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Pan-American
By: Craig Allen Heath
Tags: 2020, Poetry, Literally Literary, Covid 19, America

Oh, heady days!

Late imperial, early feudal,

rancor in the air like poison smoke.

We breathe in fitful gasps

and coughs, inhale the future,

waste the exhale in shouts of spleen.

Grinning, cheap movie villains,

we play to the camera,

our manicured and bloody hands

midwife the suicide of a people.

All gunpowder and lipstick,

every finger tap and eyeball twitch

recorded, measured, bought, sold,

stolen and raped, we laugh at pain

for a discount at the bar.

To kill is to finger-snap,

to steal is to wink,

to love is to mouth words

soundless, empty, absurd,

even the teeth in our smile

capped, bleached, false.

The greatest! The greatest we scream,

pretending truth is all assertion

and threat. A finger in the eye delights

in pain, tears made the scarlet mark

of weakness, inviting the predator strike.

To the future! we shout.

To the past! we echo,

now the only moment

in the vastness of time

where none may stand.

Mad, hysterical, every face a mask

to cloak fear, loathing become a cocktail

mixed with acrid, bitter history

and the cold liquor of present crime.

Arms belching fire, consuming flesh,

flesh crystallized, impotent to comfort,

to soothe fevered brows.

Fever now the symptom of all malady,

lacking the cleansing effect,

fever itself the kindling of it’s own increase.

Blameless all, in the mirrored eyes,

in the annals of self-excusing memoir.

Every ego a universe, every id a god.

Flicking fingers proclaim inerrant truth

to the rabble clamoring below

the parapets of our boundless conceit.

Left, right, up, down, center, edge, blue, red —

no torture of inquisition is banned

in the science of the insane.

Wherever two of us gather

in the name of any frankenstein messiah,

there also is the blessing of horror

visited on enemies of our inner church.

A great maw, bloody, ravenous,

razor teeth numbered in hundred-millions,

we chew and swallow our way

through time, space, flesh, rock, water, air.

Brainless, soulless, an insatiable gut

feeding on what can be captured

between opposing jaws, each one biting

to spite and wound the other.

A creature eating itself, hating

both the hunger and the food.

No ouroboros, nothing with meaning

and sense, symbol of ever-renewing life —

it all goes in and nothing comes out.

Come, hated siblings, gather ‘round the fire.

Throw the children on for lightwood,

the aged to feed inferno, fan the flames

with the future that will never be.

Let us warm our bones on lunacy,

knowing, as the apostle knows the gospel,

we had no choice; our hands were bound

against us, against all reason.

We could do no other than what we did —

feckless, all-powerful, innocent, sinful.

No history will explain this epoch, this people.

If lessons were learned from the chronologies

of time, we would have learned them

long ago, and this lament

would never be sounded.
Cats in the Snow
By: Stephanie Anne
Tags: Silly Pictures, Cats, Winter, Photos, Snow

Our youngest cats, Finn and Bubs, recently turned one (around November 15th). Although they were born close to wintertime, they were still very small when we had snow last year and never really got to experience it. Now that the boys are bigger, my husband Mark decided to give them their first real taste of snow when that first snowfall of the season arrived a few weeks ago. The results of that little adventure were hilarious. And now that the snow has come back, Mark made sure to get pictures this time.

Bubs, the mighty floof, is perfectly at home in the snow. He sinks right in and gets as comfortable as he can without letting his butt touch anything cold. Snowflakes cling to his fur, adding to his majestic, wintery appearance. And, true to form, he thoroughly investigates whether or not snow can be eaten.

Finn’s experience in the snow can be described in one word: NOPE. This normally adventurous tabby does not enjoy the snow at all. He wants to touch the cold as little as possible, so he leans onto his back paws and hovers his front paws just above the snow.

On behalf of the boys, I hope you enjoyed this wintery photoshoot.
Towards the 20th of December, the month whose last ripples in the water we are currently busy…
Tags: New Year, Floral, Christmas, Snow, Tulip

Towards the 20th of December, the month whose last ripples in the water we are currently busy watching, just like Narcissos prior to his plunge, I have been ordered to go and buy some construction materials by my beloved father. Namely, a certain amount of a chemical in order to be used to scrape off the paint coat of a metal plate.

My odyssey, just as almost all shopping odysseys are these days, forced me to a detour because of all the product management tricks conducted by merchants and had me buy two extra car-seat pillows, a liquid that prevents the fog to settle in the windshield, and 5 tulips.

Now I can go on and on about the former two, how they were unnecessary and a burden on my wallet, yet, in an unabashed fashion, and crying "Je me regrette rien!" like a bearded and mustached Turkish Edith Piaf man, I shall now talk about the tulips.

Though a stranger to the environment that has surrounded me during toddlership and childhood, Christmas, well technically what is called the tradition of the celebration of the "nativity" is now at full throttle for our Christian brothers and sisters.

