Building A Decentralized Portfolio Website
# Creating a Decentralized Portfolio Website
## What is a Portfolio Website ??
A portfolio website is an essential tool to getting more business and building your professional brand. In today’s digital world, a portfolio is arguably more important than a resume, no matter what industry you work in. Whether you are a freelance journalist, a recent college grad looking for a job, or even an accountant, when people Google your name, your portfolio will provide the most powerful and comprehensive perspective on you.
## Awesome where do I start ?
### Lets choose a tech stack
It can be just pure HTML , CSS or can we can use JS frameworks like React or Angular or Vue Ember or Meteor or Mithril the list goes on and on for Javascript **FacePalm** But here we are going to use Flutter !!!
### What is Flutter ??
Flutter is Google’s UI toolkit for building beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.
Say what?? a single framework for web , mobile , desktop ?? Even on a Raspberry Pi : >
The basics of Flutter can be learned in the link below
[Flutter Basics](https://github.com/HariPranav/Flutter)
[Flutter Advanced](https://github.com/HariPranav/flutter_learning_path)
# Without installing Flutter on Local Machine
Go to the link below and paste the code below
[DartPad](https://github.com/HariPranav/Flutter)
import ‘package:flutter/material.dart’;
void main()
{
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
home: Scaffold(
body: Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
image: DecorationImage(
image: NetworkImage(“https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/i/0052d15d-4c44-4d0f-aade-45074bff0633/d9erbf9-27735655-772d-437a-ae35-ef67e1ea9d10.jpg"),
fit: BoxFit.fill
,
),
),
child: ListView(children: [
Center(
child: Container(
margin: EdgeInsets.all(40),
height: 150,
width: 150,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
shape: BoxShape.circle,
image: DecorationImage(
fit: BoxFit.contain),
),
),
),
Center(
child: Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(20)),
gradient: LinearGradient(
begin: Alignment.bottomLeft,
end: Alignment.bottomRight,
colors: [Colors.green[50], Colors.red[300]],
),
),
margin: EdgeInsets.all(10),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
child: Text(
" Flutter | Blockchain | Forensics”,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.black,
fontSize: 20,
),
),
),
),
Center(
child: Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(20)),
gradient: LinearGradient(
begin: Alignment.bottomRight,
end: Alignment.bottomLeft,
colors: [Colors.green[50], Colors.red[300]],
),
),
margin: EdgeInsets.all(10),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
child: Row(mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min, children:
InkWell(
child: Image.network(
“https://cdn.icon-icons.com/icons2/936/PNG/128/github-logo_icon-icons.com_73546.png",
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
// onTap: () => launch(‘https://github.com/HariPranav')
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.network(
“https://cdn.icon-icons.com/icons2/31/PNG/128/sociallinkedin_member_2751.png",
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
// onTap: () => launch(
// ‘https://in.linkedin.com/in/hari-pranav-77b067162'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.network(
“https://cdn.icon-icons.com/icons2/555/PNG/128/facebook_icon-icons.com_53612.png",
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
// onTap: () =>
// launch(‘https://www.facebook.com/hari.pranav.1'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.network(
“https://cdn.icon-icons.com/icons2/122/PNG/128/twitter_socialnetwork_20007.png",
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
// onTap: () => launch(‘https://twitter.com/aharipranav'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.network(
“https://cdn.icon-icons.com/icons2/195/PNG/128/YouTube_23392.png",
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
// onTap: () => launch(
// ‘https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYIT8-ScPTy-fWSa3ff6_A?view_as=subscriber'),
),
]),
),
),
]),
),
),
);
}
}
Here we are using the online tool called dartpad to render the UI into the browser , you might have observed that the on Tap handlers in the code are commented this is because we need to install a package which is currently not supported, so when we click a social media icon it doesn’t link anywhere. Hence we need to install flutter and dart in our local environment to add hyperlinking functionality!!
# With Flutter on Local Machine
Installing Flutter : [Documentation](https://flutter.dev/docs/get-started/install)
### Step 1 :
After installing flutter we need to build the application on the web so change the branch to web
$flutter channel master
$flutter upgrade
$flutter config –enable-web
### Step 2 :
Run
$flutter devices
Here we should see chrome as the devices available , PS : if it doesnt show up check if you have the latest version of chrome
### Step 3 :
Run:
$flutter create
### Step 4 :
Lets get coding !!!
