Managing State in Flutter Pragmatically: Discover how to adopt the best state management approach for scaling your Flutter app

see url Managing State in Flutter Pragmatically Contributors About the author About the reviewer Preface Who this book is for What this book covers To get the most out of this book Download the example code files Download the color images Conventions used Get in touch Share Your Thoughts Section 1:The Basics of State Management Chapter 1: States and State Management Overview Flutter – a brief introduction What is a state? Importance of a state in an application Different states in a large application What is state management? Choosing the best technique for your application Summary Chapter 2: The Core Building Blocks of State Management Technical requirements Managing states within a widget with setState The counter application example Widget rebuilding – widget trees Passing data to another screen – setState example Updating the first screen's counter value Section overview – setState Optional challenge – setState Inherited widgets – injecting the state at the root Inherited widgets – updating the counter variable Section overview – inherited widgets Inherited models – optimizing inherited widgets Remember the optional challenge? Section overview – inherited models Summary Section 2:Types, Techniques, and Approaches Chapter 3: Diving into Advanced State Management Approaches Technical requirements Provider – using less boilerplate code than InheritedWidget Adding a Provider dependency in a sample application Consuming Provider using the ChangeNotifierProvider class Section overview – Provider Riverpod – enhancing Provider Adding a Riverpod dependency in a sample application Using the simplest version of Riverpod to update the counter value Using a custom class as a state in Riverpod Section overview – Riverpod BLoC – writing business logic separately Adding a BLoC dependency in your application Creating a counter example application using BLoC Optional challenge – BLoC Section overview – BLoC Cubit – simplified BLoC Creating a counter example application using Cubit Section overview – Cubit Summary Chapter 4: Adopting State Management Approaches from React Technical requirements Redux – using unidirectional data flow Adding a Redux dependency to a sample app Consuming Redux using StoreProvider in code Section overview – Redux MobX – using observables with the fewest lines of code Adding MobX, Build Runner, and Codegen dependencies to the sample app Using code generation to create boilerplate code through build runner MobX – section overview Summary Chapter 5: Executing Distinctive Approaches Like GetX, GetIt, and Binder Technical requirements GetX – simplified reactions Adding a GetX dependency in a sample application Example of a counter application using GetBuilder Exploring more in GetX Section overview – GetX Optional challenge – GetX GetIt – no BuildContext required Adding a GetIt dependency in a sample application Counter example application using GetIt Section overview – GetIt Binder – using scopes to separate business logic Adding a Binder dependency in a sample application Counter example application using Binder Section overview – Binder Summary Section 3:Code-Level Implementation Chapter 6: Creating a Shopping Cart Application Using Basic Approaches Technical requirements Creating a shopping cart application with setState Section overview Optional challenge Creating a shopping cart application with InheritedWidget Section overview Optional challenge Creating a shopping cart application with InheritedModel Section overview Summary Chapter 7: Manipulating a Shopping Cart Application through BLoC, Provider, and React-Based Approaches Technical requirements Creating a shopping cart application with BLoC Creating a shopping cart application with Cubit Creating a shopping cart application with Provider Creating a shopping cart application with Riverpod Creating a shopping cart application with Redux Creating a shopping cart application with MobX Summary Chapter 8: Using GetX, GetIt, and Binder to Update the Cart Application Technical requirements Creating a cart app with GetX Optional challenge – GetX Creating a cart app with GetIt Creating a cart app using Binder Summary Chapter 9: Comparative State Management Analysis: When to Use What? Technical requirements Revisiting the techniques setState InheritedWidget and InheritedModel Provider Riverpod BLoC and Cubit Redux MobX GetX GetIt Binder Mapping different techniques to different application ideas setState InheritedWidget/InheritedModel Provider/Riverpod BLoC/Cubit Distinctive approaches Redux MobX Creating a good architecture Author's choice of state management technique – a hybrid approach A short overview of state management decision-making Summary Why subscribe? Other Books You May Enjoy Packt is searching for authors like you