React: Cross-Platform Application Development with React Native: Build 4 real-world apps with React Native

Emilio Rodriguez Martinez

Mar 2018 · Packt Publishing Ltd

About this ebook

Harness the power of React Native to build 4 real-world appsKey Features

• Build quirky and fun projects from scratch and become efficient with React Native
• Learn to build professional Android and iOS applications using your existing JavaScript knowledge
• Use isomorphic principles to build mobile apps that offer a native user experience
• Embedded with assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this course

Book Description

React Native helps web and mobile developers to build cross-platform apps that perform at the same level as any other natively developed app. The range of apps that can be built using this library is huge. From e-commerce to games, React Native is a good fit for any mobile project due to its flexibility and extendable nature.

This project-based book consists of four standalone projects. Each project will help you gain a sound understanding of the framework and build mobile apps with native user experience. Starting with a simple standalone car booking app, you will progressively move on to building advanced apps by adding connectivity with external APIs, using native features, such as the camera or microphone, in the mobile device, integrating with state management libraries such as Redux or MobX, or leveraging React Native’s performance by building a full-featured game.

This book is ideal for developers who want to build amazing cross-platform apps with React Native.

This book is embedded with useful assessments that will help you revise the concepts you have learned in this book.

What you will learn

• Structure React Native projects to ease maintenance and extensibility
• Optimize a project to speed up development
• Use external modules to speed up the development and maintenance of your projects
• Explore the different UI and code patterns to be used for iOS and Android
• Get to know the best practices when building apps in React Native

Who this book is for

This book is for developers who want to build amazing cross-platform apps with React Native.

Ratings and reviews

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About the author

Emilio Rodriguez Martinez is a senior software engineer who has been working on highly demanding JavaScript projects since 2010. He transitioned from web development positions into mobile development, first with hybrid technologies such as Cordova and then with native JavaScript solutions such as Titanium. In 2015, he focused on the development and maintenance of several apps built in React Native, some of which were featured in Apple's App Store as the top apps of the week. Nowadays, Emilio is part of the Red Hat mobile team, which leverages Red Hat's open source mobile platform. He serves as an advocate for mobile developers using RHMAP. He is also an active contributor to React Native's codebase and Stack Overflow, where he provides advice on React and React Native questions.