Now, nativity, or other related words such as nation, native, natal, nascent and so on are all thought to have been the descendants of the same Latin root: nascere, the meaning of which is this : birth. Well, I can already hear you scolding me for pointing out the obvious, the nativity tradition celebrates the birth of the Christ! Wow Sherlock, job well done! To which my reply would be, just wait my friend, don't rush to conclusions and condemn me for my criminally heavy interest in etymology.

As I have mentioned, I bought 5 tulip onions instead of metallic paint remover. And do not regret it. The catch of the buy though, was that the tulips, well onions, were towards the end of their life: if not planted and given eau de la vie soon, they were never to be able to be grow again. I am now rushing through another subject that mertis a whole text to be written about itself, the weird story of the tulip craze of the 17th century, "The Turkish Century," its travel to the Netherlands, and how they are able to, now, sell me tulips in Istanbul.
Back at The Inn
By: Jeff Riddall
Tags: Suspense Fiction, Suspense, Winter, Adventure Travel, Snow

Composed while spending a weekend at said Inn back in February 2019, when we were all allowed to do such things. 😢 Though the photo admittedly does not signal inclement weather, there is a lot of the white stuff all around.

At the end of a hair-raising, white-knuckle, nearly three-hour journey through a zero-visibility snow storm, they spotted the faint outline of their lodging for the next two nights. It immediately reminded him of the ominous final scenes from Stephen King’s “The Shining”; and we all know how well it ended. They parked out front and dragged their gear into the lobby of the “wellness” resort. The sweet smell of eucalyptus permeated the air along with the sounds of waves crashing up on a shore somewhere. They were greeted by Alice, who explained she had also recently arrived to manage the place and, they would come to find, wore several other hats. He thought she was eerily thin. She spoke slowly and methodically of the grand venue and its many amenities. Though the inn was reportedly full, they were directed to their upgraded room. No other guests had yet arrived and he wondered if any would given the weather they’d just driven through. A large corner suite with large wraparound windows revealing the dense dark forest greeted them.

Night fell quickly. A few vehicles did arrive carrying other, but not many, guests. Certainly not enough to fill the inn. They ventured down to the dining room for dinner and were again met by Alice who regaled them with the evening’s gourmet menu. Five or six other couples, with whom they would become quite familiar over the next two meals, sat at the dimly lit tables around them. Light jazz on a loop replaced the sounds of the seascape. The meal was very good, as was the wine, and they staggered back to their comfy quarters.

In the morning they found themselves back in the dining room for a late breakfast with the familiar, albeit blank faces of the evening before, as they would again for dinner. He suggested the tune should be shifted from jazz to some version of Hotel California. The scene started to feel a tad surreal and repetitive. Just like Groundhog Day. After the second dinner they noticed their lodge mates had become friendly, almost too friendly for a group of people who had just met. They decided it may be better to not engage and retired again to the seeming safety of their room. They woke on their final day to renewed fierce weather. They quickly packed their bags for the long trip home. White knuckles returned with the lack of visibility, but they drove on. Nearly three hours later they crept into an all too familiar driveway, stopped at the entrance and slowly climbed the stairs to the lobby. Hello again Alice they whimpered…
Family Winter Safety 101
By: Karen Kajmowicz
Tags: Winter Activities, Karen Kajmowicz, Winter, Safety, Snow

Winter safety is important. While it may be challenging and cumbersome to get everyone ready to go out in the cold weather, the extra time taken to prepare will ensure no one in your family gets sick.

Before You Go Out

Get you and your family prepared before you go out to play in the snow or even if you have to run an errand in freezing weather.

Put sunscreen on yourself and your children. People can still experience sunburn in the winter since the sun bounces off of snowfall on the ground.

Layer everyone with a thermal layer, then a regular outfit, then the final layer with an insulated jacket.

Remember to have everyone put on hats, gloves, scarves, earmuffs, and insulated snow boots.

Offer your children a glass of water. Offer the option of hot chocolate or even soup to warm up before going out.

Playing in the Snow

Do not send your children out alone. There should always be two or more children playing together in the snow as you and/or another parent or guardian watch the children.

Young children may need to come in for another warm drink or more water if they do not move around as much (i.e., babies on a sled ride).

Have your children only play for small intervals, such as a half-hour at a time.

Key Safety Tips to Remember

Be safe no matter what you are doing or where you are going by remembering these key safety tips.

If it under 16 degrees Fahrenheit, children could experience frostbite. Please do not send your children out when it’s this temperature or below that.

Make sure to have helmets and other necessary safety equipment if your children are snowboarding, skiing, sledding, or ice skating.

Check with your kids every 10–15 minutes to be sure they are not wet or cold.

Never let your children put metal objects from the snow into their mouths. No need to call the ambulance with a child’s tongue stuck to a pole.
Plowing the snow,
By: Lukas Fecko
Tags: Plowing, Revelation, Fathers, Expectations, Snow

Now, because I like to prove my point I started to notice where are the step. No really. You might imagine you know where you are walking, but when a fresh snow falls, and then you look at it. You can get surprised.

Maybe it’s not that far away but all of a sudden you see, you were walking there, up and down, seeing how meaningless your walk was. Or your father friend, was waiting and jsut walked up and down. Those data I could throw away.

