August 2020
This past month has been extremely active for the Flutter community. There was a new Flutter version released (1.20), several new packages released that are noteworthy, and some great statistics on the growth of Flutter and the developers using it.
News:
Flutter 1.20: Flutter version 1.20 was released this month. This release includes over 3000 different PR’s, most of which coming from the Flutter community (thank you to everyone involved). Along with the resolved issues, several new features were introduced, many of which involve getting a lot of widgets to be on theme with the Material Library. To read more specifics on the changes and updates, see the following article:
https://medium.com/flutter/announcing-flutter-1-20-2aaf68c89c75
Statistics:
Google Search Trends:
Read up on Flutter Developer statistics:
https://medium.com/flutter-community/what-does-a-flutter-developer-look-like-in-2020-59a7147024af
Articles:
Managing Flutter State using Provider: https://medium.com/flutter-community/managing-flutter-state-using-provider-e26c78060c26
Dough, A tool to help you create squishy UI effects: https://medium.com/flutter-community/dough-a-tool-to-help-you-create-squishy-ui-effects-in-flutter-ef6eea02a32c
Flutter Web, Getting Started With Responsive Design: https://medium.com/flutter-community/flutter-web-getting-started-with-responsive-design-231511ef15d3
Flutter Performance Updates in 2019: https://medium.com/flutter/flutter-performance-updates-in-2019-4c170934f914
Packages/Community Contributions:
- Juxtapose: https://pub.dev/packages/juxtapose
- Fontify: https://pub.dev/packages/fontify
- Flutter Installer: https://github.com/YazeedAlKhalaf/Flutter_Installer
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