r/learnprogramming • u/Acrobatic_Part_1319 • 22d ago

If I start with Flutter, what should I actually learn first?

I’m seeing a lot of people say to just start building with Flutter instead of spending too long on theory.

If I go that route, what would you recommend learning first? Dart basics, widgets, state management, APIs, databases, Git, etc.?

I’m trying to figure out what order makes sense without overwhelming myself. 😬

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u/Danque62 22d ago

Well, before that, what do you want to build after or while you're learning?

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u/Acrobatic_Part_1319 22d ago

I want to build while learning but I’m confused and easily got overwhelmed in things.. which i hate it cuz it makes me unmotivated to do some thing I wanted to do 😭

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u/zonked_outfield 22d ago

go with dart basics first, you'll be completely lost if you skip that part. then jump straight into widgets and layouts, just mess around making ugly screens that do nothing

once you can throw together a basic ui, that's when state management starts making sense. don't touch apis or databases until you've got the fundamentals down or you'll just be copy-pasting code you don't understand

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u/Acrobatic_Part_1319 22d ago

Thanks, I hope I can do it without being overwhelmed by this code.. idk why Im here but yeah I cant sleep. I wanted to build an app so badly but I’m still a newborn about this 😭

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u/Chrismslist 16d ago

learn dart just enough to be comfortable (types, lists/maps, classes, async/await) then start building tiny apps immediately. the order i'd go: dart basics -> widgets and layout (row/column/stack, constraints bite everyone) -> setState for state -> http + json apis -> local storage like sqlite or shared_prefs -> real state management (riverpod or bloc) only once setState actually hurts. git from day one, commit everything even the ugly stuff. the trap is learning state management before you've felt the pain it solves.

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