But there were the ones where my mom walk. Every morning. So that path is good. My dad walks to put start the fire. I can follow those. And it’s not only about the one going directly where the line is now. There is need even for more space, than just to walk through.

“briliant, I am genius” and you make it nice, the edges are curvy and all and then your father comes: “you can put it away with this. And destroy every polishing you’ve did. You walk as far as possible to not see what just happened.

After getting back from the hot head moment, I noticed when he made it too broad, IT wasn’t good enough. Like there was a sweet spot where you don’t feel squized by where you need to walk, and at the same time, not to broad that you need unnecesarry enegy father. Unless you enjoy doing it, then go ahead.
Let
By: K. Chapman
Tags: Poetry, Love, Snow, Mountains, Loss

A poem

Besalú, Spain. Photo by author.

Snow fell yesterday

Where we marveled speechless as at an altar

In the barbers’ canyon

Tucked between mountains

our borrowed hillside hid a lovers cabin

You kept returning outside

to behold the views

not blighted by ostentatious homes

and I, looking up, astounded

at the violent closeness of every star at once

I let you not choose me, I let you

Leave,

I required no reasons

So clear to me was the truth

I let your leaving go

everyday—

like a dust storm

sweeping me breathless

lodging particles where my lungs pumped clean

just before

then nothing moves

no one comes

but a calm drizzle settling on surfaces and inside

this burning chest

I let your devotion

lie unreconciled

with your absence

I do not question the thousand

green eye glances —

especially those you pulled me close to see —

my face in your hands

I let the remnants

(stilted breaths, midnight tears)

roll down the hill we stayed on,

hitting stumps and sturdier trees

(in my memory they are green too)

and collect in the valley

by the piles of refuse

curated by the eccentric heir,

who intercepted us on the way to dinner

We learned at that meal

about the rarity of piñones,

a cash crop poor families

stop by the sides of highways to pick,

not realizing we had seen them,

their old pickups pulled across the shoulder

No one knows when the piñones will return

They only sprout

every seven years or so
Browse The U-No-Snow Services. You can still find problems that you’ll…
Tags: Snow

Every organization has people in charge of clearing the area from snow in the winter months. Some of them making the effort to save money and force their workers to wash the snow, not really suspicious of that they are ridiculously violating safety processes and putting staff vulnerable. Beyond the undeniable fact that untrained people sent to clear snow are going to be inadequate, there’s also a big risk of illness from low temps and high humidity. Apparently having saved a penny on hiring a professional snow removing equipment, the employer will pay for the long-term sick leave of his workers.

You can still find problems that you’ll certainly come across, laying on your shoulders worries about snow removal. One of these is the removal and disposal of snow from the removed area. You have to know that the storage and unlicensed disposal of snow masses on the territory of a city or a suburb is just prohibited, and it’ll essentially entail big fines which are incommensurable with the cost of snow removing. Don’t you think so that self-cleaning snow is just too much negative implications? That is why competent managers in large organizations in the city of Vancouver choose to order snow cleaning services from competent companies. Specialized snow cleansing companies in Vancouver have to get access to landfills located outside of Vancouver.

What exactly do you should know to clear snow rapidly and without difficulties? Pay awareness of those tips listed here: Whenever you determine the organization that may remove the snow on your property, before concluding the contract, be sure to show the plan from the area for cleaning. It is significant that the contractor assesses the quantity of work in advance and provides an estimated cost, based on the amount of the work of the particular equipment. Also, you will need to conduct a short tour of the object, paying attention to hard-to-reach places, and additionally indicating whether snow removing equipment are able to clear them. Then, you have to deal with the quantity of special vehicles that’ll be involved in snow cleaning on the territory. Forget snow removal for the complete season, entrusting it to specialists from U-No-Snow! You won’t ever regret to have chosen the snow removing Vancouver services from U-No-Snow. Have a look at their advantages and providers online, and contact their representatives in case of questions which came out.

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My First Flutter App
By: Epey Mary Nancy E.
Tags: Mobile App Development, Mobile Apps, Calculator, Flutter App Development, Flutter Ui

One of my very first flutter application I did after watching some tutorial was a calculator app. It was a very interesting experience, I spent most of the time googling things, I also wanted to stop and watch another video, since I though a video will help me but I ended up doing it by myself.

I started by looking up some designs in Dribble, and I finally decided on one particular design.

I will be walking you through how I created this UI and implemented the app. We will start with the dark theme design. Let’s open up Android Studio and create a new flutter application. After removing the sample code, we should analyze how we shall proceed. It important to consider everything on the screen as a container, it personally helped me to picture how I will implement the design.

It’s clear that we will be using a Column widget since the layout is from top to bottom. Let’s create 3 additional files namely calculator.dart, calculatorButton.dart, and shadow.dart as shown below.

In our main.dart file let’s return a MaterialApp Widget and assign Calculator() to our home.

Let’s move to our calculator.dart file, import material.dart and create a StatelessWidget, where we will return a Scaffold Widget, with an AppBar (contains Icons and title) and Column() in the body section. I captured the background color from the UI and used it here, to have the same design.

