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Dust Serde code snapshot showing enum JSON renames and a skipped enum value

Control Enum JSON Values

Dust Routing code snapshot showing a support screen returning a boolean result to its caller

Return a Result From a Route

Dust i18n code snapshot showing a language button and Flutter locale wiring

Switch the App Language

Dust code snapshot showing a generated HTTP body call and a dust_server JSON body handler

Post One JSON Body

Dust code snapshot showing a Flutter API client and dust_server tracing

Trace One API Call

Dust tutorial showing a Dart server serving API routes and a Flutter web app together

Serve the API and Flutter App Together

Dust tutorial showing server request validation and Flutter submit validation

Validate Before and After the Request

Dust full-stack product link tutorial showing a server product route and Flutter product screen route

Open a Product Link With Dust

Dust tutorial showing a server signup endpoint and Flutter mobile signup client flow

Use Dust From Server to Mobile

Flutter snackbar callback code beside a Dust State effect listener example

Use Effects for One-Time UI Work

Manual Flutter route parameter parsing beside a Dust route parameter example

Keep Route Parameters Beside the Page

Flutter localization setup beside a Dust static translation key workflow

Let Static Translation Keys Create the ARB Shape

Manual Dart equality code beside a Dust Eq data class example

Let Data Models Compare Their Own Values

Manual snake case JSON mapping beside a Dust Serde renameAll example

Keep API Casing Out of Dart Field Names

Flutter TextFormField validator code beside Dust model validation annotations

Put Repeated Form Rules on the Model

Manual URI query building beside a Dust HTTP client query parameter example

Keep Query Parameters in the API Contract

Manual async loading code beside a Dust runAction example for stale result protection

Stop Old Async Results From Updating New State

Manual nested state update code beside a Dust CopyWith chained helper

Update Nested State Without Rebuilding the Whole Object

Manual Dio multipart upload code beside a Dust HTTP client multipart upload method

Keep Multipart Uploads in the API Contract

Manual JSON request and response models beside Dust Serde direction-specific derives

Generate Only the JSON Direction You Need

Flutter TextFormField validator code beside a Dust Validation model rule

Keep Form Rules on the Request Model

Flutter localization setup beside a Dust i18n static key example

Start Translation Files from the UI

Manual nested navigation note beside Dust Routing Shell branch routes

Keep Tab Stacks Separate

Manual authenticated Dio call beside a Dust HTTP client method using Header

Keep Auth Headers Beside the Endpoint

Manual Flutter compute parsing beside Dust HTTP isolate decoding

Move API Model Conversion off the UI Path

Dust Routing Guards example showing router-level redirect before route-specific guards

Run Redirects Before Guards

Dust State Management example showing watchXViewModel value and readXViewModel

Read State During Build

Dust i18n example showing static translation keys and generated ARB output

Keep Translation Keys Close to the UI

Flutter TextFormField validator beside a Dust validation model

Keep Form Validation Rules Close to the Model

Manual Dio request mapping beside a Dust HTTP client interface

Keep API Endpoint Details in One Place

A GoRouter deep-link route beside a Dust AppRoute annotation

Keep Flutter Deep Links and Routes in Sync

A Dart 3.13 primary constructor beside a Dust data-class derive

Dart 3.13 Models Still Need Their Helpers

A manual tagged JSON switch beside a Dust Serde sealed model

Decode Tagged JSON into a Sealed Model

Dust Serde strict-key model rejecting an unexpected admin field

Reject JSON Keys You Did Not Ask For

Dust HTTP client using one interface with production, staging, and local base URLs

Switch API Environments Without a Second Client

Dust nested validation with an address.zipCode error path

Keep Nested Validation on the Full Path

Complete Dust custom codec model and JSON round-trip example

Keep Unix Timestamps at the API Boundary

Dust one-shot build and watch workflow comparison

Keep Code Generation Running While You Work

Freezed and Equatable to Dust pubspec comparison

Move One Data Model to Dust

Dust JSON field aliases

JSON Field Aliases

Dust cross-field validation

Cross-Field Model Validation

Dust generated HTTP request tests

Generate HTTP Request Tests

Eight feature areas, two dependency setups

One Workflow for Dust Features