Dependency Management

When to use

• Adding a package for a new feature.
• Replacing an existing package.
• Adding/removing dev tooling dependencies.
• Investigating whether a package should be removed.

Steps

1) Validate necessity first

• Confirm the problem cannot be solved with current project dependencies or Dart/Flutter SDK APIs.
• If a package is still needed, define the exact capability gap it fills.

2) Evaluate candidate quality

Check package fitness before adding: