The Human Side of Flutter

Mike Diarmid

Staff Software Engineer @ FlutterFlow

Previously

- Founder & CTO of Invertase

- Melos

- FlutterFire

- Zapp

- Globe

The Human Side of Flutter

Beyond the code

>1 million active developers

>90,000 developers participating in community events

>60 countries

Why does Flutter exist?

Eric Seidel - Founder of Flutter

From Zero to Global

2018: Flutter v1.0

2019: The first Flutter meetups and conferences appear

2021: Flutter v2.0 - Web & Desktop     -

39% of x-platform developers use Flutter

2023: 

Flutter Forward, Kenya

47% of x-platform developers use Flutter

Flutteristas

flutteristas.org

Flutteristas

Danielle Cox

Life-Changing Transformations

Renuka Kelkar

Regional Communities

Jamiu Okanlawon

Sharing Culture

Taha Tesser

Sharing Culture

Share whatever you're doing

Don't isolate yourself

>55,000 pub packages on pub.dev

1,000s of blogs, tutorials & videos

...and even books!

flutterengineering.io

Sharing Culture

Lukas Klingsbo

Sharing Culture

Pooja Bhaumik

Key Takeways

Taha: share what you're doing and ask questions.

Jaimu: start small. Help a few friends. 

Pooja: when you see gaps in resources, don't wait for someone else to fill them.

Danielle: The technology can be good, but it's the community that makes it shine.

Lukas: The more you put into the community, the more you get back.

Thank you!

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By Mike Diarmid