Expo 27 May 8th 2018

Hello

With a few warm weeks here in New York we've been spending as much time possible outside enjoying it and allowing ourselves to recharge. Looking forward to using this energy this summer to create awesome new projects, hobbies, and hit some BBQs 🍔. Enjoy yourselves and have a great summer! ✌🏻

News

React Navigation 2.0

React Navigation was released with tag 2.0 this week 🚀! Congrats to their team and be sure to look at the release notes for breaking changes.

Expo 27

Expo 27.0 based on React Native 0.54 was released over the past week with the following highlights:

ExpoKit now supports offline first assets
New MediaLibrary API which supports creating, reading, and moving media assets and albums on devices beyond the React Native API
New Haptic API for haptic enabled devices

Libraries & Tools

Manage App Store Metadata in Expo with Fastlane Deliver

Stop uploading your app's metadata manually to app stores with this walkthrough on fastlane deliver from Evan Bacon.

Open Source

rn-tooltip

A tooltip component for React Native!

royal_news

Nice demo app of a small news app built with React Native

Design

Why Product Thinking is the next big thing in UX Design

I've been thinking a lot about user problems to solve and I found this article by Nikkel Blaase to be really inspiring. Focus on the user problem and the users will come. 😉

Business

The Software Engineering Job Ladder

Great post from Chuck Groom on the typical engineering job ladder and what to look for in your next role.

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