In this episode of React Native Radio Josh Justice interviews Yassir Hartani. Yassir writes a blog about all he learns while programming with React Native. They begin by discussing his article about React Native Navigation. Yassir explains why he prefers React Native Navigation and walks Josh through the article.

They move on to share tips for getting into React Native development. Yassir shares the differences between React Native development and developing on the web. He explains the difference in base components, syntax, and naming. For those used to developing on the web he recommends using styled-components.

Next, the discuss best practices for upgrading and explain why upgrading in React Native can be painful. They discuss tips for improving user experience including, keyboards, clickable buttons, native feedback, and safe area view. Developer experience tips are next. Yassir recommends building for both iOS and Android, test for both platforms as well. They also recommend testing on a physical device. The panel shares other testing tips and gives error tracking recommendations.

Josh Justice

Yassir Hartani

G2i

Infinite Red

CacheFly

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An Introduction to React-Native-Navigation

Styled Components for React Native

React Native Upgrade Helper

React Native CLI “upgrade” command

KeyboardAvoidingView

TouchableNativeFeedback

React-native-platform-touchable

SafeAreaView

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/improvingux

Sentry

Bugsnag

Android keystores

Fastlane

CircleCI

App Center

CodePush

Detox

Travis CI

https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/

https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio

Josh Justice:

Big Nerd Ranch Guides

PouchDB

`pouchdb-react-native`

Yassir Hartani:

Deep Work

4-Hour Workweek