Issue 37 August 29th 2018

Libraries & Tools

Why GraphQL?

An excellent introduction to GraphQL by Shankur Raju. If you've heard the term thrown around, but haven't yet spent time researching it, this article is for you!

React Native: Turn by Turn Directions with Google Maps and Polylines

An interesting tutorial on how to render polylines between two points with Google Map routes. The author's purpose when writing this was to dimystify polylines, and as far as I'm concerned, he reached his goal! I definitely feel a lot more confortable with polylines after following this tutorial.

Video Streaming in Your React Native App

If you ever wondered how to embed videos in a React Native app, Adhithi Ravichandran wrote this straightforward article on how to use react-native-video, a simple but very useful write-up!

Open Source

react-native-tabbar-interaction

Tab bar component for React Native

iconic-input

Beautiful Input components for React Native... <IconicTextbox/> and much more!

react-native-identifier

A library intended to identify and highlight part of an image (usually a face) with an accuracy indicator on a mobile device.

react-native-smooth-pincode-input

A cross-platform, smooth, lightweight, customizable PIN code input component for React Native.

Latest Jobs

React Native Developer for Paybear - Remote

Paybear is a cutting-edge cryptocurrency platform working towards the creation of a global toolkit for crypto-based financial products. With the initial version of our payment gateway already up and running, we’re now focused on incorporating new products into our growing ecosystem.

Design

Framer X — Initial Impressions 🎸 🚀

Framer X is potentially a game-changing software in terms of developer-designer collaboration. I first heard of Framer X when reading Dan Abramov's tweets about it. Like many others, it caught my eye, but it's still in beta, and the only way you can use it if you're invited as a beta tester. While we eagerly wait for this seemingly amazing product to be out, this article from Sid, who was lucky enough to be invited test it, will have to do!

Comment

Hello my fellow React Native fans!

I am fresh out of my Hawaii trip (barely missed Hurricane Lane 😨), and ready to get back to work. The startup I work at just hired their second woman dev, making us a team of 3 guys and 2 gals, now these are diversity stats I like! 💯

Other than that, I am working on organizing a React Native conference in Montreal, Canada. More news coming about that soon, stay tuned 🙌🏼

Hope you enjoy this issue, and have a great week! 👋🏼

Engineering

How to build a React Native FlatList with realtime searching ability

I've implemented a searchable list with ListView back when FlatList didn't exist, and man, was it a pain! Things are much easier since FlatList came out, and this article goes through how to implement a list with a search feature. Check it out if that's on your to-do list!

You are NOT a React Native noob 🙅

I loved Ankita Kulkarni's write-up, such a useful read if you want to get started with React Native, amazing tips I wish I knew when I started out! This is especially useful if you're coming from a React/web dev background.

Business

The 10 Commandments of Good Products

As someone who is deeply interested in product development and business, I found this article, on some critical aspects of good products, to be an incredible read. Many of these seem obvious, but most startups these days would fail to meet a majority of these points. Very good read, whether you're working at a startup or planning on starting yours sometime soon.

Random

Why and How I started public speaking

Kent C. Dodds is a great speaker, and I eagerly watch all of his conference talks. But regardless of how great he is now, even he had to start somewhere! In this short write-up, he explains why he got started, and how we went about it. Great read if you're interested in talking at conferences or meet-ups!