As an Engineering Lead at Very Good Ventures, Marcus gets to help developers improve daily. His passion lies in pushing the cabailitles of developers beyond building apps. To that end, he’s given talks at Google Cloud Next and Big Sky Dev Con about Dart on the backend and integrating Gemini AI in to Flutter. He’s also started a YouTube channel (mydevlifemt) to share his journey learning Apple’s platforms. Marcus has been a Flutter developer since 2018.
Marcus Twichel
Engineering Lead
SwiftUI for Flutter Developers
Why would a Flutter developer need to learn SwiftUI? We love the efficiency of building multi-platform apps, but sometimes you want to incorporate platform-specific features that make iOS apps stand out. Luckily for us, SwiftUI offers a familiar development experience to Flutter and opens the door to these native capabilities. From WatchOS apps to home screen widgets, Live Activities, and App Clips, we’ll demonstrate how incorporating SwiftUI allows you to implement these features seamlessly within your Flutter apps to create more dynamic and useful user experiences.
We'll start by exploring the reasons to embrace SwiftUI as a Flutter developer. Next, we’ll delve into the SwiftUI syntax, how the developer experience compares to Flutter, and demonstrate how simple it is to transfer your Flutter skills to SwiftUI! Finally, we will have a hands-on live coding session on how to build a Home Screen Widget using SwiftUI and integrate it into a Flutter app. As a bonus, we’ll publish a template to help jump-start adding a home screen widget to your app.
This talk is perfect for Flutter developers who want to expand their skill set, add unique iOS features to their apps, and create a more comprehensive user experience across the Apple ecosystem.
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HTMX + Dart = A Good Idea?
HTMX, the rising star in the world of web development, is revolutionizing how we build dynamic and interactive websites. Its popularity stems from its ability to simplify the creation of complex websites without importing large Javascript libraries. Thanks to Dart Frog – a powerful, Dart-based backend framework – Flutter developers can seamlessly leverage their existing skills to build full-fledged web solutions using this exciting technology. In this session, we'll dive into the unique capabilities of both HTMX and Dart Frog, and we’ll demonstrate how their combined power can simplify web development and enable any Dart developer to make an engaging website.