React Native Radio

Michael Lefkowitz joins us to talk about the newsletter he runs React Native Now. We discuss how the newsletter started, the diverse and rich content subscribers can expect to find in the newsletter, and more. Panelists James Brenton Tim Jung Guest Michael Lefkowitz Sponsors Appfigures | Promo code: RNR3030 gets you 30% off for the next 3 months CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream...

Julien Lavigne du Cadet discusses the app Covid Symptom Study. He details it's rapid development in a time of dire need. We learn about how the app went reached 1 million users in just 6 days and the challenges that came with it. Panelists James Brenton Tim Jung Ricky Romero Guest Julien Lavigne du Cadet Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Appfigures | Promo code: RNR3030 gets you 30%...

The panel discusses using animations and micro-interactions in React Native apps. We cover how to build engaging user experiences that keep users coming back. Catalin also shares some of his favorite libraries, tips, and words of caution. Panelists James Brenton Tim Jung Guest Catalin Miron Sponsors Appfigures | Promo code: RNR3030 gets you 30% off for the next 3 months CacheFly "The MaxCoders Gui...

Perttu walks us through the essential components for how to rapidly prototype React Native apps. We talk about building fast, delivering fast, and measuring everything. Panelists James Brenton Tim Jung Ricky Romero Guest Perttu Lähteenlahti Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Appfigures | Promo code: RNR3030 gets you 30% off for the next 3 months CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Findi...

Will Gant, author of upcoming book "Remote Work - A Complete Guide" sits down to talk about working from home. We cover the current covid situation, how to transition to remote work, and strategies to succeed at it. Panelists Tim Jung Ricky Romero Guest Will Gant Sponsors Appfigures | Promo code: RNR3030 gets you 30% off for the next 3 months CacheFly "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Dev...

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Longtime React Native Radio's host Nader Dabit returns to talk about full stack development on the cloud. We get into the options such as Azure, AWS, GCP, Netlify, and Zeit. We also catch up on what Nader has been up to lately. Panelists Tim Jung James Brenton Guest Nader Dabit Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Appfigures...

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 13th to 15th - register now! Farhan Thawar is the VP of engineering at Shopify. On this episode he gives us his perspective of how Shopify is using React Native across multiple projects. We pick his brain about topics such as core contributions, performance, native development comparisons, and tooling. Panelists Tim Jung James Brenton Ricky Romero Guest Farhan Thawa...

JavaScript Remote Conf 2020 May 14th to 15th - register now! Jacob Eiting from Revenue Cats joins the panel to talk through managing app store in-app purchases and subscriptions. Jacob has the benefit of running a system that manages hundreds of subscription and in-app purchase setups for apps and gives us the rundown on how to do it on your own and how to avoid the pitfalls involved. Panelists Ti...

Kadi Kraman recently created a course with Front End Masters about React Native. She talks about her experience working with Front End Masters. She explains what it was like working on and designing a course that was meant to be taught both in person and online. She was chosen because she has actual experience delivering applications. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guest Kadi Kraman Sponsors Infinite...

Hugh Francis joins in to talk about LightOS and the Light Phone. The Light Phone is a simplified phone built with e-ink that uses React Native as its way to build applications. Panelists Charles Max Wood Tim Jung Guest Hugh Francis Sponsors Infinite Red G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your...

Ryan Christiani is a development manager at Shopify building an android point of sale app with React Native. He wrote a blog post about how Shopify arrived at the decision to use React Native, how they plan to give back, and how it shapes the direction of mobile at Shopify going forward. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guest Ryan Christiani Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Infinite Red...

Tim Jung from the Call of Duty companion app team joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the ins and outs of working on the app. We discuss how it’s built, changes in technology stacks, approaches to team collaboration, and a ton more. Panelists Charles Max Wood Gues Tim Jung Sponsors G2i | Enjoy the luxuries of freelancing Infinite Red CacheFly _________________________________________________________...

Jared Palmer talks to Charles Max Wood about Formik and form managmenet in React and React Native. He's just started Formik, Inc to provide more form based services. He explains the origin of Formik and then talks about how Formik uses React hooks to manage the data flow in forms in both React and React Native through 2 way data binding. Panelists Charles Max Wood Gues Jared Palmer Sponsors G2i |...

This week, Josh Warwick teaches us how to build applications that work offline and on poor connections. He explains 6 approaches to working offline and when and how to use them. Panelists Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now a...

The panel dives into the pros and cons of writing PWAs versus writing React Native applications. We work out the definition (sort of) of a PWA and having a web application that works well on mobile and the availability and complexity tradeoffs between the two solutions. Panelists Jamon Holmgren Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly _______________________________________...

Joe Lafiosca gave a lightning talk at Chain React 2019 and wrote a library that allows you to drag and drop views in React Native. If you need to move, re-order, or manage elements or lists in your React Native app, you should check out Drax. Joe walks us through the capabilities of the library and how it came together. Panelists Jamon Holmgren Charles Max Wood Guest Joe Lafiosca Sponsors G2i Infi...

Omri explains how to build React Native apps that will be used by thousands and thousands of users across a large website infrastructure. He explains the architecture and modules used and how they approach native code for Wix's applications. Panelists Josh Justice Jamon Holmgren Christopher Reyes Guest Omri Bruchim Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ________________________________________________...

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel dives deep into native code. They discuss how it works and shares their experiences using it. They start by discussing why native code is useful and why would anyone choose to use it. The panel defines the bridge and what it means for native code. They consider why React Native developers coming from a web development background are intimidated by th...

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 t...

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel discusses JavaScript Language Features. They discuss their uses, which ones they prefer and how they shape the language. Josh Justice starts the discussion with Babel, a transpiling tool. They explain what it is and invite listeners to donate to the project. Josh also explains what ECMAScript is. Next, they discuss arrow functions, explaining what th...

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel walks through an article written by Net Guru outlining the pros and cons of React Native. The first pro the panel discusses is that is React Native is faster to build. The panel shares their experience with building with React Native. They agree that React Native is fast unless unique customization is necessary; this leads them to discuss one of the...

In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an...

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel overviews the libraries and tools they choose for their stack and explain why they choose them. Christopher Reyes starts by discussing his favorite notes app, Bear Notes. He shares the features from the app that makes him love it so much. The panel also discusses Notion as a good resource for organizing teams. Next, Chris outlines the stack he would...

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel discusses the different approaches frameworks have for building stack. The panel takes a moment to define the two major approaches, libraries and batteries included. They list various frameworks and discuss where they lie on the scale of libraries to omakase. Frameworks like React and React Native are the panels examples of a libraries approach frame...

In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood does interviews at RxJS Live. His first interview is with Ben Lesh, a core team member of RxJS. Ben has been working on RxJS for the last four years. In his talk, he shares the future of RxJs, the timeline for versions 7 and 8. With Charles, he discusses his work on RxJS and the adoption of RxJS. Next, Charles interviews Sam Julien and Kim Mai...