Mastering Flutter: The Ultimate Guide to Building Beautiful Apps


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Unlock the full potential of Flutter and embark on your journey to creating stunning, high-performance mobile applications with "Mastering Flutter: The Ultimate Guide to Building Beautiful Apps." This comprehensive guide is designed for developers of all levels, from beginners to experienced programmers, who want to harness the power of Flutter to build beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase. Contents Overview: Introduction: Discover why Flutter is the future of mobile app development and what you will learn from this book. Understand who this book is for and how to make the most of it. Getting Started with Flutter: Step-by-step instructions on installing Flutter, setting up your development environment, and running your first Flutter app. Learn how to create a new Flutter project and explore the default app structure. Setting Up Your Development Environment: Detailed system requirements and installation guides for Windows, macOS, and Linux. Configure your IDE, emulators, and physical devices to streamline your development process. Building and Customizing Your App: Dive deep into Flutter's widget library, understand state management, and learn how to navigate between screens. Customize your app with beautiful UI elements and animations to enhance user experience. Advanced Flutter Concepts: Explore advanced topics such as integrating with backend services, handling user authentication, and leveraging Flutter's powerful plugin system. Optimize your app's performance and ensure it is ready for production. Key Features: Comprehensive Guide: Covering everything from the basics to advanced concepts, this book is your one-stop resource for mastering Flutter. Hands-On Approach: Practical examples and step-by-step tutorials to help you build real-world applications. Expert Insights: Learn from experienced Flutter developers and gain insights into best practices and industry standards. Up-to-Date Information: Stay current with the latest features and updates in the Flutter framework. Who This Book Is For: Whether you are a novice developer just getting started or an experienced programmer looking to expand your skills, this book provides valuable knowledge and practical skills to help you succeed in the world of Flutter development. How to Use This Book: Follow along with the tutorials, experiment with the code examples, and apply the concepts to your own projects. Use the book as a reference guide to revisit key topics and deepen your understanding as you progress in your Flutter journey. Conclusion: "Mastering Flutter: The Ultimate Guide to Building Beautiful Apps" is your essential companion for creating beautiful, functional, and high-performing applications. Start your journey today and unlock the power of Flutter!




Serverless Web Applications with React and Firebase


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Build rich and collaborative applications using client-side code with React, Redux, and Firebase Key Features 1) A practical guide covering the full stack for web development with React 16 and Firebase 2) Leverage the power of Firebase Cloud Storage, messaging, functions, OAuth, and database security to develop serverless web applications. 3) Develop high-performance applications without the hassle of setting up complex web infrastructure. Book Description ReactJS is a wonderful framework for UI development. Firebase as a backend with React is a great choice as it is easy, powerful, and provides great developer experience. It removes a lot of boilerplate code from your app and allows you to focus on your app to get it out quickly to users. Firebase with React is also a good choice for Most Viable Product (MVP) development. This book provides more practical insights rather than just theoretical concepts and includes basic to advanced examples – from hello world to a real-time seat booking app and Helpdesk application This book will cover the essentials of Firebase and React.js and will take you on a fast-paced journey through building real-time applications with Firebase features such as Cloud Storage, Cloud Function, Hosting and the Realtime Database. We will learn how to secure our application by using Firebase authentication and database security rules. We will leverage the power of Redux to organize data in the front-end, since Redux attempts to make state mutations predictable by imposing certain restrictions on how and when updates can happen. Towards the end of the book you will have improved your React skills by realizing the potential of Firebase to create real-time serverless web applications. What you will learn Install powerful React.js and Firebase tools to make development much more efficient Create React components with Firebase to save and retrieve the data in real-time Use Firebase Authentication to make your React user interface secure Develop React and Firebase applications with Redux integration Firebase database security rules Firebase Cloud Storage Integration to upload and store data on the cloud Create a complete real-time application with React and firebase Using Firebase Cloud messaging and Cloud functions with React Firebase Cloud Storage integration with React Who this book is for This book is for JavaScript developers who have some previous knowledge of React and want to develop serverless, full-stack applications but without the hassle of setting up a complex infrastructure.




Lean Mobile App Development


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Develop lean iOS and Android apps using industry standard techniques and lean development practices. About This Book Build ready-to-deploy apps with less iterations and shorter development times Adopt the lean startup methodologies to develop iOS and Android apps that shine in the App Store This hands-on guide puts continuous innovation into practice to develop successful mobile apps Who This Book Is For This book is for developers, CTOs, and architects working for a startup or another kind of lean startup environment, such as start-up within a cooperation. It is is ideal for any iOS and Android developer who wants to build successful mobile apps by adopting the lean startup methodology. What You Will Learn Apply the lean startup methodology to real Android and iOS development Define what your hypotheses are by creating an Minimal Viable Product Validate your idea against the Business Model Canvas Gather feedback through statistics and by getting user comments, learn from it, and adapt your app accordingly Develop skills and devise strategies to build versatile and flexible apps that meet changing business requirements Investigate the possibilities when you need to pivot your start-up idea whether in a startup or an established business. Create a successful app and get tips on how to boostconversion and how to optimize the on boardingprocess. In Detail Lean is the ultimate methodology for creating a startup that succeeds. Sounds great from a theoretical point of view, but what does that mean for you as an a technical co-founder or mobile developer? By applying the Lean Start-up methodology to your mobile App development, it will become so much easier to build apps that take Google Play or the App Store by storm. This book shows you how to bring together smarter business processes with technical know-how. It makes no sense to develop a brilliant app for six months or longer only to find out later that nobody is interested in it. Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) first. Validate your hypotheses early and often. Discover effective product development strategies that let you put Facebook's famous axiom "move fast and break things" into practice. A great app without visibility and marketing clout is nothing, so use this book to market your app, making use of effective metrics that help you track and iterate all aspects of project performance. Style and approach This book takes a hands-on approach to developing apps through the Lean Start-up Methodology. Following a 50% business and 50% tech approach, this book is filled with practical examples and real-world experiments.







