vandadnp/flutter-tips-and-tricks

★ 6,829DartAudience · developerComplexity · 1/5Setup · easy

Mindmap

mindmap
  root((repo))
    What it does
      Flutter tips reference
      Code examples
      Hundreds of tips
    Topics
      Flutter UI patterns
      Dart language features
      Riverpod state management
    Audience
      Flutter developers
      Dart learners
    Format
      Markdown files
      Table of contents
      Copy-paste examples

mindmap root((repo)) What it does Flutter tips reference Code examples Hundreds of tips Topics Flutter UI patterns Dart language features Riverpod state management Audience Flutter developers Dart learners Format Markdown files Table of contents Copy-paste examples

Click or tap to explore — scroll the page freely

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Look up a specific Flutter UI pattern like spacing rows or building alert dialogs without searching the full docs.

USE CASE 2

Learn non-obvious Dart language tricks for lists, maps, futures, and null-safety in real app code.

USE CASE 3

Find copy-paste Riverpod state management examples used in production Flutter apps.

Tech stack

DartFlutter

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

In plain English

This repository is a reference collection of short, focused tips for developers building apps with Flutter and Dart. Flutter is Google's toolkit for creating mobile and desktop apps from a single codebase, and Dart is the programming language it uses. The repository does not contain a runnable application or a library you install. Instead it is a growing list of individual articles, each covering a specific technique or language feature. The tips cover a wide range of topics. Some are about Flutter's UI layer: how to control image aspect ratios, add spacing to rows, build reusable alert dialogs, animate buttons, display image galleries, or handle drag and drop. Others go deeper into Dart language patterns: working with lists, maps, sets, and iterables in non-obvious ways, handling optional values, writing generic utilities, managing asynchronous code with futures and streams, and using newer Dart features like enum members or null-aware operators. Several tips are specific to Riverpod, a popular state management library for Flutter. Those entries cover patterns like faking API responses during development, managing stream providers, and working with immutable data structures. Each tip links to its own markdown file in the repository, which typically includes a code example and explanation. The collection is organized as a long table of contents, making it easy to scan for a topic by name. There are several hundred entries in total, covering topics from beginner-friendly layout tricks to less common language features like reflection, recursive data structures, and custom operators. The repository is aimed at developers who already know the basics of Flutter or Dart and want practical techniques they can apply directly in their projects. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1

Using the patterns in this Flutter tips repository, show me how to add drag-and-drop support between two lists in Flutter.

Prompt 2

Give me an example from this repository style of handling async API calls in Flutter with proper null-safety and error handling.

Prompt 3

Show me a Riverpod state management example from this tips collection that handles a stream of data from a fake API.

Prompt 4

How do I use enum members in Dart the way shown in this tips collection to replace string-based constants in a Flutter app?

Open on GitHub → Explain another repo

← vandadnp on gitmyhub — every repo by this author, as a profile.

Verify against the repo before relying on details.