Hello Capital Region GDG Flutter enthusiasts,

Let’s talk Flutter with Nilay the {Mother of Dashes :-) }!
Nilay Yener works at Google for Flutter and Dart Developer Relations team as a Program Manager. She specifically works on the community and social media programs. She used to be GDG organizer, so she comes from the community!

GDG Capital Region is organizing this event in partnership with these amazing communities:
- GDG NYC (USA)
- [ here could be your GDG group - get in touch ;) ]

*** Due to Coronavirus and to protect the health and safety of our community we are hosting our meetup online. It will be hosted via Google Meet. ***

*** You will be able to access the link after you RSVP. ***

We are holding our next monthly Flutter meetup! During this meetup, we will be sure to get everyone up to speed on the fundamentals of the language and development environment. After this, we will launch into a longer term project to build out Flutter apps for Android and IOS.
Feel free to bring your own laptop to follow along with Flutter install.

You can use the following link to install Flutter.
https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install

Github Repo - Flutter Monthly Meetup Activity and Code Snippets.
https://github.com/GDG-CR/flutter

Agenda:
5:00 – 5:30 Opening Remarks, Meetup announcements
5:30 – 6:00 Flutter Trivia game, win a prize!
6:00 – 7:00 Nilay Yener - Let’s talk Flutter
7:00 – 7:45 Codelab - Learn Flutter & Dart - Build an IOS & Android app
7:45 – 8:00 Meetup wrap-up, closing comments

When:
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: ***Link TBD soon***
This is an online event. You will be able to access the link after you RSVP.

See you online!
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Environment setup:
The event will be hands-on, so make sure to bring your laptop and set up your environment in advance and be ready to code. Feel free to bring your own laptop to follow along with Flutter installed https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install .

For the Flutter Codelab, please do the following:
You need two pieces of software to complete this lab: the Flutter SDK, and an editor.

This codelab assumes Android Studio/Visual Studio Code, but you can use your preferred editor.

You can run this Codelab using any of the following devices:
- A physical device ( Android https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#+set-up-your-android-device or iOS https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#deploy-to-ios-devices ) connected to your computer and set to developer mode.
- The iOS simulator https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#+set-up-the-ios-simulator (Requires installing XCode tools.)
-The Android emulator https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#+set-up-the-android-emulator (Requires setup in Android Studio.)

For the App Engine Codelab, please sign up for a Google Cloud Platform https://cloud.google.com/free/ free account, and have a browser and editor ready to go.

For the Actions Codelab, please sign up for a Google Cloud Platform https://cloud.google.com/free/ free account, and have a browser ready to go.
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Whether you are just starting a new Flutter project, or an experienced developer looking to discuss advanced topics, you are welcome to join our group and share your ideas with us!

Join the Google Developer Group of the Capital Region - Flutter Group We will take a look at Flutter https://flutter.dev/ to investigate what it brings to the table for mobile app developers. We will learn how to get started using Flutter to design, develop and deploy native apps with high performance and low development costs. Flutter works with existing code, is used by developers and organizations around the world and is free and open source.

We will work on a very simple Flutter app using a step-by-step Google tutorial. Together we will discover advantages like hot-reload, complete code sharing for both platforms and a modern, reactive UI framework.