A modern Flutter task management application for today's productivity
Today is a modern task management application built with Flutter, focusing on best practices and leveraging the most recommended libraries in the Flutter ecosystem. It serves as both a practical productivity tool and a demonstration of clean Flutter architecture.
When I started learning Flutter, I looked for a convenient library to quickly build applications, which led me to GetX. As the most controversial library in Flutter, it includes route management, dependency injection, state management, and internationalization. This all-in-one library provided great convenience when I was new to Flutter. I could solve many problems by simply programming for GetX without needing to understand many other Flutter features.
However, as my development experience increased, I felt increasingly constrained by GetX. It intruded into too many processes, and whenever I wanted to do more in-depth development or have finer-grained control over a specific part, I had to adapt to GetX's way of doing things. This made me uncomfortable, and I began to dislike the strong dependency of my entire application on a single library. I can heavily depend on a library in one aspect—since each library has its common way of thinking—but not have the entire application follow that library's thinking pattern, which feels restrictive.
Later, I began exploring other excellent libraries. State management libraries like Riverpod, Provider, Bloc, and Mobx showed me new and interesting approaches; go_router made routing powerful and standardized; intl for internationalization and date formatting became popular for good reasons. Today was born in this context, as my exploration of these more Flutter-recommended libraries after moving away from GetX. I wanted to build my code in a more Dart/Flutter-native way, rather than migrating patterns from other languages—I believe Dart/Flutter has its own programming paradigms, like other languages, rather than simply being a migration from JS.
Today is not a simple Todo app; from the beginning, I designed it to cover as many potential use cases in an application as possible:
| Category | Implementation | Highlights |
|---|---|---|
| State Management | Riverpod + Codegen | Type-safe providers, Auto-dispose |
| Routing | go_router | Declarative routing, Deep links |
| Localization | intl | Date/time formatting |
| Storage | Hive | Binary serialization, Type adapters |
| Notifications | flutter_local_notifications | Scheduled tasks, Custom channels |
| Theming | Material Design 3 | Dynamic theme switching |
| Project Structure | Feature-first | Modular, Maintainable |
- 📱 State Management: Riverpod with code generation
- 🧭 Routing: go_router
- 💾 Storage: Hive
- 🎨 UI: Material Design
- 🌐 HTTP Client: Dio
- 🔔 Notifications: flutter_local_notifications
- 🌍 Internationalization: intl
- 🧩 Others: freezed, uuid, logger, path_provider, etc.
- Clone the repository
- Install dependencies:
flutter pub get - Generate code:
flutter pub run build_runner build --delete-conflicting-outputs - Run the app:
flutter run
This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.
Copyright 2024 EricMoin (wu_ming12@foxmail.com)
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