Open Source
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Awesome sprite sheet framework for React Native. This one coming from a write-in last week from Michael Leung.
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Incredible design on this calculator app built with React Native.
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Customizable toast component for React Native.
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React Native app for climbing progression.
Videos
Write Once, Render Anywhere — ReactNext 2017
Learn about React Universal Components in this great talk from Peggy Rayzis.
Around the Web
Building User Interfaces with Pure Functions and Function Composition in React
Great article from Tyler McGinnis on building React components from pure functions. While this tutorial is React based the same concepts apply in native.
Building a Mobile Share Extension for a React Native App
Nice tutorial here from Michael Nakayama on building a cross platform share extension in React Native.
Explanation of React-Native-Navigation Wix with Redux
While looking at Wix's navigation solution this is definitely one question I had. This post from Alvin Chau gets you helps you get setup with
react-native-navigationandredux.Takeaways from the first React Native EU
Awesome retrospective from Marvin Frachet on the takeaways from the first React Native EU conference.
React Native
React Native 0.49 was released this past week with tons of fixes and enhancements. You can get the full release notes here but here are some highlights:
- Moving to a single point of app entry
index.jsinstead of platform specific targets. This will have implications if you usereact-native-git-upgradeso check the notes if you plan on upgrading with that tool. - Android Oreo Support.
- Multi-client support for hot module reloading (HMR).
Augmented Reality
Behind the Magic: How we built the ARKit Sudoku Solver
Incredible writeup from Brad Dwyer on how his team built an ARKit sudoku solver with machine learning. The demo is 😮.
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Awesome Expo AR demo with a mesh from Evan Bacon.
Sponsored
Strap UI
Get your next React Native project up and running fast with a great theme from Strap UI. Check out their awesome options including eCommerce, Dating, and Taxi app themes and starters. 📱
avangate.com
GraphQL
Error Handling with Apollo Link
Big fan of this short video series on GraphQL with Apollo from Peggy Rayzis. This episode is on error handling with new Apollo Link architecture.
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Great post on some hazards to avoid when building a GraphQL API from Bertrand Dubaut.
GraphQL-Tools 2.0 with Schema Stitching
Learn how to combine multiple schemas into one from Mikhail Novikov.
Sponsorship
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Publishing a day late this week in observance of Indigenous People's Day in the United States. Hoping everyone in 🇺🇸 had a great long weekend from work and feeling recharged as we head into this next week!
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Wyatt | React Native Coach