Shaders are special programs GPU uses that allow modifying the final view. With their help, we can implement various effects, including very complicated ones, even those that are not possible to reach any other way except through shaders.

📌 You can start your journey into the shader world from the article series from Karthik Ponnam.

https://karthikponnam.medium.com/flutter-shaders-an-introduction-7dd29632e0dd
https://karthikponnam.medium.com/creating-custom-shaders-in-flutter-a-step-by-step-guide-49ec86bec20d
https://karthikponnam.medium.com/image-manipulation-with-shaders-flutter-aa11027b4a4d

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Two decades ago, Google launched a global coding competition called Code Jam, which challenged programmers of all levels to test and hone their skills by racing to solve algorithmic problems.

📌 Do you want to celebrate this anniversary with Google in another programming contest? You can sign up by clicking here.
https://developers.googleblog.com/2023/02/celebrate-googles-coding-competitions.html

#event

A walkthrough of a Flutter beginner's code lab is out.

📌 Filip Hráček himself helps with this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sAyPDLorek

#video

The Flutter plugin for VSCode recently received an update. This release has a lot of small improvements and fixes.

📌 A detailed list is available here.
https://dartcode.org/releases/v3-60/

#update

The new episode in the series Package of the Week shows the official lint ruleset.

📌 More details by the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEZf2q4W20g

#packageoftheweek

Firebase provides many beneficial and handy services. Including ones for user authentication.

📌 Guide on how to implement multi-factor authentication with Firebase in an article by Hrishikesh Pathak.
https://blog.codemagic.io/a-complete-guide-to-firebase-multi-factor-authentication-in-flutter/

#firebase #article

Today in a new Observable<Flutter> episode, Craig will investigate a "mysterious issue".

📌 The broadcast can be found at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCiYWBvz_rM

#event #observableflutter

A/B test is an efficient way to understand what is preferred by most users.

📌 Daniel Loomb in his article describes how you can implement an A/B test with Statsig in a Flutter application.
https://hackernoon.com/ab-testing-in-flutter-with-statsig

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Neural networks are looking more and more promising these days. They are no longer just a toy for math enthusiasts, but promising helpers in many areas.

📌 Filip Hráček explains the concept in a simple and clear style and even writes an easy implementation in Dart.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvA3RgwMDNM

#video

Today in a new Observable<Flutter> episode, Gianfranco Papa will show how gRPC can speed up your full-stack Dart development.

📌 The broadcast can be found at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCbclWBV32o

#event #observableflutter

Registration for the next Google I/O is already available. The event will be held on May 10.

📌 You can register at the link.
https://io.google/2023/

#event

There is an eternal debate about whether monorepo is convenient or not. Anyway, monorepo is a really often-used approach, no matter who chose which side in this debate. But if you're in the "pros" camp, then google's mono_repo utility might be useful for you.

📌 You can find it here.
https://pub.dev/packages/mono_repo

#package

The new episode in the series Package of the Week shows firebase_storage.

📌 More details by the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RcK1yKZtBA

#packageoftheweek

Another challenge implemented using Flutter.

📌 Read more on Erick Ghaumez's tweet.
https://twitter.com/rxlabz/status/1642065482663559168?s=46&t=DFQF5jb9m61z9xSfsIJDNw

#challenge

Singleton is a rather controversial pattern, some would even say that it is an anti-pattern. But even it can be very useful.

📌 Read Mikhail Matiunin's article about the implementation of this pattern in Dart.
https://plugfox.dev/singleton

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App store optimization aka ASO is a set of approaches for optimizing a mobile app page. Recently ASO.dev beta version has become available, and it already has a lot of useful features. And especially nice is that it was launched by a member of our community, @gorniv good luck 💪

📌 And for everyone who wants to take part in the test, here's a link
https://testflight.apple.com/join/FgTVjl9r

#announcement

Anonymous functions are available in many languages, and Dart is no exception. What these functions are and how you can use them, in a brief tour by Mikhail Matyunin.

📌Find the article at the link.
https://plugfox.dev/harness-the-power-of-anonymous-functions-in-dart/

#article

Today in a new Observable<Flutter> episode, Lukas Klingsbo and Craig Labenz will discuss best practices for using Flame.

📌 The broadcast can be found at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz-DpxuGz_U

#event #observableflutter

The new episode in the series Package of the Week shows flutter_animate.

📌 More details by the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSqUZFkRLr8

#packageoftheweek

I’m happy to announce that after long time we are coming back with a new meetup in Flutter Voronezh.

What makes the interface non-boring and responsive to the user, and makes the application look made professional? And what will you use to evoke a wow effect in the user? For both questions only one answer - animations, you absolutely need them in professional software development. Join the meeting where we going to talk about the various aspects of using animations: how to use them from the box, what other options there are, and even will announce a small but very useful open-source project on this subject.

Event will take place on April 20, 19:00 Moscow time. Event in Russian.

📌 Registration is available here.
https://www.meetup.com/flutter-voronezh/events/292890985/

#event #fluttervrn

There's an interesting new announcement on the official Flutter channel - waiting for a new show.

📌 The intro is available at the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Beiu8IGbStc

#announcement