For this experience, you will read through the Starter architecture for Flutter and Firebase apps using Riverpod tutorial, then download and run the template.
Please start by making a fork of https://github.com/bizz84/starter_architecture_flutter_firebase, then downloading your copy to your computer.
Next, delete the top-level .firebaserc file. This file specifies that the firebase project associated with this app must be named “starter-architecture-flutter”. Or, don’t delete it, and make sure you name your firebase project “starter-architecture-flutter” in the next step.
Next, create a cloud firestore project. Follow the instructions in Steps 3 and 4 of Get to know Firebase for Flutter codelab. You will end up with a Firestore database in “test mode” (which allows anyone to read or write from it), and an automatically generated firebase_options.dart file added to your project.
Now you should be able to build and run your fork. Check that you can add two news Jobs and several new entries on various dates so that you understand how data is represented and displayed.
Now, starting with the main.dart file, read through the source code to get an understanding of how the application works. Here are some questions to answer:
main.dart uses UncontrolledProviderScope. In a sentence or two, explain why? (For more information, see Flutter Riverpod: How to Register a Listener during App Startup.
The app puts all the code except main.dart inside the src/ directory. Is this is a good idea? Why or why not?
This app provides an example of using go_router. While you are not required to use go_router in this class, it is currently the “best practice” routing package for Flutter. You can start tracing the go_router code in app.dart to see a simple but realistic example. Do you think you want to use go_router in your own app? Why or why not?
There are four “Features”: authentication, entries, jobs, and onboarding. For the purposes of this walkthough, just look at the “jobs” feature. What is the UI interaction that results in a job getting deleted?
By the date and time listed in the Schedule page, please upload the URL to your GitHub repo containing your fork of starter_architecture_flutter_firebase, as well as your answers to the above four questions to Laulima.