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Flutter Authentication Tutorial with Appwrite Backend
Today we will build a simple Flutter login with authentication using Appwrite as our backend of choice - and actually check out their new Cloud hosting option!
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π§ Brainfood
Did we make the web too complicated?
This week I watched a highly interesting talk from Rich Harris about frameworks and the web. Rich is the creator of Svelte and shares some spicy takes on different trends that we currently see, and while all of what he says is really interesting, I wonder...
Why does all of this have to be so complicated?
I'm probably oversimplifying things, but it feels like we are optimising things for 1% of the companies, while every SMB is happy to get anything decent on the road!
I still wish for the Ruby on Rails of the web world - but don't expect it to emerge before 2025 π
And the best UI library is...
Every framework and tool has tons of UI libraries, some better, some meh..
I'm currently playing a lot with React Native and finding the right library is more than challenging - just look at all the opinions of other developers here!
It becomes even more challenging when you consider using React Native for web as well, so you not only need native iOS and Android styling but also something suitable for the web.
And again, I think there is no perfect solution out there yet - but I won't lose hope!
π€ Interesting
π 10 VSCode Extensions [VIDEO]
Are you getting the most out of VSCode extensions? Make sure you install and try these 10 Visual Studio Code Extensions!
π Richer UI install available for desktop [READ]
I'm still waiting for the day that PWA become cooler for everyday people, but this improvement for Chrome looks pretty cool - wish it comes to iOS as well!
π iOS 17 to Support App Sideloading [READ]
If not PWAs, maybe you can at least install apps on iOS somewhat easier in the future if Apple has to allow sideloading due to EU laws!
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Simon
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