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Install the CLI

make sure dart path is in you system environment

{flutter-path}\bin\cache\dart-sdk\bin

then run the command :

flutter pub global activate lighthouse

now you can use the lighthouse with lighthouse or lh .

assets

the LightHouse will help you working with assets in your project .

assets:add​

no more forgotten paths in pubspec.yaml

use the command assets:add to add all files inside assets folder to pubspec.yaml

Notes​

  • this will skip files that starts with . aka hidden files
  • this will remove previously added paths to assets tag in pubspec.yaml

assets:make​

no more wrong paths or paths that cant be used in the app

writing the path directly in the widget could create some problems

  • the path is not valid might be wrong or not exist
  • might use a path and you forgot to add it to pubspec.yaml

use the command assets:make to make a Dart class to help you work with it to provider

  • auto-complete
  • strong type to the path
  • Deprecated warnings to tell you that you are using bad path

BEFORE ::

Image.assets('assets/photos/dark_logo.png)

AFTER ::

Image.assets(Assets.photos.darkLogo)

localization

the LightHouse will help you with localization in your project .

tr:make​

this command will validate your localization assets from assets/lang in your project

benefits​

  • validation lighthouse will check if you added an empty value or missed a key in any language .
  • strong type checking to your translations keys no more key not found 🎁.
  • IDE support to see the value of this key in different languages.
    • Tr getter

tr:validate​

this command will validate only your assets and will not generate or update any thing in you project