RedBrogdon
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5 years ago Our Widgets 101 series is now published, and covers some of this material:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXedqMlLo7M&list=PLOU2XLYxmsIJyiwUPCou_OVTpRIn_8UMd
Now that Flutter Live is behind us and I have time to think, what other resources are needed here? We've got some guides that touch on the imperative-versus-reactive content:
- https://flutter.io/docs/get-started/flutter-for/android-devs
- https://flutter.io/docs/get-started/flutter-for/declarative
Are you still looking for a video that would do this as well?
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@InMatrix commented on Mon Oct 22 2018
In our recent UX studies, we've observed a lot of initial difficulty for developers who came from other frameworks to realize UI programing in Flutter was reactive and UI changes should be done by changing the state of the UI instead of manipulating UI elements directly. Those developers could have benefited from a quick but upfront introduction to the key aspects of the framework, so they don't attempt to apply their existing UI programming knowledge inapplicable to Flutter.
Here is my request: can we turn A Tour of the Flutter Framework into a short video and feature it prominently on our website? It could pair nicely with the more marketing-oriented Introducing Flutter video.
Cc: @RedBrogdon, @galeyang, @jayoung-lee, @Sfshaza
@RedBrogdon commented on Tue Oct 23 2018
Hmm. I'm not sure how short a video could be and still cover all of these topics:
We do have videos in the pipeline for Stateful/Stateless/Inherited and Keys, which will go over some of this content.
If this is your primary concern:
We could totally create a short video on that. I've done two recent conference talks about how the widget/element/render trees relate to one another and the motivation behind the way things work. They could probably be distilled into something short and straightforward. Would that help here?
@InMatrix commented on Wed Oct 24 2018
Yes, totally. It doesn't even need to touch the three trees, IMO. The primary goal of this video is to quickly point out paradigm shifts to developers not familiar with reactive UI frameworks but otherwise proficient in programming, so they can make an informed decision on when they can learn by trial and error and when they do need to pause and read stuff.
The research question, if I may frame it that way, is this: what is the minimum amount of upfront learning required to get an experienced developer started on Flutter and continue with on-demand learning? We can start with something simple and iterate on that using the study sessions scheduled in November. What do you think?