On this episode I give some quick updates on libraries I'm using in a fresh React Native project and attempt to sell you on the greatness of Mt. Eddy.

Simple Shadow View: https://github.com/pinqy520/react-native-shadow-view

React Native Doctor: https://reactnative.dev/blog/2019/11/18/react-native-doctor

React Native SVG: https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-svg

Ben Awad's React Navigation 5.0 video: https://youtu.be/Hln37dE19bs

Mt. Eddy: https://open.spotify.com/track/0TlibQyd5tx5rvWqakp8wk?si=lMVpw6RYTNiS6iaLbqPPDQ

See you guys in a week;  go practice your 3's.

RIP Kobe Bryant

This week is the introduction of Quick Quacks aka shorter episodes that I can put out while I'm busy with project work.  Today I go over and awesome state management library that makes using redux feel like you're not using redux:  Rematch!  Also I FINALLY reveal my favorite Nirvana song (I got tired of being harassed on Twitter).

Check out Rematch here: https://rematch.github.io/rematch/

Check out Nirvana's D-7 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/4bmY2jXW8ToL019R4NbQlH?si=kOjKpgqhRm64h-Y0naSLCA

or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcXoRlvpLVY

Serving the Servants book: https://www.amazon.com/Serving-Servant-Remembering-Kurt-Cobain/dp/0062861506

Adem Bilican plops into the duck pond this week to share his experience coming from native development with Java and Objective-C to working in React Native.  Adem gives his advice (and encouragement!) regarding how to create your own native modules and exposing native functionality to the javascript thread.  Also, he tries to get me to understand blockchain and cryptocurrency (with varying success).

Follow Adem on Twitter: @ademcan_net

and Instagram: @ademcan_net

Check out his site: https://ademcan.net/

Follow the Duck Tapes Music Playlist on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5UpT3qhsFmcbyAJyKkaeB6?si=tE5dG7uqT0CAA71mUDTiIQ

In this episode, I welcome Alex Aranda into the duck pond to discuss his current enrollment in a coding bootcamp, his motivation for switching careers, and strategies for his job hunt in the tech industry after he finishes the program.

Duck Tapes Spotify Playlist

Drummers are smart article

Follow Alex on LinkedIn because he has no other online presence

This week, fan-favorite Gant Laborde comes around to discuss his work at Infinite Red using React Native and Native development, Progressive Web Apps and what they aim to solve, and organizing Chain React Conf in Portland.  We also get into our Cocoa pods gripes, how Fastlane is amazing after you go through the pains of it's setup, and how to effectively create a workplace playlist that makes everyone happy (not, it's not as simple as shuffling Weezer's first two albums and early B-sides...).

Follow Gant on Twitter: @GantLaborde

React Native Fastlane tutorials:

https://shift.infinite.red/simple-react-native-ios-releases-4c28bb53a97b

https://shift.infinite.red/simple-react-native-android-releases-319dc5e29605

AI tutorial: https://academy.infinite.red/p/ai-demystified-free-5-day-mini-course

Plug DJ for workplace community radio: https://plug.dj/

For our first ever BONUS episode, we're bringing you James Snell's recent talk from NodeJS OC.  James discusses his involvement with http/3 and QUIC and fields some questions from the audience.  It was a great talk about complex topics, presented in a way that was easily digestible and interesting.  Even John understood it (well, most of it)!

Follow James on Twitter: @jasnell

James is Head of Research at NearForm: https://www.nearform.com/

Check out NodeJS OC: https://www.nodejsoc.com/

This week, we talk to Chris Coyier about the image format (language? file extension?) that confuses us all the most (or at least John): SVGs.  Chris gives us the skinny on what makes SVGs so great before we talk about how he cofounded his two most popular projects: CSS-Tricks and Codepen.io.  We also talk IE and how it "encourages" online CSS research, code schools and their various enrollment options, and before trying to figure out what a lolDad really is.

This week, we get two guests for the price of one.  Asbjørn Thirslund and Andreas Gielov from Brackeys join us to talk about how they ended up running a Game Development YouTube channel with 800k+ subscribers.  We had a lot of fun this episode, and for the first time in Duck Tapes history the guest takes us to task on our duck knowledge; turns out our namesake from the animal kingdom may not be as cute and friendly as we previously thought.  Also, everyone loves licorice!

Check out Brackeys' YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYbK_tjZ2OrIZFBvU6CCMiA

Pay-what-you-want games assets: http://devassets.com/

Thom Yorke showing he's still got those pipes: https://youtu.be/sseeWU25RvA

John Frusciante tearing it up in Dani California: https://youtu.be/M2j4vbTYM3Y