Issue 1 February 27th 2018

News

React Native is getting an MIT license!

Finally, the day has come! 🎉🎉 When React's license was updated in September, a lot of us were left wondering, what about React Native? Still, we were hopeful that Facebook would eventually listen to the community, and update React Native's license as well. And last week, our prayers were answered! React Native, Yoga, Metro and Fresco are getting relicensed under the MIT license as well. 🎊

React Native in the Top 5 of In-Demand Freelance Skills

Some of us may be surprised by this news, but with if you've been following React Native's trajectory, this is all but unexpected! The exponential rise of React Native won't be slowing down anytime soon.

Libraries & Tools

unstated — The setState of React State Management

While I am personally on the side of those who believe Redux is awesome, Unstated is a great option if you've been struggling with Redux, and looking for a different way to deal with state in your app.

Introducing Sideswipe: a cross-platform carousel for React Native

Oh, have I been waiting for something like this to come around! An extremely smooth but simple carousel library, that works equally as well on Android and iOS. And the cherry on top of the cake? It's easily configurable! 🙌

Latest Jobs

React Native Developer @ Prositions (Remote OK)

Join Prositions, Inc. an award winning company, leader in the training industry and one of the fastest growing companies in Iowa!

Design

Component-Based Design – Hacker Noon

After reading this, we vouched to implement a similar concept at my company! We're only in the early stages, but we can already feel the difference. If you're working with designers, and sometimes get frustrated at how different components are implemented, this is a must-read!

Comment

Welcome to the Let's React community!

First and foremost, we want to thank everyone who subscribed to the newsletter since it was announced three weeks ago. We are so thankful for each and every single one of you.

We have a huge announcement to make. After some discussion, we decided to join forces with Wyatt McBain and React Native Coach! React Native Coach will be re-branding and will be part of Let's React from now on. We truly believe this is the best way forward, with both of our communities combined! #strongertogether 💪🏽

We wrote a little origin story about Let's React when making the announcement, if you are a React Native Coach subscriber and this is the first you hear of Let's React, check it out!

If you have any links you would like to suggest, or if you would be interested in joining the Let's React initiative, email us at [email protected]

Enjoy!

Engineering

Why React developers should modularize their applications?

Great read on keeping your codebase modularized, and why it's important. MVC may seem like the way to go for architecting your project, but I assure you, it will not scale well! If you're interested in building scalable, modularized codebases, this article is for you!

React Native Automatic TestFlight Deployment with Microsoft App Center using Fastlane

If you're still manually creating and submitting your .ipa and .apk files to the App and Play Stores, this article is the perfect opportunity to make a change! I've been using fastlane and Bitrise workflows to send builds to TestFlight and Fabric for the past couple of years, and the only regret I have is not having done it sooner!

Business

Stop Playing Tetris (With Teams, Sprints, Projects, and Individuals)

While I do consider the company I work at to be further than most at implementing agility, I have to admit, a lot of the points in this article ring true! This was a wake up call of us, and maybe it can be for your team, too.

Random

Chain React 2018 - Call For Papers Deadline is TOMORROW!

If you were thinking of applying to speak at Chain React this year, this is your last chance! With the deadline being tomorrow, it's time to start writing the proposal for your awesome talk idea, and submit it!

What did you think of this issue?

Since this is the first issue of Let's React, and we want to get started on the right foot and make sure we give you the content you want and need, we compiled a little survey. We would really appreciate it if you guys took two minutes to answer it. It's very short, we just want to know about your background, your interests and what you thought of this first issue!