News
0.57.6 Release
There was another bug fixe release this week for 0.57. If you've had some trailing issues with 0.57 be sure to see what's included in the link. 😃
github.com
Libraries & Tools
React Navigation 3.0 🎉🎉🎉
React Navigation 3.0 is out of RC! We couldn't be more excited for this release and the project's maturity over the past year. The best summary you're going to find on changes and improvements is at the source.
We've personally been using the release candidate for a near production app over the past few weeks and found the transition from 2.x ➡ 3.x to be seamless. If you're using Redux though, watch out 🙊.
reactnavigation.org
Design
Design Better Forms
Great tips on how to build forms in React Native to improve your user's experience.
uxdesign.cc
UX Trends I Observed at Google as a Mobile UX Lead
Excellent overview on the latest UX trends for mobile with relevant metrics and benchmarks from Ryan Warrender.
medium.com
Videos
Layout with Flexbox - React Native Basics
Flexbox should be the first tool you pull out of your tool chest to build responsive layouts in React Native. This incredible tutorial from Spencer Carli will show you how to create UIs that look great on any screen in under 5 minutes.
youtube.com
Building a Global Alert System in React Native - Building the API (Part 1/X)
Great start to this video series on creating a Global Alert System in React Native. Really enjoyed the architectural approach in this video and I'm looking forward to rest of the series. Code is available here.
youtube.com
Engineering
Image Picker form in React Native using expo and Formik library
Quick writeup on how to implement an Image Picker in React Native and Expo using Formik with live examples.
medium.com
Building a Location-based App with React Native
Great tutorial here on the APIs and frameworks necessary to handle getting the user's location both in the foreground and background for React Native location based apps.
hackernoon.com
Business
I used to think titles and organizational hierarchy in a small startup was a bad thing.
A nice thread on what titles and hierarchy can do on for an organization. When done right you can empower people to do their best work 👏.
twitter.com
Hey everyone! If you're wrapping up spending the Thanksgiving holiday I hope it was spent well with good company and even better food. For those in the Northern Hemisphere this means we're gearing up for winter but I'm looking forward to taking advantage of the holidays to spend more time visiting family.
I've recently changed companies and I'm happy to say that there has never been a better time to be a React Native developer. Many companies large and small are turning to React Native as their primary vehicle to reach their users and they know the ecosystem has completely upended mobile development.
2019 should be the most exciting year yet as Facebook continues to push React Native out to the community and restructures the project to be aligned with how we experience it developing our own apps.
Have a great week!
Wyatt McBain