Flutter is Google's UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. Flutter works with existing code, is used by developers and organizations around the world, and is free and open source.

Part 1 - Flutter Development

Explore the fundamentals of Flutter application development in Part 1 of the workshop event! During the workshop you will build a "Hello World" Flutter application, design a frontend for a shopping application, and learn how to connect your Flutter applications to backend services. You will utilize a pre-provisioned development environment allowing minimal setup to get into the application code.

Part 2 - Flutter Startup Namer

Implement a simple app that generates proposed names for a startup company. You'll learn:

• How to write a Flutter app that looks natural on iOS, Android, and the web
• Basic structure of a Flutter app
• Finding and using packages to extend functionality
• Using hot reload for a quicker development cycle
• How to implement a stateful widget
• How to create an infinite, lazily loaded list

Thursday’s event

Prepare for the hackathon season and join Google’s Flutter Developer Relations Engineers Andrew Fitz Gibbon and Khanh Nguyen for a hands-on workshop showcasing how to incorporate Flutter development into your hackathon projects.

Preparing for the workshop

Are you new or need a refresher on Flutter? Prepare for the event by learning more about Flutter usage by visiting these resources:

• Flutter (site)
• Flutter YouTube (site)
• Flutter blog (site)

Networking opportunity

Students who continue their journeys of experiencing Google Cloud tools, and who earn three skill badges, will be invited to an exclusive Spotlight Series on Tuesday, October 26th @ 20:00 ET. Attendees will hear from a Googler on how they are utilizing Google Cloud and the importance of earning Google Cloud Skills Boost Badges.

If you have any questions or require additional details, please reach out to cloud-hackathons@google.com.