Week 1 and 2 Recap by Cherono Lucy https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f 5 groups answer different questions. Each group has their own question en-us 2021-01-24 21:06:50 UTC 2021-01-26 09:05:30 UTC hello@padlet.com Cross-platform Integration https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125619068 It is a tool that incorporates both iOS and Android environments as well as web]]> 2021-01-26 08:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125619068 Mainly two categories: https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125623350 Stateless and Stateful Widgets]]> 2021-01-26 08:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125623350 Dart enables flutter to avoid using a separate declarative layout language https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125624922 like JSX and XM. which reduces compilation overhead. IE built-in ui component support]]> 2021-01-26 08:43:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125624922 Large and fast growing community https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125625749 2021-01-26 08:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125625749 Single Codebase https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125627661 Flutter because from a single codebase, we can develop applications for anrionds,ios,windows,mac,etc. ]]> 2021-01-26 08:44:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125627661 Widget Definition: https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125627947 Basic building blocks for apps in flutter.]]> 2021-01-26 08:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125627947 Custom animated components https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125628468 2021-01-26 08:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125628468 https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629338 2021-01-26 08:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629338 Flutter has a wide range of developer packages available https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629664 2021-01-26 08:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629664 Types of widgets: https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629809 - Accessibility: Makes the app easy to access

- Image & icons: Widgets to display images and icons

- Layout widgets: Used to organize the way items are displayed on the screen.

Animation & Motion Widgets :  Add animations to other widgets.

Input Widgets: Provide input functionality in a flutter application

Material widgets : A set of widgets that mainly follow material design by google.

Text Widget: Display text

Styling Widgets: deals with theme, responsiveness & sizing of the app.

]]> 2021-01-26 08:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125629809 Flutter allows the addition of gamification features, implement a gamified interface on the mobile application and enables adequate speed and performance. https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632327 2021-01-26 08:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632327 Comparison: lmurithi https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632361  If a widget can change when a user interacts with it, it's stateful, but if it does not change when a user interacts with it, it's stateless]]> 2021-01-26 08:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632361 Syntax is similar to java and C++ increasing usability and low the barrier of use. https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632525 2021-01-26 08:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125632525 Goes beyond Mobile https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125637485 2021-01-26 08:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125637485 Creating classes in dart hmataruse https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125641297 supports object-oriented programming features and the classes are in form on a blueprint
-We can have functions ,constructors and fields in a class]]> 2021-01-26 08:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125641297 Examples of stateless widgets are: lmurithi https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125643198 Text, row, column, Container,  Icon, IconButton.]]> 2021-01-26 08:48:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125643198 Hot Reload https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125645004 Flutter’s hot reload feature helps you quickly and easily experiment, build UIs, add features, and fix bugs. Without having to rebuild the whole application it can happen passively when you save the application or you can instigate it through clicking the lightening button on the UI or by using a shortcut]]> 2021-01-26 08:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125645004 Examples of Stateful widgets are: lmurithi https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125647988 Checkbox, Radio Button, Slider, InkWell, Form, and TextField.]]> 2021-01-26 08:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125647988 Stateful Widgets comes with two classes: mrazafiman https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125651949 1. The state object
2. Widget]]> 2021-01-26 08:50:50 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125651949 Data types hmataruse https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125657765 we have strings , boolean , objects , integers ,maps,Lists]]> 2021-01-26 08:52:38 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125657765 Characteristics of Stateless Widgets: lmurithi https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125657830 Static, Independent, don't depend on any data change.]]> 2021-01-26 08:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125657830 Characteristics of Stateful Widgets: Dynamic, Can be updated during runtime based on user interaction. lmurithi https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125665614 2021-01-26 08:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125665614 Dart Interface hmataruse https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125665818 dart supports interfaces which define a set of methods available on an object 
- Interfaces in Dart do not follow a particular syntax and they are declared using a class]]> 2021-01-26 08:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125665818 what is hot reload https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125666539 this is used to implement changes made in a code. It takes less time and just restructures the tree structure of the app.]]> 2021-01-26 08:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125666539 Dart enables Flutter's Hot reload https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125669331 This rebuilds UI in seconds to see changes instantly.]]> 2021-01-26 08:55:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125669331 Dart Class hmataruse https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125673286 Mixin is a class that contains methods for use by other class without having to be a parent class]]> 2021-01-26 08:57:05 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125673286 What is hot restart https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125673664 This is for major changes made to the code. It sets state value to default by destroying it and rebuilding the entire tree structure]]> 2021-01-26 08:57:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125673664 Difference https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125678046 Basic difference is, hot reload is used to reflect minor changes while hot restart is used in for major changes made to the application code.

Also hot reload takes less time to reflect changes made while hot restart takes much time, since the entire tree structure has to be re-built.]]> 2021-01-26 08:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/cchepkwony/arn1l7whxwx0xa1f/wish/1125678046