kamranahmedse
[Suggestion] Flutter Developer Roadmap Shortcomings
Hey there, I'm a software engineer working primarily with Dart/Flutter.
I noticed some shortcomings of the Flutter roadmap, which concerns me due to the fact that it might impact the ability of a Flutter developer, and their chances of landing a job.
The first shortcoming is the part about State Management. It currently lists 3 choices, which are GetX, VelocityX, and Redux. Professionally GetX is not looked very well upon. It frightens me that the 3 most widespread, well-documented, and best state management packages are NOT on the list. Of course I am biased as well, but VelocityX and Redux can never beat Provider, Riverpod Provider, nor BLoC. And although I don't want to debate this, GetX should, in my opinion, not even be on the list. You don't learn Flutter when using GetX, you learn GetX.
Provider, if I remember correctly, is the package which is currently (officially) recommended by Flutter. Riverpod Provider is created by the same author.
Another shortcoming I noticed, was the lack of explaining eg. InheritedWidget, and working with layout (MediaQuery, LayoutBuilder, Constraints) - See example https://docs.flutter.dev/development/ui/layout/constraints.
Just my two cents, happy holidays.
It actually lists 6 choices but they're just placed above the state management block.
Although even in its current state it could do with some tweaks. It seems pointless to discern between bloc + flutter_bloc since you'll be using both anyway if you use bloc with Flutter.
I agree that the options should be changed and limited to the 3 most recommended state management solutions: provider, bloc, and riverpod with the 'Personal Recommendation' sticker, since they're the current solutions that are widely community backed.
Thank you for opening the issue. State management section has been updated to include Riverpod.
Regarding your second point:
Another shortcoming I noticed, was the lack of explaining eg. InheritedWidget, and working with layout (MediaQuery, LayoutBuilder, Constraints) - See example https://docs.flutter.dev/development/ui/layout/constraints.
Could you please explain and provide the nested bullet list of items that you think should be there and their position in the roadmap?
