Step 1 - Create a dummy Flutter App

I'm just going to dump information here. I'll come back later to re-organize to something that make sense to non-Siam people.

1. Use flutter tutorials to create a sample app

   1. I used the following guide for setting up the environment: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/windows

      • ISSUE: I installed the lastest Android Studio (4.1.0), but flutter doctor kept saying that the plugins for flutter and dart were not installed in Android Studio. I double checked.

      • I performed the solutions posed by Soumen Das and Nuqo posted here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52336654/android-studio-flutter-and-dart-plugins-not-recognized-by-flutter-doctor-but-p

        • I think Nuqo's solution to use the dev version of flutter is what solved it, but for transparency, I did add the environment variables Soumen Das posted as well. After getting it to work, I removed the environment variables and it still worked.

   2. Step 1 of building my first app: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/codelab

      • Made a simple continuous list

      • Main calls a static function runApp which takes a Widget object

      • The widgets are configured and 'composed' in dart. Any widget is a combination of multiple widgets within.

      • Doesn't look like there is any markup for UI and everything is done in code so far...

      • Leads to questions on how do we do MVVM/MVC/what pattern is 'recommended' based on what flutter is good/bad at?

        • Trail of thought/research here goes:

          1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56722443/choosing-the-correct-flutter-design-pattern

          2. https://medium.com/flutter-community/flutter-communication-between-widgets-f5590230df1e

          3. https://www.didierboelens.com/2018/08/reactive-programming-streams-bloc/

          4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLHln7wHgPE

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2. Migrate the app to revision control

   2. • DONE: https://dev.azure.com/camais1/TimeTrackerApp/_git/TimeTrackerApp

        • Stayed with AzureDevOps because I use that at work and could be useful to become more familiar with it.

3. Migrate development environment to docker containers

   1. LATER: I was hoping I got to this point earlier in the day, but my goal is to have a working app by the time i go bac to work on Jan 4 so...

4. Figure out how to do unit tests

   2. • The counter app comes with a relatively straight forward example!