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Keep Form Validation Rules Close to the Model

Flutter TextFormField validator beside a Dust validation model

Aug 20, 2026

Keep Form Validation Rules Close to the Model

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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