For the screen section, I created a Container widget as child a Column() (with 2 Text widgets as children), then added Padding and Expended Widget to the Container Widget.

Now let’s continue to the buttons, I noticed that it will be easier to create a Row Widget then add as children different Column widgets with the desired number of design buttons inside it. But first let’s create a button in the calculatorButton file. We are going to import material.dart create a StatelessWidget and return MaterialButton widget, as child a Text widget I then added some styles on the Text widget and Button to give it a circular shape.

Moving back to our calculator file, while adding the buttons to the UI, I ended up repeating some things just to have the UI going. As we continue with the app we shall refactor our code.

Let’s see how our app looks for far

We shall continue with our app later, for the meantime play with the code and try to make it better. I’m open for suggestions, feel free to leave a comment will love hearing from you.

How was your experience with your first flutter application?
How to validate email in Flutter
By: Vishnuvarshan P
Tags: Flutter Widget, Flutter, Android, Flutter App Development, Flutter Ui

Nowadays, app development companies use email for marketing because it’s easily shared. With emails, one can reach thousands of potential app users across the globe in seconds. So Validating emails are very useful. Email validation has become very simple using the email_validator plugin.

Adding email_validator in pubspec.yaml file

Add the email_validator plugin in the dependencies in pubspec.yaml file. Then click on the pub get on the top.

pubspec.yaml

2. Import the email_validator package to the main.dart file.

Example code

3. In the above example, there is a constant variable named “email” which has the value of a test email.

4. And another variable named “isValid” which is of Boolean data type holds the value EmailValidator.validate(email).

5. Where the email variable is passed in the Emailvalidator.validate() function.

6. The Emailvalidator.validate(email) will return a bool value, if the email is correct or valid it will return true, or else it will return false. The result is stored in the isValid variable, which we can use for our validation.

7. In our example, we have used a simple conditional statement using the ternary operator, if the email is valid, it will print “yes” and if the email is not valid it will print “Not” in the terminal.

Note: Ternary Operator is similar to if-else conditional statement

8. By using this, we can easily identify the valid email and implement it in our apps for email validation. That’s it, it was a very easy and simple package to work with.

If you need the git repository for this simple code, you can get it here: https://github.com/vishnuvichu14/flutter_email_validator

Thank you for reading this article.
Adding support for Multi-platform in your Flutter Apps
By: Manish Karena
Tags: Flutter, Flutter App Development, Multiplatform

Adding a desktop support:

Key Point to keep in mind

To compile a desktop application, you must build it on the targeted platform: build a Windows application on Windows, a macOS application on macOS, and a Linux application on Linux.

To add desktop support first we need to enable some flag those are specific to the platform that we are targeting, In order to do that we need to execute below command in terminal.

flutter config --enable-<platform>-desktop

Here <platform> is desktop-platform like windows, macos, linux. So ideally commands would be like this:

* flutter config --enable-linux-desktop

* flutter config --enable-macos-desktop

* flutter config --enable-windows-desktop (This is only for Win32 based desktop support)

Currently it’s only supports Win32 based windows application in stable channel, to add support for UWP based desktop app you have to switch to dev channel, then upgrade flutter and enable uwp-desktop flag in config. In order to do that execute following commands from terminal.

* flutter channel dev

* flutter upgrade

* flutter config --enable-windows-uwp-desktop

One thing to note here is that after enabling desktop support you need to restart your currently opened IDE.

Once you execute flutter config --enable-<platform>-desktop command, this setting will remains the same in config until you reset the config, so you don’t need execute it again and again.

To add desktop support to your existing application you need to execute below commands in your terminal.

flutter create --platforms=windows,macos,linux .

It will create necessary desktop files and directories in your project. If you want add support only for specific desktop platform you can change the platform-list accordingly.

Adding a desktop support in new project is much more easier once you install the required software/libraries and enable the desktop support flags, you just need to create new flutter project and it will create all the required directories and files into your project.

As per official doc : Flutter’s desktop beta snapshot on stable channel (At the time of writing this)
Visual Flutter Widget Designer With Built-in Data Binding: Introducing Jetspike
By: Martin Černý
Tags: Flutter, Android, Software Development, Flutter App Development, Flutter Ui

When it comes to Flutter development — and software development in general — the speed at which you are able to deliver your apps is crucial. Utilizing tools to automate repetitive task can greatly accelerate the whole development process and help software engineers around the world be more efficient and productive.

While developers love to create exciting stuff, one of the boring tasks they often have to face is turning designs into code-based layouts. They often use layout builders and editors to make their lives easier, however they mostly produce static lifeless code, that has to be animated with application logic manually.

Also, most tools can only generate code and only a few can import already existing code, modify it and export again.

Out of the frustration I faced over the years as software developer, Jetspike is born, a tool combining visual layout builder and data binding.

Drag’n’Drop editing, real time preview

In Jetspike you simply drag elements from the library onto the screen. These elements can be simple Flutter Widgets like Text or Container, complex page layouts or ready-made snippets like login forms.

