News
Accessibility API Updates
Awesome effort here by the React Native team making the framework more accessible for all users 👏🏻. Read about all the upcoming accessibility updates here.
github.io
Libraries & Tools
11 React Native Component Libraries You Should Know in 2018
As I've been building new UIs I've found it easier to pull from existing solutions in the space. This article from Jonathan Saring highlights the latest UI frameworks for React Native.
bitsrc.io
Authenticating an AWS AppSync GraphQL API with Auth0
Another great article from Nader Dabit on how to breeze through development with React Native, AWS ,and Auth 0.
medium.com
Getting started with React Native and Expo XDE
I've had a lot of love for Expo recently and this post from Zach Margo gets you started building projects with their awesome IDE.
medium.com
React Refs with TypeScript
Great article on how to implement React refs in TypeScript in React Native from Martin Hochel.
medium.com
Open Source
Design
What every product designer should take away from Lyft’s new UI
Think and use thumbs with this incredible article from Theo Strauss.
uxdesign.cc
Engineering
Building a highly responsive sheet view with React Native
Awesome post here from Shrey Gupta on how to build awesome spreadsheets with static columns in react native.
affinity.co
So what’s this GraphQL thing I keep hearing about?
If you haven't started with GraphQL start here with this excellent article from Sacha Greif.
freecodecamp.org
I've been building new React Native apps all summer and I'm constantly amazed at how fast I can prototype with these great tools. With AWS AppSync I've been able to build GraphQL backends without servers to really speed things up. Tip of the hat to Nader Dabit for all the great work he's done there and for the awesome tutorials he's put together.
Have a great week!
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