Discover how to use React Native in the real world, from scratch. This
book shows you what React Native has to offer, where it came from, and
where it's going.
You'll begin with a solid foundation of practical knowledge, and then
build on it immediately by constructing three different apps. You'll
learn how to use each feature of React Native by working on two full
projects and one full game. These aren't just simple React Native Hello
World examples (although you'll naturally start there!) but are apps
that you can, if you so choose, install on your mobile devices and use
for real.
Throughout this book, you'll gain real-world familiarity with React
Native as well as supporting components from Expo, NativeBase, React
Navigation and the Redux and Lodash libraries. You'll also build
server-side code for a mobile React Native app to talk to using the
popular Node.js and Socket.io library, providing you a holistic view of
things even beyond React Native. And, you'll see many helpful tips,
tricks and gotchas to watch out for along the way!
Practical React Native offers practical exercises that will give you a
solid grasp of building apps with React Native, allowing you to
springboard into creating more advanced apps on your own.Creating a game
with React Native will allow you to see a whole other perspective on
what React Native can do.
What You'll Learn
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Master the basics of React Native
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Create a logically structured project
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Review interface elements, such as widgets, controls, and extensions
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Build layouts
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Work with Expo, an open source toolchain
Who This book Is For
The primary audience is mobile developers and anyone looking to build
for multiple mobile platforms and trying to do so with a codebase that
is largely the same across all. Readers will need a decent foundation,
but not necessarily be experts in, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, but I'll
assume little beyond that.
