Getting Started

Installing Flutter

1. Visit https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install
2. Select your operating system and download the .zip file
   1. Make a note of the path where you keep the flutter folder. This will be used in step 3
3. Update your path variable to include flutter
   1. https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install/macos#update-your-path

export PATH="$PATH:[PATH_OF_FLUTTER_GIT_DIRECTORY]/bin"

1. Ensure that flutter is installed by typing which flutter into the command line
2. Run flutter doctor in the command line to make sure everything is up-to-date, and ready to go with flutter dependencies

Clone App

Now that you have flutter up and running, it's time to clone the In The Loop repository from Github.

1. Open an IDE of choice. Visual Studio Code and Android Studio are recommended for developing Flutter applications.

2. Create a new project

3. Open the command line, and type:

   git clone https://github.com/InTheLoopStudio/pangolin.git

VSCode and Android Studio

Official flutter.dev documentation on running app: https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/test-drive

Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com) and Android Studio (https://developer.android.com/studio) are the two most commonly used IDE's for developing Flutter apps.

Setup should be relatively similar between platforms. Simply open the application, select your project folder, and begin working.

Get App Running

VSCode:

1. Select the "Chrome (web-javascript)" button and change it to the desired platform to test on (either iOS or Android)

2. Select Run > Start Debugging to initialize the app in debug mode