While modifying your widget tree and widget properties, you get instant visual feedback. The tool is written in Flutter so that the preview looks as similar to the resulting design as possible.

Transform wireframes to code

Transforming a wireframe into widget layout

Jetspike allows you to load a wireframe in image format and split it with mouse dragging. Cropped parts of the wireframe can be adapted as Container backgrounds with one click. Texts from the wireframe are recognized automatically with our OCR and used in your design.

Dynamic data binding

One of the key features of Jetspike is data binding. Every property of every widget can be obtained from an expression, be it a string, an ImageData object or EdgeInsets setup.

Even if you source property value from an expression, you can set a mock value for the preview.

You can also use dynamic Columns, Rows and ListViews that map their values from iterables as seen in screenshots bellow.
It’s Been a While
Tags: Flutter, Flutter App Development, Ebook Publishing

It’s been a while since I last committed to writing here on Medium consistently, and there is a good reason for that. This past month I’ve been working and writing an ebook for Flutter. I won’t get into the details of it and the specific topics covered in it until a release date is ready to be announced, but I think you all will really enjoy it!

With this additional project in my “In-Progress” section of my life kanban board, the production of videos and blog posts has obviously taken a slight dip. The biggest time-consumer when it comes to creating new videos and blog posts is simply brainstorming and creating the blueprint for what I want to record or write. The process of writing and filming actually takes little time at all for me.

I hope that I can find some spare time to start posting more frequently. I’ve started to set aside a little extra time for brainstorming each day, so we will see what kind of impact that makes moving forward. If you ever have questions for me or have a topic you’d like me to write or film about, just send me a message on the Bleyl Dev discord channel!
What are Extension Methods and its use in Flutter?
By: Vipin Vijayan
Tags: Mobile App Development, Flutter, Mobile, Mobi̇le, Flutter App Development

This article will help you to understand what are extension methods and what is it’s use.

Extension functions can be added to classes which are already compiled.

So if you want to extend a library which is already added in your app, you can make use of Extension methods.

Watch Video Tutorial

Let’s take a scenario where we want to capitalize the first letter of a String, we usually does this with the help of some Utility functions. The utility function will look like this

class Utils {

static String firstLetterToUpperCase(String string) {

if (null != string) {

return string[0].toUpperCase() + string.substring(1);

}

return null;

}

}

Now let’s see how the above functionality can be achieved with the help of Extension Functions.

Here we will write an extension of the String class.

extension ExtendedString on String {

// int

get firstLetterToUpperCase {

if (null != this) {

return this[0].toUpperCase() + this.substring(1);

}

return null;

}

}

Here ‘this’ represents the string which is calling this method.

For example

Text('hello world'.firstLetterToUpperCase()),

Extend Widgets

We have extended the ‘String’ class, now let’s see how we can extend widgets.

Let’s create a Text Widget with a code below

Container(

padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),

margin: const EdgeInsets.all(16),

color: Colors.green,

child: Text(

'Hello World',

style: TextStyle(

fontSize: 50.0,

color: Colors.white,

),

),

),

With the help of extended functions we can rewrite the above code like this…

extension ExtendedText on Text {

//

Container addBox() {

return Container(

padding: const EdgeInsets.all(16),

margin: const EdgeInsets.all(16),

color: Colors.green,

child: this,

);

} Text setBigWhiteText() {

if (this is Text) {

Text t = this;

return Text(

t.data,

style: TextStyle(

fontSize: 50.0,

color: Colors.white,

),

);

}

return null;

}

}

And we will use the above function like this below

Text('Hello World').setBigWhiteText().addBox(),

Remember that since we have extended on Text, this function cannot be applied on other widgets.

To make it applicable on other widgets, we have to modify code like this

extension ExtendedText on Widget

ExtendedText name can be used to import extensions on other classes like this

import 'your_class.dart' show ExtendedText;

If you want not to import the extension, then use

import 'your_class.dart' hide ExtendedText;

One more thing, If you prefix a “_” in front of ExtendedText, then this extension will be private to the class where it is declared.

You can watch my video tutorial to see everything above in action.

Visit my blog for more tutorials.

Please clap if you find this article useful.

Thanks for reading.
Getting Most out of GitHub & Stack Overflow — Flutter Beginner
By: Muhammad Hamza
Tags: Dart, Flutter, Stackoverflow, Github, Flutter App Development

Also add screen shots of your app in proper way.

Screen Shot Example

You can take an example of a README.md here.

Getting most out of GitHub as Flutter Beginner?

Now, how can you utilize GitHub apart from hosting your own projects.

Awesome Flutter: Its a GitHub repo with one of ‘THE’ most quality projects and content regarding Flutter including Flutter apps, Dart Plugins, video tutorials, articles and much more. So, Highly Recommended to visit and utilize the open source stuff in your next app. Similarly, if you think you are very skilled Flutter Developer try contributing to this repo as well.

2. Flutter Community: This is Flutter’s official community at GitHub with awesome repos, plugins and much more that you can look up for.

