Issue 233 - Flutter Tap Weekly Newsletter
This week’s issue covers Flutter 3.29’s latest performance upgrades, insights on Flutter Connection 2025 in Paris, and must-see tutorials, videos, and packages.
Articles
What’s new in Flutter 3.29. This release refines development and boosts performance, with updates to Impeller, Cupertino, DevTools and more. With 104 unique authors contributing this release cycle, Flutter 3.29 showcases the community’s dedication.
Tools
🚀 Introducing Stac — A Server Driven UI framework for Flutter. This is an interesting open-source solution for sending updates on the fly and steering the UI directly from the server.
Events
Flutter Connection 2025's lineup has been announced for April 3-4 in Paris. The content team is crafting an event tailored for seasoned Flutter developers, featuring advanced talks from renowned speakers including Majid Haijan, Jaime Blasco, Mangirdas Kazlauskas, and Aloïs Deniel. Topics will cover Memory Management, OTA App Updates, Slivers, Full-Stack Development, and more.
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We interviewed Simone Civetta one of the organizers of Flutter Connection:
What makes Flutter Connection 2025 stand out from other Flutter conferences?
- We focus on advanced and actionable topics: Full-Stack Dev, Memory Management, CI/CD, etc - that means no marketing, and no non-Flutter related subjects.
- Cozy venue and monotrack format : ideal to make meaningful connections and create friendships
Any special activities, workshops, or networking sessions planned?
- Workshop: Yes! On April 3rd, Anton Borries will lead a workshop on advanced widgets with home_widgets.
- Networking sessions: Also yes! Our signature party just after the conference, Friday evening.
The biggest takeaway or highlight attendees can expect?
- I believe it's always great to assist - live - to a talk by Majid and Salih. I'm sure Aloïs will provide some - wow - moments as last year! And looking forward to help spread the word about Semantic Widgets. But all talks look super interesting, honestly!
So take advantage of the discount!. Get 15% Off the the price ticket with the code FLUTTERTAP.
Tutorials
Understanding Flutter rendering pipeline: Build phase. Roman Ismagilov gives us a deep dive on how Flutter works under the hood.
How to build a server in Dart: CTO insights. Mark Widman shows us how to build a local HTTP server using pure Dart and a Dart package called Shelf Plus.
No Macros in Dart, How to Replace Freezed? Albert Wolszon shows us how their team transitions from Freezed to their solution, reducing build times and generated code while maintaining flexibility and clarity.
Videos
🔥 Flutter 3.29 released! 🔥 Pub.dev improvements, Dart 3.7 & much more!. Flutter 3.29 is here! This update brings exciting new features to Cupertino and Material widgets, smoother animations, and major Impeller improvements for better performance. Plus, Dart 3.7 introduces cleaner coding enhancements, and pub.dev gets a dark mode and improved package stats. Stay up to date with the latest Flutter news and discover what’s new in Flutter’s latest version update for 2025!
State Mgmt in Flutter with Riverpod Code Generation - Ep.6: Switching Your App's Language. With Riverpod, changing your app's language is a breeze! We'll create a provider to store the default language, listen for changes when the user switches from English to Spanish and viceversa, and seamlessly update the entire app's UI. Get ready to build apps that speak your users' language – literally!
Build a Clicker Game in FlutterFlow | Full Tutorial & Template!. Ready to level up your app development skills and have fun doing it? In this video, we explore the App Development Clicker Game Template—an incremental game project built entirely in FlutterFlow. Discover how to set up click-to-earn mechanics, unlock revenue-boosting features, and customize the project to match your vision. Whether you’re brand-new to FlutterFlow or an experienced developer, this template offers a fresh perspective on gamified app development.
Packages
shelf_plus. Shelf Plus is a quality of life addon for your server-side development within the Shelf platform. It's a great base to start off your apps fast, while maintaining full compatibility with the Shelf ecosystem.
flutter_slidable. A Flutter implementation of slidable list item with directional slide actions that can be dismissed.
fluent_ui. Implements Windows UI in Flutter.