily on online tutorials, and it can be confusing when basic function names change rapidly. Many of these changes seem unnecessary, and I hope Google can work on making the learning curve less steep for developers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these challenges, our team has managed to keep going and make things work, thanks to the support of each other. I am grateful to my teammates for their unwavering dedication and hard work. We are committed to delivering an app that is not only user-friendly but also efficient and reliable. We believe that the combination of Flutter and Dart will help us achieve that goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our team has recently embarked on an exciting project &#8211; a dating app designed for pet adopters and shelters. To build the app, we decided to use Flutter, an open-source UI development tool by Google that uses Dart as the programming language. I&#8217;ve been using Flutter for a while now, and so far, my experience [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13812,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/ninetailedlazycat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}