3. Flutter Open Source Developers: There are a lot of Flutter developers that open source or write articles about very unique stuff regarding Flutter & obviously you can use them or contribute to them as well. Below is the list of people whom I look up to:

As always, its not limited to you. But you can follow others as you like😃

Getting most out of Stack Overflow as Flutter Beginner?

Now the thing is, people might be wondering what we can get out of a question answer chat forum. Here’s a glimpse:

It’s an email I got after answering few questions on Stack Overflow.

Man! This guys must have some serious reputation!

Okay! Let’s see my profile now.

My reputation is just 190. So, just don’t worry about it. All you need to do is stay active on stack overflow. And I have written a lot about how to use stack overflow as beginner. So, simply search ‘Flutter’ as tag and start answer. You will have much more opportunity than usual. Often companies hire developers via such platforms so do utilize them at full protentional.

Bonus!

Now, if you are reading this article in Oct, 2020. You can utilize GitHub and participate in Hacktoberfest and win a T-Shirt! 😍

But what’s the bonus in it? Well me and my team recently organized an event. And here is the link where you can learn basic functionalities for GitHub and other details about Hacktoberfest!

Summed Up!

You can utilize both GitHub and Stack Overflow for too much good as you spend more and more time. I have seen people being hired at companies with some handsome salary just because they open sourced a very awesome project or plugin. Similarly, a lot of people got selected as Google Developer Expert (GDE) via same cause and much more.

So, step into the world of open source and you will reach some point soon! 🙌

That’s all folks! Give it some 👏 if you think it deserved. Follow me at GitHub & Stack Overflow if you want :)

Thanks ya’ll & #HappyFluttering 💙
Flutter — App Development Platform
By: Bhavik Pathak
Tags: React, Flutter Widget, Flu, Flutter Platform, Flutter App Development

We all know there are many excellent platforms for building the apps like Xamarin, React Native, or Ionic but since flutter is launched it has attracted developers in market. So why switch to flutter?

Flutter is an open-source mobile application development SDK created by Google. Flutter allows you to build native apps on IOS or Android from a single codebase (i.e. both IOS and android). Flutter is not a framework its complete SDK — Software Development Kit (contains everything you need to build cross platforms) includes rendering engine, readymade widgets, testing & integration API’s, command line tools. Google has made it more adaptable and expressive by adding library of highly scalable widgets.

Flutter uses Dart and Dart is primary reason why developer are attracted towards Flutter. Dart is AOT (Ahead of Time) compiled to fast, predictable, native code, which allows almost all of flutter to be written in Dart. Also, Flutter uses OS as canvas to build interface on and moves services such as gestures, rendering and animations into framework itself which gives developers complete control over system.

Flutter Architecture

Features of Flutter

1) Hot Reload

It allows you to instantly rebuild your project as if it was just a web page. You just need to make change in code and click on hot reload; you will see the changes immediately.

2) Fast Development

Rich set of customizable widgets to build interfaces. Expressive and Flexible UI

3) No need for XML files

Since everything in Flutter is a widget, the layout is also created in Dart.

4) No JavaScript Bridge

Dart compiles into native code directly, without the bridge.

5) GPU rendering UI

GPU rendering UI that permits it to work on multiple, up-to-date interfaces

6) Flutter Doctor

Flutter has a command known as Flutter Doctor that helps to identify the bugs or glitches in the app.

7) Extends Support

Google Flutter extends support for setting up and formatting pictures and online videos. This makes the apps more interesting

8) Multiple Packages

Have packages for opening images, making HTTP requests, sharing content, storing preferences, accessing sensors

Advantages using Flutter

1) Fast coding

Due to Hot Reload feature you can modify code and see the effects immediately.

2) One Codebase

You can write one code for two platforms (IOS & Android), means less testing.

3) Reactive Framework

Modifiable interface by changing variable in state, all changes will be seen in UI.

4) Responsive Interface

Developers do not need to update UI contents manually. Once variables are updated, UI changes will be visible automatically.

5) Rich Widgets

Flutter has its own widgets which makes easier to work with.
Flutter — Stack of Card using Stack Widget.
By: Ishan Fernando
Tags: Flutter Stack Of Cards, Android App Development, iOS App Development, Flutter App Development, Flutter Stack Widget

Based on the name I think you can get the idea of what kind of widget is it. Stackwidget will provide a way of overlapping several children in a simple way.

Based on the flutter document stack widget is

A widget that positions its children relative to the edges of its box flutter.io

Key points

Each child can be positioned or non positioned.

Position element need to wrap with Positioned Widget and need to have one non-null property

Default non positioned children positioned in top left corner.

We can change the alignment using alignment attribute and child views will be act according that.

Stack paints its children in order with the first child being at the bottom.

Implementation

In this tutorial I’m gone a show to how to create tinder like card view using stack widget.

First we create a Stack widget and we need to assign Alignment.center to the alignment attribute.

Stack( alignment: Alignment.center, children: <Widget>[], ),

We can add arrays of child widget for stack. next I am gone a add a 3 card widget as a children widgets. The thing is we need to wrap this card with the Positioned widget. Otherwise all the widget will overlap and we cannot differentiate each card.

