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= Mobile Cross-Platform Flutter Developer =
* '''Course name''': Mobile Cross-Platform Flutter Developer
* '''Code discipline''': R-01
* '''Subject area''':

== Short Description ==
This course covers the following concepts: • Basics of mobile development; • Fundamentals of Dart programming language; • Fundamentals of mobile development with Flutter; • Advanced cross-platform development topics.

== Prerequisites ==

=== Prerequisite subjects ===

=== Prerequisite topics ===

== Course Topics ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Course Sections and Topics
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! Section !! Topics within the section
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| Basics of Dart/Flutter development ||
# • Key concepts and syntax of Dart programming language
# • Working with REST API in a Dart/Flutter app
# • Deep dive into rendering in Flutter (Widgets, Elements, RenderObjects)
# • Scrollable lists and grids in Flutter
|-
| Advanced development ||
# • Usage of Dart/Flutter packages and plugins.
# • Popular packages and plugins from pub.dev that makes development simpler.
# • Understanding of packages/plugins development and publication
# • Persistence in Flutter, different approaches and libraries
# • Dart asynchronous programming
# • Flutter app architectures and state management approaches
# • Complex animations
|-
| Extra topics ||
# • Working with deep links & web URLs
# • Different approaches for native platform interoperability
# • Usage of Firebase tools and services
# • Types of testing and how to provide high quality for an application
# • Build artifacts for different platforms and deploy them
|}
== Intended Learning Outcomes (ILOs) ==

=== What is the main purpose of this course? ===

=== ILOs defined at three levels ===

==== Level 1: What concepts should a student know/remember/explain? ====
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
* • Understand core concepts of Dart programming language
* • Understand asynchronous programming with Dart language
* • Understand core concepts of how Flutter framework works with UI
* • Understand core concepts of how Flutter applications communicate with hosting platforms, such as iOS, Android, web, desktop
* • Apply different architecture patterns in Flutter app development
* • Know how to create production-ready applications using Flutter framework and provide a great user experience with it
* • Learn a broad and robust understanding of mobile app development including some basics of Android and iOS specifics
* • Create a portfolio-ready project which uses some advanced mobile app development techniques such as client-server communications, complex animations, unit- and UI-testing and so on

==== Level 2: What basic practical skills should a student be able to perform? ====
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
* • Write code using Dart programming language
* • Build business-logic with Dart programming language
* • Build applications’ UI with Flutter framework
* • Create complex animations using Flutter framework
* • Test applications with unit, widget and integration tests

==== Level 3: What complex comprehensive skills should a student be able to apply in real-life scenarios? ====
By the end of the course, the students should be able to ...
* • Combine asynchronous programming with multithreading using Dart programming language
* • Work with platform channels and transmit data between native platform and Flutter application
* • Build modular Flutter dependencies: packages and plugins
* • Work with Firebase toolchain: Authorization, Storage, Crashlytics etc
* • Build Flutter applications for different platforms and deploy them via CI/CD tools
== Grading ==

=== Course grading range ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Grade !! Range !! Description of performance
|-
| A. Excellent || 85-100 || -
|-
| B. Good || 70-84 || -
|-
| C. Satisfactory || 55-69 || -
|-
| D. Poor || 0-54 || -
|}

=== Course activities and grading breakdown ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Activity Type !! Percentage of the overall course grade
|-
| Labs/seminar classes || 30
|-
| Interim performance assessment || 40
|-
| Exams || 30
|}

=== Recommendations for students on how to succeed in the course ===

== Resources, literature and reference materials ==

=== Open access resources ===
* • https://www.dart.dev
* • https://www.flutter.dev

=== Closed access resources ===

=== Software and tools used within the course ===

= Teaching Methodology: Methods, techniques, & activities =

== Activities and Teaching Methods ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Activities within each section
|-
! Learning Activities !! Section 1 !! Section 2 !! Section 3
|-
| Development of individual parts of software product code || 1 || 1 || 1
|-
| Homework and group projects || 1 || 1 || 1
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| Testing (written or computer based) || 1 || 1 || 1
|}
== Formative Assessment and Course Activities ==