Build Mobile Apps with Ionic 2 and Firebase


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Learn to build hybrid mobile apps using Ionic and Firebase. You'll build a Hacker News client app, which can view top stories in Hacker News, view comments of a story, add stories to favorites, etc. This introductory guide covers the whole cycle of hybrid mobile apps development. It's organized around implementing different user stories. For each story, this book not only talks about how to implement it but also explains related Ionic and Firebase concepts in detail. Using Apache Cordova, developers can create a new type of mobile app—a hybrid mobile app. Hybrid mobile apps actually run in an internal browser inside a wrapper created by Apache Cordova. With hybrid mobile apps, developers can have one single code base for different platforms. Developers also can use their existing web development skills. The Ionic framework builds on top of Apache Cordova and provides out-of-box components which make developing hybrid mobile apps much easier. Ionic uses Angular as the JavaScript framework and has a nice default UI style with a similar look and feel to native apps. Firebase is a realtime database which can be accessed in web apps using JavaScript. With Build Mobile Apps with Ionic 2 and Firebase you'll discover that just need to develop front-end code, there's no need to manage any back-end code or servers. What You'll Learn Create content-based Ionic mobile apps Discover the advanced features of the Ionic framework Use Firebase as a mobile app’s back-end storage Build, test, and continuously delivery Ionic mobile apps Publish and analyze Ionic mobile apps Who This Book Is ForFront-end developers and mobile app developers




Google Firebase Android Developer Certification


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Designed for professionals, students, and enthusiasts alike, our comprehensive books empower you to stay ahead in a rapidly evolving digital world. * Expert Insights: Our books provide deep, actionable insights that bridge the gap between theory and practical application. * Up-to-Date Content: Stay current with the latest advancements, trends, and best practices in IT, Al, Cybersecurity, Business, Economics and Science. Each guide is regularly updated to reflect the newest developments and challenges. * Comprehensive Coverage: Whether you're a beginner or an advanced learner, Cybellium books cover a wide range of topics, from foundational principles to specialized knowledge, tailored to your level of expertise. Become part of a global network of learners and professionals who trust Cybellium to guide their educational journey. www.cybellium.com




Mastering Firebase for Android Development


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Firebase is a completely scalable, real-time backend service and provides all the tools necessary to develop rich, collaborative applications using client side code. This books will take deep dive into the features of Firebase by exploring its complete toolchain.




Firebase Cookbook


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Practical solutions for developing seamless experiences for application that scales. About This Book A Solution based approach that would help you create high-quality apps for your businesses Harness the power of real-time database to create apps that work on multiple platforms Build a customized solution for your app development challenges with Firebase Who This Book Is For This book will assume you have at least a minimum set of skills in JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Also, having some familiarity with backend technologies will be helpful. After all we're going to build a backend application that will change the way backend developer works. What You Will Learn Use Firebase Diverse Authentication systems Integrate easy, secure File Hosting using Firebase Storage services Make your application serverless using Firebase Cloud Functions Use the powerful Firebase Admin SDK for privilege management Use Firebase within NativeScript apps for cross-platform applications Modify, structure, save and serve data in and from Realtime Database Get acquainted with the newly introduce Cloud Firestore, a scalable database for your web and mobile applications In Detail Do you feel tired just thinking or even hearing about backend technologies, authentication or the tedious task of deployment? Firebase is here to change the way you develop and make your app a first-class citizen of the cloud. This books takes a solution based approach by providing you recipes that would help you understand the features of Firebase and implement them in your existing web or mobile applications. We start-off by creating our first Firebase application and integrating its services into different platforms and environments for mobile as well as web applications. Then we deep dive into Real-time Database and Firebase Storage that allows your users to access data across various devices with realtive ease. With each chapter you will gradually create the building blocks of your application from securing your data with Firebase Rules to authenticating your users with O-Auth. Moving along we would explore modern application development techniques such as creating serverless applications with Firebase Cloud Functions or turning your traditional applications into progressive apps with Service workers. Finally you will learn how to create cross-platform mobile apps, integrate Firebase in native platforms, and learn how to monetize your mobile applications using Admob for Android and iOS. Style and approach This recipe-based practical guide presents each topic with step-by-step instructions on how you can create collaborative and efficient progressive applications using the latest features and capabilities in Firebase.




Ultimate Guide to Google AdWords


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Covering the latest breaking news in Google AdWords, the fifth edition introduces revised, expanded and new chapters covering Enhanced Campaigns, Google AdWord’s Express, Google’s Product Listing Ads, and the introduction to Google’s Universal Analytics. Nuances in Big Data advertising are also revealed and expanded sections and necessary updates have been added throughout. Updates specific to this edition include: Powerful bidding strategies using remarketing lists for search ads New ad extension features Automation capabilities using AdWords scripts Bonus Online Content that includes links to dozens of resources and tutorials covering: registering a domain name, setting up a website, selecting an email service, choosing a shopping cart service, finding products to sell, and starting up an Google AdWords account Readers are given the latest information paired with current screenshots, fresh examples, and new techniques. Coached by AdWords experts Perry Marshall, Mike Rhodes, and Bryan Todd advertisers learn how to build an aggressive, streamlined AdWords campaign proven to increase their search engine visibility, consistently capture clicks, double their website traffic, and increase their sales. Whether a current advertiser or new to AdWords, this guide is a necessary handbook.