Positioned(

top: 20,

child: Card(

elevation: 8,

color: Color.fromARGB(255, 0, 255, 0),

shape: RoundedRectangleBorder(

borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(10)),

child: Container( width: 220, height: 300),

), ),

In Positioned widget we can define the distance from the top. For each Card I will increase the distance by 10. Then we can see the nice stack of cards. Check the video If you need more clarification.
Sell Gold
By: Attica Gold Company
Tags: Sell Gold, Gold Buyers, Gold, Cash For Gold

selling gold has become one of the most popular investments. Why? The reason is that during this period, the value of gold jumped from the roof. Over the years, it has successfully continued to provide some considerable cash benefits. People no longer buy stocks but search every gold item they have to sell for instant cash, whether damaged or not.

Another reason is that it creates opportunities for people to solve financial problems, especially with living standards. The cash they get from selling gold can be used to pay most bills and mortgages.

There are also business opportunities to pursue a career by selling gold. They pay them a small amount of cash and then turn over the gold to the gold buyer for a considerable profit.

How to get cash by selling gold?

There are many gold buyers there, and they will use some cash to trade gold. One of them happened to be a local jeweler. People only need to walk into their business premises, weigh the gold items, and get cash based on the gold weight.

Gold buying companies also exist for the same reasons that jewelers do. The process is the same for these companies. Walked in with gold, weighed, and offered cash.

Sites that buy gold are other ways to sell gold. The sales process here is a bit different because it does not require a face-to-face approach. People should first send gold samples they intend to sell as proof. They then weigh the gold and communicate with the weight on the website and then provide the value of their website’s gold value. Then, they send the gold to the gold buying company on the website and pay in cash immediately after verifying the weight. This process takes longer, but it is equally effective in the long run.

What to do before the cash deposit?

Before making any sale, it is always essential to research the current gold and sale process value. In this way, people will not be misappropriated because of little or no money.

Therefore, the first thing to do is to weigh all gold projects. The next step is to determine the current market value of gold and estimate the amount of cash received. The next thing is to do some research on gold buying companies that might want to sell gold. In this way, whether they are legal or not, they can know their business’s nature. For websites, reading some comments will be very helpful.
Inflation Soars, Powell Remains Unmoved. What about Gold?
By: Kashyap Patel
Tags: Gold, Forex

The CPI surged 5.4% in June, but Powell still sees inflation as transitory. For now, gold has risen under the dovish Fed’s wing amid higher inflation.

Luckily for gold bulls, it seems that the acceleration in inflation won’t change the Fed’s course. Powell downplayed the inflation threat in his yesterday’s testimony to Congress. He continued seeing higher inflation as transitory and said that conditions to trigger a policy shift are “still a ways off.”

As a consequence, the price of gold increased yesterday to above $1,820, temporarily reaching $1,834. It’s not surprising, as an unmoved Fed amid higher inflation is a fundamentally positive factor for the yellow metal.

However, the upward move was very modest given the circumstances, which isn’t particularly encouraging. Investors seem to still believe that inflation is just transitory, and it won’t be a problem for the economy. But the Fed’s tightening cycle will come sooner or later (think about Bank of Canada or Reserve Bank of New Zealand which have already tightened their monetary policies), possibly with some hawkish twists later this year, so gold bulls should remain cautious.
CACHE Gold Token certified Shariah Compliant
By: Cache Gold
Tags: Shariah, Gold, Goldtoken, Ethereum, Crypto

Fintech CACHE receives Shariah certification for its CACHE Gold Token (CGT).

The Fatwa was issued by Shariah Experts on the 6th of July 2021. It was determined that the CACHE Gold Token is a Shariah-compliant ERC20 token and observes all the necessary Shariah requirements and principles.

CACHE issued its Gold token in July of 2020, an ERC20 token representing one gram of pure gold on blockchain. The investment grade physical gold is locked in partner vaults around the world, currently with vaults in Singapore, Zurich and Dallas. Each bar of gold is publicly auditable using the company’s proprietary explorer: https://explorer.cache.gold/. Each token is also redeemable and any time from any of the vaults CACHE works with.

Shariah Experts provided their expertise for Shariah compliance for the CACHE Gold Token, and will continue to work closely with CACHE to ensure current and future products remain Shariah compliant. Shariah compliance makes CACHE’s products available to the Muslim world, and fundamentally aligns with CACHE’s views on financial products.

CACHE is the brainchild of Gregor Gregersen, the founder of Silver Bullion and The Reserve (a 15,000-ton capacity vault in Singapore, and Brian Hankey, the CTO of Singapore’s largest cryptocurrency ATM operator. Being founded by existing bullion vault operators has given CACHE an advantage, by understanding the intricacies of physical bullion management, each gold token is essentially and fungible and fractional vault receipt.

Blockchain has the potential to change the financial landscape as we know it; offering trustless systems, confidence for all parties in transactions, transparent pricing and 24/7 audibility of assets. CACHE uses blockchain technology to offer the most secure and transparent system in the otherwise often opaque physical gold industry.

