Some of you know that I started rafaelds as my outlet to learn (and share) anything about mobile app development with Flutter. I usually build Flutter apps to help myself automate repetitive tasks related to my work and life, and I usually write articles about the things I learn whilst building those apps.

I have received some feedback regarding the structure of rafaelds. The most impactful feedback that I got was about the website not having a direction. It would be nice if visitors to the website would find out how and where to start if they want to build apps with Flutter. Currently, rafaelds has just random articles about Flutter.

I want to acknowledge your feedback and suggestions by coming up with a plan of action and goals for 2024.

2024 Goals

I only have 4 goals for rafaelds this year. I'll be happy if I can do more, but I will try to prioritise these goals first.

📖 Free e-book to learn Flutter from scratch by building a full-fledged app 📑 Improve the free Flutter widget cheat sheet PDF 📝 At least 2 articles/tutorials per month 📝 Write at least 15 articles

📖 Free e-book to learn Flutter from scratch by building a full-fledged app

My main goal this year is to write up a zero-to-hero tutorial for learning Flutter in e-book format. This e-book will guide you to build an app whilst touching on the important aspects of app development.

Everything found in this e-book should be available online across different sources. The difference is I want to make it as accessible to everyone as I can. I believe that having most of the things we need to build an app compiled in one place will drastically speed up the learning process. The only thing to worry about is making the time to read it and build apps with Flutter.

📑 Improve the free Flutter widget cheat sheet PDF

I am currently in the works of building a tool (using Flutter) so I can easily update this PDF and add more common widgets. I made this PDF using Sketch.app but it proved to be time-consuming if I wanted to add more content.

If you have any suggestions on this, please let me know!

📝 At least 2 articles / tutorials per month

I already failed this goal for January since it is almost February 😅. But this year, I plan to make more time for writing articles and be consistent with it. At the minimum, 1 article every fortnight should be enough.

📝 Write at least 15 articles for the year

15 articles is not a lot, but having more Flutter content is definitely better. I started in June of 2023 last year and was able to write 14 articles until December. I plan to add more Flutter tutorials regarding architecture, patterns, best-practices, and the use of popular third-party libraries as these things change very frequently.

Summary

To summarise, you can expect more Flutter articles and tutorials in 2024, as well as a free e-book on learning to build an app with Flutter 🔥.

Happy coding! Raf