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The basics you need to know about widget lifecycle

🚀 Mastering Flutter Widget Lifecycle

As Flutter developer, understanding widget lifecycle is crucial for building high-performance, memory-efficient applications.

Key Lifecycle Methods

✅ initState() - Initialize controllers, subscriptions (called once)
✅ didChangeDependencies() - React to inherited widget changes
✅ didUpdateWidget() - Optimize rebuilds by comparing old/new props
✅ dispose() - Critical for preventing memory leaks (always free resources!)

In my last article, I explain in a simple and practical way when each one is called and how to use them correctly.

👉 Read the full article here: https://medium.com/@Victorldev/manipulating-lifecycle-of-stateful-widgets-in-flutter-e894a83d7bf0

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