Open the pubspec.yaml and go to the commented section under dependencies
dependencies:
flutter:
sdk: flutter
// paste this code below
url_launcher: ^5.4.10
Go to the terminal and type
$pub get
This installs the dependencies
Next Open the main.dart under the lib directory in your project
Then paste the code below
// importing the libraries
import ‘package:flutter/material.dart’;
import ‘package:url_launcher/url_launcher.dart’;
// creating a stateful widget
// type stf and it auto creates one (Works in vs code and android studion with )
void main()
{
runApp(MyApp());
}
class MyApp extends StatefulWidget {
@override
_MyAppState createState() => _MyAppState();
}
class _MyAppState extends State
@override
Widget build(BuildContext context) {
return MaterialApp(
// we check the debug banner to be false
debugShowCheckedModeBanner: false,
// the scaffold basically provides predefined //material components to be used in UI
home: Scaffold(
// we use a container to display the Image
body: Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
image: DecorationImage(
// create a folder called assets in the parent directory of your project and put your profile photo to be displayed
image: AssetImage(“assets/ss2.jpg”),
fit: BoxFit.cover,
),
),
child: ListView(children: [
Center(
child: Container(
margin: EdgeInsets.all(40),
height: 150,
width: 150,
decoration: BoxDecoration(
shape: BoxShape.circle,
image: DecorationImage(
image: AssetImage(‘assets/HP.png’), fit: BoxFit.contain),
),
),
),
Center(
child: Container(
// we use the famous Linear Gradient
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(20)),
gradient: LinearGradient(
begin: Alignment.bottomLeft,
end: Alignment.bottomRight,
colors: [Colors.green[50], Colors.red[300]],
),
),
margin: EdgeInsets.all(10),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
child: Text(
" Flutter | Blockchain | Forensics”,
style: TextStyle(
color: Colors.black,
fontSize: 20,
),
),
),
),
Center(
child: Container(
decoration: BoxDecoration(
borderRadius: BorderRadius.all(Radius.circular(20)),
gradient: LinearGradient(
begin: Alignment.bottomRight,
end: Alignment.bottomLeft,
colors: [Colors.green[50], Colors.red[300]],
),
),
margin: EdgeInsets.all(10),
padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
child: Row(mainAxisSize: MainAxisSize.min, children:
// here we add the links to our varoius social media websites
InkWell(
child: Image.asset(
“assets/github.png”,
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
onTap: () => launch(‘https://github.com/HariPranav')),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.asset(
“assets/linkedin-square-color.png”,
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
onTap: () => launch(
‘https://in.linkedin.com/in/hari-pranav-77b067162'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.asset(
“assets/facebook-round-color.png”,
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
onTap: () => launch(
‘https://www.facebook.com/hari.pranav.1'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.asset(
“assets/twitter-color.png”,
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
onTap: () => launch(‘https://twitter.com/aharipranav'),
),
SizedBox(
width: 8,
),
InkWell(
child: Image.asset(
“assets/youtube-color.png”,
height: 40,
width: 40,
),
onTap: () => launch(
‘https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYIT8-ScPTy-fWSa3ff6_A?view_as=subscriber'),
),
]),
),
),
]),
),
),
);
}
}
go to the terminal and type
$flutter run -d chrome
Voila your Single Page Website is Ready on the web!!! This can also be run as a standalone app on your android phone or IOS device !!
To do so change the branch to stable by using the command
$flutter channel stable
Anyways Lets get to hosting our Website on the web
# Adding Project to Github
Go to github and create a new repository
Add the name
And a short description
Leave the intitalize a Readme as unticked and say create repository
Now open the command Line and
Run
$git init
$git add .
$git commit -m “First commit”
$git remote add “URL of repo”
$git push -u origin master
Now go to settings and enable the githubpages option
Then Run the following Commands in your flutter project
$flutter pub global activate peanut
$flutter pub global run peanut
$git push origin –set-upstream gh-pages
Finally you are done !!!!
The page is now hosted on github as the centralised version !!
Fell free to share this url with your friends family and employer’s
Hoorah Lets Decentralize It
# Decentralization
## What is IPFS ??
A peer-to-peer hypermedia protocol
designed to make the web faster, safer, and more open.
[IPFS](https://ipfs.io/)
## What is fleek ??
On IPFS , Fleek provides a beautiful way to integrate with Git so that whenever we make changes to our branches it can be directly
updated on Fleek!!!!
### Hosting on Fleek
Click on the link below to know more here we can directly login with our git account and host our website
Different CMS to host sites on fleek Link Below
[Fleek Blog posts](https://blog.fleek.co/)
# Find Me !!
I have added more pages on for my porfolio such as an animated bottom navigation bar with custom images , a blog section and a short demo of my hackathon projects which will be added soon
Find me on the web below !!
[My Portfolio](https://haripranav.github.io/portfolio/#/)
[My Decentralized Portfolio](https://hp.on.fleek.co/#/)
Hari Pranav A
My research interests include Decentralized Computing, Cloud Security and Dev Ops