Building a data source
Understanding data sources is crucial as they are the providers of data for our repositories, which are the core of our Candy Store app.
In Flutter, data sources serve as the gateways to your app’s data, whether it’s stored locally, fetched from remote APIs, or obtained from external services. They provide raw data that repositories then transform into usable information for your app’s business logic and UI.
The various types of data sources include the following:
- Local data sources: These include local databases, such as SQLite, Drift, and Hive, as well as shared preferences. They are perfect for storing app data that needs to persist across app sessions.
- Remote data sources: Remote APIs, web services, and other online data providers fall under this category. These sources are essential for retrieving data from remote servers, such as fetching candy information from an online candy database.
- External services: These...
