Resources for React Native Development
- Has a lot of apis that allow you to build much faster. With Expo you won't have to touch any native code and you can eject anytime you wan't. Although if you use any of their built in apis like audio recording or image manipulation if you eject they will no longer work. Using expo is highly recommended for devs just getting started with React Native and I would guess could potentially cut your dev time by ~1/3 depending on the app. https://docs.expo.dev/
- To handle navigation you will probably need to use a library. I would highly recommend react navigation over react native navigation. I know similar names but they are different libraries and have different tradeoffs. React Navigation is the most popular navigation library and has great docs. https://reactnavigation.org/docs/devtools/
- Get started building a react native app much faster by using this tool. Highly recommended for beginner React Native devs. https://github.com/expo/create-react-native-app
- Very commonly used Baas for react native projects. You could of course host your own server and database, but firebase has a lot of great features built in that work well with React Native that can cut your development time down. For example you can set up push notifications with firebase and expo: https://docs.expo.dev/push-notifications/using-fcm/ https://firebase.google.com/
- Firebase has also a newly released version v9 as of 2021 that has an estimated 80% smaller bundle size than the previous version v8. https://miyauchi.dev/posts/firebase-bundle-size/
- Although not strictly required it is one of the most commonly used state management systems in the react and react native ecosystem. Works essentially the same way as in a react js project. https://redux.js.org/
- If you don't want to style and build your own components you can use a premade component library. This will speed up your development time even more and give you a consistent design system out of the box. The most common ones are Native Base, React Native Elements, and React Native Paper. Here is a list of several different options: https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/react-native-component-libraries/
- React Native Bridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU_kTuz2i9Y&ab_channel=JimmyCook
- Read all of this esp performance and debugging: https://www.interviewbit.com/react-native-interview-questions/
- Be able to work with animations: https://reactnative.dev/docs/animated
- Make sure to know hooks: useState, useEffect, useRef, useMemo, useCallback, useContext, useReducer