Category: UI/UX | Format: Session

4:20 pm - 5:00 pm | Room A

Power Up Your Flutter Apps: Adding Extra Functionality with Dart Extensions

Session Description:

Description Dart extensions are one of the most powerful yet overlooked features in Flutter development. In this talk, we’ll unlock how you can use them to supercharge your Flutter apps—writing cleaner, more maintainable, and more expressive code without modifying existing classes or third-party libraries. Whether you’re extending core types like String or DateTime, enhancing third-party packages, or injecting new life into Flutter widgets, this advanced session will show how Dart extensions can make your codebase smarter, DRYer, and easier to scale. What You’ll Learn: • Custom Power-Ups for Core Types: Add intuitive methods to String, DateTime, List, and others to clean up boilerplate and make your logic more expressive • No-Fork Enhancements: Extend third-party packages and Flutter widgets with your own logic—without modifying their source code • Advanced Patterns: Dive into generic, conditional, and scoped extensions for modular and scalable architecture • When & Why: Learn where Dart extensions outperform mixins, helpers, and even inheritance patterns in terms of performance, readability, and maintainability • Real-World Use Cases: Explore production examples from apps I’ve built—featuring UI extensions, state helpers, and utility methods for cleaner, more maintainable code • Live Demo – Build a Mini Cart App: Watch how all these techniques come together in a live-coded mini shopping cart app, demonstrating how to apply extensions to widgets, logic, and third-party libraries in real time Speaker Bio I’m a passionate Flutter developer, UX thinker, and community speaker with over 5 years of experience building scalable cross-platform apps across fintech, education, and retail. I had the privilege of speaking at the previous Fluttercon Africa, where I shared advanced techniques in Flutter development — and I’m excited to return with even more insights. Beyond Fluttercon, I’ve delivered talks at numerous developer events across Africa on topics like clean architecture, Dart extensions, UI optimization, and real-world app development. You can explore some of my past sessions on my community profile. I love breaking down complex Flutter and Dart concepts into practical, actionable techniques that developers can use right away in their own projects. Whether it’s through the apps I’ve built like Calcut and Eduuka, or through my community talks, I’m always excited to share and learn together. Keywords: Dart Extensions, Flutter Architecture, Code Enhancement, Maintainable Code, Third-Party Packages, Advanced Flutter