=== Ongoing performance assessment ===

==== Section 1 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
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! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
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| Question || 1. What language construction allows us to write interfaces in Dart? || 1
|-
| Question || 2. What does const keyword mean in Dart? || 1
|-
| Question || 3. How many threads does Dart application have by default? || 1
|-
| Question || 4. How do we write asynchronous code in Dart? What are 2 ways of writing it? || 1
|-
| Question || 5. In what way Flutter supports Composition over Inheritance? || 1
|-
| Question || 1. What are the generators in Dart? What do yield, sync*, async* keywords mean? || 0
|-
| Question || 2. What is a Stream in Dart? How many subscribers can it have? Which two main types of streams do we have? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. What should we use if we want to make two operations in parallel? Do Futures allow us to do so? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. What is the difference between LocalKeys and GlobalKeys? || 0
|-
| Question || 5. What is a Widget in Flutter? What are the main types of it we have? || 0
|-
| Question || Questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
|-
| Question || 1. What is the difference between var, final and const variables in Dart? || 0
|-
| Question || 2. What is a Future? How can we work with the result value, encapsulated in it? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. What is a Sliver? Why may one need to use it? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. What is an InheritedWidget in Flutter? || 0
|-
| Question || 5. Why and how do we use Keys in Flutter applications? || 0
|}
==== Section 2 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
|-
| Question || 1. What are the ways of implementing routing in Flutter application? || 1
|-
| Question || 2. What is the difference between package and plugin? || 1
|-
| Question || 3. How Dart resolves project dependencies? || 1
|-
| Question || 4. What are the requirements for package publishing? || 1
|-
| Question || 5. What is SingleTickerProviderStateMixin? || 1
|-
| Question || 1. What are the types of animations in Flutter? || 0
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| Question || 2. What is an AnimationController? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. What is Tween? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. What are key concepts of BLoC architecture? || 0
|-
| Question || 5. What are key concepts of Redux architecture? || 0
|-
| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
|-
| Question || 1. What is the difference between DI and ServiceLocator? || 0
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| Question || 2. What is the Provider library? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. What is GetIt and Injectable? How are they related? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. How dart dependencies can be provided? || 0
|-
| Question || 5. What state management approaches do you know? || 0
|}
==== Section 3 ====
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|-
! Activity Type !! Content !! Is Graded?
|-
| Question || 1. What is a deeplink? || 1
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| Question || 2. How does Flutter communicate with native platforms? || 1
|-
| Question || 3. Can you insert native view inside Flutter widgets? || 1
|-
| Question || 4. What is MethodChannel and EventChannel? || 1
|-
| Question || 5. In what thread messages between native side and Flutter are received? || 1
|-
| Question || 1. What features for mobile applications from Firebase do you know? || 0
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| Question || 2. What is the difference between Firebase Cloud Storage and Firebase Realtime Database? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. What is Crashlytics? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. What are the three main steps of each test? || 0
|-
| Question || 5. What are the types of tests in Flutter? How are they different from each other? || 0
|-
| Question || Test questions for exam preparation within this section || 0
|-
| Question || 1. What command is used for building a Flutter application? || 0
|-
| Question || 2. What types of builds do you know? What is the difference? || 0
|-
| Question || 3. Why is hot reload possible? || 0
|-
| Question || 4. What are golden tests? || 0
|-
| Question || 5.What are the approaches for mocking functionality in Flutter? || 0
|}
=== Final assessment ===
'''Section 1'''
# 1. What is an abstract class in Dart?
# 2. What is a mixin in Dart, how can we use it?
# 3. What is a RenderObject? What responsibilities does it have?
# 4. What is the difference between Stateless- and StatefulWidgets in Flutter?
# 5. What is a BuildContext in Flutter?
'''Section 2'''
# 1. What is app state and ephemeral state?
# 2. What different approaches for persistence in Flutter do you know?
# 3. What is Riverpod and how is it different from Provider?
# 4. What is an EventLoop in Dart? How does it work with sync/async tasks?
# 5. What is a microtask in Dart? What is Isolate?
'''Section 3'''
# 1. What are core requirements for using Firebase?
# 2. What types of objects are allowed to be passed through MessageChannel?
# 3. What is BinaryMessenger?
# 4. How to handle path navigation in Flutter Web?

=== The retake exam ===
'''Section 1'''

'''Section 2'''

'''Section 3'''

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