riverpod-codegen-and-hooks
Riverpod — Code generation and hooks
Code generation
Code generation is optional in Riverpod. It changes the syntax for defining providers: you write an annotated function or class and the generator produces the provider. Use it if you already use code generation (e.g. Freezed, json_serializable); otherwise the extra build step may not be worth it. See riverpod-getting-started for setup (build_runner, riverpod_generator).
Benefits
- Clearer syntax: no manual provider type (Provider vs FutureProvider etc.); Riverpod infers it.
- Parameters: any parameters (named, optional, defaults) instead of a single family parameter.
- Stateful hot-reload for Riverpod code.
- Better debugging via generated metadata.
Syntax
Functional provider (sync):
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