Ivy Walobwa Ivy is a Flutter developer and technical writer who is interested in creating awesome developer experiences. She is currently a Program Assistant for the Google Africa Developer Scholarship (GADS), where she helps facilitate the learning of students across Africa.

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Build AR face masks in React Native

Building AR face masks in React Native

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Learn how to build Snapchat-like AR face mask filters for your React Native apps in this step-by-step tutorial.

Ivy Walobwa
Dec 11, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
Using shiny.react to build dynamic styles

Using shiny.react to build dynamic styles

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Shiny.React is an R package that provides components for building complex dynamic styles. Learn how to use it in React apps here.

Ivy Walobwa
Oct 23, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
Create a CSS sprite generator tool

Create a CSS sprite generator tool

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Learn how to build CSS sprite generators, helpful tools for quickly and efficiently uploading and using multiple images on your webpage.

Ivy Walobwa
Sep 26, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
Comparing The Best React Timeline Libraries

Comparing the best React timeline libraries

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Compare the best React timeline libraries, including React Vertical Timeline, React Suite, and more to keep track of your data in an interactive way.

Ivy Walobwa
Jun 27, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
How to make an idle timer for your React app

How to make an idle timer for your React app

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Improve your React app’s security with an idle timer, which automatically logs users out after a period of inactivity.

Ivy Walobwa
Feb 28, 2023 ⋅ 5 min read
Getting Started With WebAssembly In Flutter Web

Getting started with WebAssembly in Flutter Web

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Flutter is built with Skia, a 2D graphics library written in C++. The Skia C++ API can run on the web browser through WebAssembly.

Ivy Walobwa
Sep 15, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
Flutter Layouts Guide Margins And Padding

Flutter layouts guide: Margins and padding

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In this tutorial, we introduce Flutter’s box model and show how to implement margin and padding to lay out widgets in your Flutter app’s UI.

Ivy Walobwa
Jul 4, 2022 ⋅ 6 min read
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Enhance your mobile apps with Flutter BoxShadow

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This tutorial covers how to apply box shadows to a container in a Flutter app, including how to adjust the color, spread radius, and more.

Ivy Walobwa
Apr 18, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
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Internationalizing your app with Flutter’s easy_localization

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Internationalize your mobile app and reach a larger audience with Flutter’s easy_localization package. Learn how to adapt your app and display locale-specific content.

Ivy Walobwa
Mar 11, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
Implementing Inkwell Class Flutter

Implementing the InkWell class in Flutter

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Learn how to implement Flutter’s InkWell class. InkWell offers visual feedback in response to user touch events.

Ivy Walobwa
Feb 11, 2022 ⋅ 5 min read
CSS Create Responsive Mobile Menu

Creating a responsive mobile menu with CSS without JavaScript

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This tutorial reviews how to create a mobile-first responsive menu using only HTML and CSS, without one single line of JavaScript.

Ivy Walobwa
Jan 21, 2022 ⋅ 8 min read
Using FlutterGen Flutter

Using FlutterGen code generator in Flutter

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Use FlutterGen, a Flutter code generator for your assets that help remove all string-based APIs in your app, for your next Flutter project.

Ivy Walobwa
Dec 13, 2021 ⋅ 5 min read