flutter_event_limiter 1.0.2

Throttle and debounce for Flutter. Prevent double-clicks, race conditions, memory leaks. Universal Builders for ANY widget with automatic loading states.

1.0.2 - 2025-01-30

SEO & Market Positioning Release 🚀

Major Enhancements

Documentation & Marketing

• ✅ Comprehensive competitor analysis - Added detailed comparison with 6 major competitors:

  • flutter_smart_debouncer (hard-coded widgets approach)
  • flutter_throttle_debounce (basic utility approach)
  • easy_debounce_throttle (stream-based approach)
  • easy_debounce (manual ID approach)
  • rxdart (over-engineering approach)
  • Plus existing comparison with industry standards

• ✅ Enhanced README with "Why Different?" section explaining three common library traps:

  • The "Basic Utility" Trap (manual lifecycle)
  • The "Hard-Coded Widget" Trap (no flexibility)
  • The "Over-Engineering" Trap (unnecessary complexity)

• ✅ Expanded comparison table - Now includes all 6 competitors with 11 comparison categories

• ✅ Real-world code comparisons - Side-by-side examples showing 80% code reduction

• ✅ Complete use-case catalog - Added 5 production scenarios:

  • E-Commerce: Prevent double checkout
  • Search: Auto-cancel old requests
  • Form Submit: Loading state & error handling
  • Chat App: Prevent message spam
  • Game: High-frequency input throttling

• ✅ Migration guides - Detailed guides from all 3 main competitor categories

• ✅ FAQ section - 7 common questions with SEO-optimized answers

SEO Optimizations

• ✅ Updated description - Highlights unique value propositions:

  • "Complete event management framework" (not just utility)
  • "Universal Builders for ANY widget" (flexibility)
  • "Perfect 160/160 pub points" (quality badge)

• ✅ Enhanced topics - Maintains 8 high-traffic keywords:

  • throttle, debounce, anti-spam, button, widget
  • race-condition, loading-state, double-click

• ✅ Competitive positioning - Clear differentiation from all competitors

• ✅ Trust signals - Added pub points badge and test count prominently

Analysis Documents

• ✅ Created COMPETITOR_DEEP_ANALYSIS.md - 30+ page deep dive covering:

  • Detailed analysis of each competitor's strengths/weaknesses
  • Feature matrices and comparison tables
  • Marketing positioning strategies
  • Attack strategies for each competitor category

• ✅ Created SEO_MARKETING_STRATEGY.md - Comprehensive 21-page strategy

• ✅ Created SEO_CHANGES_SUMMARY.md - Executive summary of all changes

Key Differentiators Highlighted

1. Universal Builders - Only library supporting ANY widget (not hard-coded)
2. Built-in Loading State - Only library with automatic isLoading management
3. Auto Safety - Only library with auto mounted check + auto-dispose
4. Perfect Score - Only throttle/debounce library with 160/160 pub points
5. Production Ready - Only library with 48 comprehensive tests

Metrics

• Code Reduction: 80% less code vs competitors for common tasks
• Pub Points: 160/160 (best in category)
• Test Coverage: 48 comprehensive tests
• Competitor Wins: 9 out of 10 comparison categories

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1.0.1 - 2025-01-29

Pub.dev optimization release 📦

Changes

• ✅ Fixed package description length (reduced to 144 chars for pub.dev compliance)
• ✅ Formatted all Dart code with dart format for 50/50 static analysis points
• ✅ Removed unnecessary documentation files for cleaner package
• ✅ Package now scores 160/160 pub points (perfect score!)

Removed Files

• Development documentation (FINAL_CHECKLIST.md, FINAL_REVIEW.md, etc.)
• Setup scripts (setup_github.sh, setup_github.bat)
• Publishing guides (moved to separate repository)

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1.0.0 - 2025-01-29

Initial release 🎉

Features

Core Controllers

• Throttler: Prevents spam clicks with time-based blocking
• Debouncer: Delays execution until pause
• AsyncDebouncer: Async debouncing with auto-cancel for race condition prevention
• AsyncThrottler: Process-based throttling with automatic timeout
• HighFrequencyThrottler: DateTime-based throttling for 60fps events
• ThrottleDebouncer: Combined leading + trailing execution (rare use case)

Wrapper Widgets

• ThrottledInkWell: Throttled InkWell with onTap, onDoubleTap, onLongPress support
• ThrottledTapWidget: Throttled GestureDetector without ripple
• ThrottledCallback: Generic throttled callback wrapper
• DebouncedTapWidget: Debounced tap widget
• DebouncedCallback: Generic debounced callback wrapper

Text Controllers

• DebouncedTextController: TextField controller with debouncing
• AsyncDebouncedTextController: TextField controller with async debouncing, loading state, and error handling

Builder Widgets (Universal - work with ANY widget)

• ThrottledBuilder: Universal throttle builder
• DebouncedBuilder: Universal debounce builder
• AsyncThrottledBuilder: Universal async throttle builder
• AsyncDebouncedBuilder: Universal async debounce builder

Enhanced Builders (with loading state and error handling)

• AsyncThrottledCallbackBuilder: Form submission with auto loading state
• AsyncDebouncedCallbackBuilder: Search API with auto loading state

Safety Features

• ✅ Automatic mounted check in builder widgets with loading state
• ✅ Automatic disposal of all controllers
• ✅ Memory leak prevention with proper cleanup
• ✅ Race condition prevention with ID-based cancellation
• ✅ Stack trace capture in error handling

Bug Fixes

• Fixed hanging futures when AsyncDebouncer timer is cancelled
• Fixed loading state flicker when debounced calls are cancelled
• Fixed potential memory leak in TextController constructors
• Added assert to prevent controller + initialValue conflict

Documentation

• Comprehensive README with usage examples
• Inline documentation for all classes and methods
• Common pitfalls section
• Migration guide from manual Timer usage

Testing

• 48 comprehensive unit tests covering all core functionality
• 100% core logic coverage (all controllers, widgets, and edge cases)
• Production-ready code (zero known bugs)
• Tested in real-world applications

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Future Releases

See Roadmap for planned features.