Flutter Shopping App prototype: Lessons learned

Some insights on how to implement a production-quality app using Dart + Flutter

Recently, I received a task to build a shopping app prototype using Dart + Flutter. The main requirements were to use the real-world e-commerce API of free choice, implement lazy products’ loading and caching, and build products and their details page. All the other implementation details were left up to me, hence I had to decide on the app architecture, state management solution, third-party packages, etc. So in this article, I will reflect on my choices, challenges and other details while implementing a production-quality prototype.

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Table of Contents

• Overview
• App architecture
• State management
• Reinventing the wheel
• Test, test and then test once more
• Summary
• Your contribution

Overview