CACHE uses blockchain to enable customers to access a gold product typically out of reach: vaulted gold. Where storage fees and minimum order sizes can quickly alienate smaller investors, CACHE facilitates purchases as small as 0.00000001 grams and a storage fee of 0.25% p.a. processed on-chain through smart contracts.

We want to empower our users, and enable access to physical precious metals like never before.

Link to Shariah Certification
Lessons From a Precious Metals Veteran
By: Lode Project
Tags: Silver, Gold, Silver Price, Precious Metals, Gold Price

David Smith learned the hard way that things are not always what they appear. As a child in the playground, he reached out to shake hands with a companion, surprised to be dealt a sucker punch instead.

“It was very disconcerting, especially if you’ve never had it happen to you before,” he told AGX Media in a recent interview. He recognized soon after that he would need to learn to deal with situations like that with tact. Upon intently training his strength and endurance, he concluded that responding consciously was indeed possible even under pressure.

Now, years later, as a veteran precious metals analyst, Smith says the lesson has helped him gain a better understanding of markets and how they function, teaching him to never take any market move at face value and to always have an action plan. By preparing for the worst, he learned to navigate any hurdle strategically.

How to Deal with Sucker Punches in the Metals Market

Applying the analogy to the metals market, Smith said that being prepared entails never carrying a position too large for a peaceful nights’ sleep, not being on the margin, and buying tactically when the market experiences downtrends.

“People in the metals space and mining space can respond as effectively to the metaphorical sucker punch by the market makers, as I was able to do in training, in real life,” he said.

On the price action recently seen in the cryptocurrency markets, Smith noted that he does not see any direct correlation between the digital currency market run ups and recent selloffs in the precious metals market. Rather, these markets complement each other, he continued.

“I look at Bitcoin and alternative currencies, not as competitors, but as partners in the movement to honest money, affording some privacy in trading and more,” he said. “They don’t have to replace each other, and they shouldn’t.”

Instead, Smith stated that the most well-rounded investors should remain flexible, allocating portions of their portfolio to both physical gold and silver, digital gold and silver, as well as, some in alternative currencies.

“They both satisfy some very important aspects of what real money is in terms of fungibility, usability, and safety, but they also have a little different application,” he said. “It is different to buy several thousand AGX Coins that are backed by silver versus pulling out a 100-ounce bar and taking it to the store to sell.”

The senior analyst at The Morgan Report had more to say about the precious metals market, touching on where he sees prices heading in 2021 and beyond. Make sure you check out the recent interview on AGX Media’s YouTube channel to get the full story, and follow us on all social media platforms to stay in the loop about market moves and all LODE Project updates!
Going long: 270K Bitcoin moved into storage in a month
By: Omgfin Exchange
Tags: Gold, Blockchain, Bitcoin

Investors are in it for the long run, locking 270,000 BTC away over the last 30 days.

Despite surging prices, Bitcoin investors are rapidly locking up their BTC for the long-term, with 270,000 BTC being taken out of liquid supply in the last 30 days.

According to data published by crypto market data aggregator Glassnode, “liquid” Bitcoin wallets have shed 270,000 BTC over the past month, up from 175,000 Bitcoin at the start of January.

The data shows that Bitcoin’s (BTC) liquid supply has consistently fallen over the last nine months, with liquid supply currently sitting at 21.3% and showing no signs of reversing.

Bitcoin’s increasingly illiquid supply could be bullish for its price, with new retail and institutional traders vying for an increasingly diminishing supply. Glassnode estimates that nearly 80% of the 18.6 million circulating Bitcoin are currently stored in “illiquid” wallets.

According to Glassnode, a Bitcoin wallet is considered illiquid if less than 25% of the Bitcoin received has been transferred out across the entity’s life. In contrast, to be deemed highly liquid, the majority of Bitcoin must be transferred back into circulation, with less than 25% of the inflows held onto.

Of the 3.9 million BTC Glassnode describes as being highly liquid, 61% or 2.38 million is held by centralized exchanges. Their balances have also been dropping, with data from analytics firm CryptoQuant indicating exchanges’ reserves have shrunk by 13.8% since July.

Increasing institutional investment may be a significant force driving the depletion of Bitcoin’s liquid supply, with wallet tracking service Bitcoin Treasuries currently estimates that 33 institutional entities have accumulated more than 1.2 million BTC or 6.5% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply.

In the last few days, Grayscale has increased its holdings by approximately 25,000 BTC with a portfolio of 641,523.7 BTC as of January 20, 2021. To put this in perspective, approximately 900 Bitcoin are minted each day. According to Glassnode, however, on average only one-third of those are actually being sent to exchanges since July 2020.

Data from Investment firm SwissBorg shows that in the second half of 2020, institutional investors purchased on average more than 230% of the newly minted BTC. Adding in the purchases from PayPal and Square (along with the estimated amount of Bitcoin lost each day) demand could be running as high as 500% of the new supply.

Earlier today, the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock filed with the SEC, listing Bitcoin Derivatives as a possible investment. The firm entered 2021 with $7.81 trillion in assets under management, more than seven times crypto’s entire market cap.