Using Flutter to develop a mobile app for an MDM application
by Chanan Braunstein, Owner
What is Flutter?
Flutter is a framework for building beautiful, fast, and native-looking mobile apps using a single codebase. Flutter uses the Dart programming language, which is easy to learn and offers many features such as hot reload and hot restart, stateful hot reload, and declarative UI. Flutter also provides a rich set of widgets, animations, and themes that can be customized to fit different platforms and preferences. Flutter is useful for writing mobile apps because it allows developers to create high-quality apps with less code, less testing, and less maintenance. Flutter also supports web and desktop development, making it a versatile and powerful tool for creating cross-platform applications.
What is a Master Data Management (MDM) System?
A master data management system is a software solution that helps organizations to create, manage, and share a single source of truth for their most critical data. A master data management system can handle different types of master data, such as customer, product, supplier, location, and asset data. A master data management system can also integrate with various data sources and applications, such as ERP, CRM, BI, and analytics tools. A master data management system can improve data quality, consistency, governance, and security across the enterprise. A master data management system can also enable better decision-making, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction. An examples of master data management systems is Atomm XDM.
Connecting Flutter to an MDM via an API
One of the most common tasks in mobile app development is to communicate with external data sources, such as web services, databases, or APIs. An API (Application Programming Interface) is a set of rules and protocols that allows one software system to interact with another. For example, you can use an API to fetch data from a server, send data to a server, or perform some operations on the server. Atomm XDM exposes all its operations via its API allowing developers to build applications connecting to its data and operations.