Exploring React Native Together

Meet your hosts,

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React Native experts around.

Jamon Holmgren

Co-Founder & CTO

Jamon is Co-Founder and CTO of Infinite Red and one of the most recognizable voices in the React Native community. You may have seen him speak at various conferences around the world, but most know him from where he is just as likely to nerd out about React Native as he is to show pictures of his tractor. He lives in southwest Washington state with his family, plays recreational hockey as a goalie, and has a new granddaughter!

Robin Heinze

Director of Engineering

Robin, the Director of Engineering at Infinite Red, leads our team of senior-level React Native engineers. She’s guided numerous high-profile clients on their journey to the App Store and is just as known for her engineering knowledge as her seemingly endless collection of “mom jokes” on the show. She lives near Portland, Oregon with her family and enjoys knitting and Formula One.

Mazen Chami

Senior Software Engineer

Mazen’s smooth bass voice rounds out the trifecta of React Native Radio hosts. He’s one of the leading senior software engineers on the Infinite Red team. He’s spoken at tech conferences around the world, is on the React Native core release team, and is also our lead React Native workshop instructor. He lives in Durham, NC, and uses his former professional soccer (“football”) skills to play goalie for a local team.

Tyler Williams (@coolsoftwaredev)

Hey @ReactNativeRdio , just want to say I really liked episode 258. I think Jamon's analogy to excavation is really apt. AI assistance (and even autonomous coding eventually) is going to be a big step change and help get more yield from software overall -

Software Mansion (@swmansion)

Open source is a big part of what we do at Software Mansion. 🚀 Check out the latest episode of React Native Radio where @kacperkapusciak talks about how we maintain open-source libraries and why it’s such a focus for us. 😎

Nayan dey (@NayanJpg)

i know i’m late but i’m not skipping @ReactNativeRdio

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

Excited to hear the bacon 🥓 again on the best React Native podcast 🔥

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

So I think I found my favorite podcast show @ReactNativeRdio 🔥❤️

Burak Güner (@_atlj)

Thank you so much for having me! Don't miss out if you're interested in library dev👷‍♂️

🖥️📲 Good convo about how to turn your web projects into native apps ⤵️

Just Patrick (@PnTX10)

Jumping into some @reactnative animations. Thanks @ReactNativeRdio for the episodes that educate and motivate me to get back to it.

Hodeem (@HMCodes)

I picked up a few gems from the @ReactNativeRdio episode about the dev menu. I'm looking forward to more "10 minutes long" episodes.

Jay Meistrich (@jmeistrich)

I don't usually enjoy tech podcasts but @jamonholmgren convinced me to listen to @ReactNativeRdio . I'm three episodes deep now and loving it. And it was extra fun to hear @colinta on there after meeting him last week at @ChainReactConf 😀

💝 This is a uniquely open-hearted conversation about the evolution of debugging in React Native. Kudos to @cedric_dev , @huntie , and @jamonholmgren for honestly discussing the history and future of debugging react native apps.

Ephraim Smith (@_ephraimjsmith)

morning run jam track: @ReactNativeRdio ep.202 "React.js to React Native" was a good reminder that there's no 'fixed' path when learning tech. decide what you want, and just go get you some..

Marc (@mrousavy)

I'm on the React Native Radio podcast!!!! 🥳🤩 @ReactNativeRdio Wanna hear me talk about myself, VisionCamera, Margelo and a few other things? Check it out

Evan Bacon 🥓 (@Baconbrix)

Spoke with @jamonholmgren about the new “use dom” directive in Expo!

Kailee Gray (@kaileeagray)

ADHD diagnosis has changed my life! Love this conversation! #womenwithadhd #womenintech

Mustafa Ali (@mustafa01ali)

Had fun talking about how we migrated Shopify's biggest app to RN on @ReactNativeRdio

Jay Meistrich (@jmeistrich)

This episode was as great as I expected it to be! I'd happily listen to you chat with @tmikov for 10 hours. I learned a lot and laughed a lot too

Recent episodes

RNR 157: Building Great Offline-Ready Apps in React Native with Josh Warwick

This week, Josh Warwick teaches us how to build applications that work offline and on poor connections. He explains 6 approaches to working offline and when and how to use them. Panelists Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Jonathan Martin Picks Josh Justice: React Data Layer Josh Warwick: Nine Lies About Work Charles Max Wood: Clean Coders Podcast General Conference

RNR 156: Progressive Web Apps versus React Native

The panel dives into the pros and cons of writing PWAs versus writing React Native applications. We work out the definition (sort of) of a PWA and having a web application that works well on mobile and the availability and complexity tradeoffs between the two solutions. Panelists Jamon Holmgren Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Google - Progressive Web Apps Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul Apple's Refusal to Support PWA's Alexander Pope: ServiceWorkers Outbreak Why Was Service Worker Merged into Create React App? EmberConf 2016: Opening Keynote by Yehuda Katz & Tom Dale Picks Josh Justice: Sleeping Queens Sushi Go! Jamon Holmgren: Learn to code in 2020, get hired, and have fun along the way Charles Max Wood: Hiss King of Tokyo

February 25, 2020

RNR 155: React Native Drax and Open Source with Joe Lafiosca

Joe Lafiosca gave a lightning talk at Chain React 2019 and wrote a library that allows you to drag and drop views in React Native. If you need to move, re-order, or manage elements or lists in your React Native app, you should check out Drax. Joe walks us through the capabilities of the library and how it came together. Panelists Jamon Holmgren Charles Max Wood Guest Joe Lafiosca Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links [Drax the Destroyer](00:35:47 Charles Wood: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drax_the_Destroyer) Chain React 2019 - Joe Lafiosca - Lightning Talk - 3rd Party Nightmares GitHub Nuclearpasta react-native-drax Facebook.github React Native Docs Haxe Twitter Joe Lafiosca Proxi Coach Picks Jamon Holmgren: Slack Minder Charles Max Wood: Generation Z Unfiltered Joe Lafiosca: TypeScript 8-Bit Show And Tell

February 18, 2020

RNR 154: React Native at Scale at Wix with Omri Bruchim

Omri explains how to build React Native apps that will be used by thousands and thousands of users across a large website infrastructure. He explains the architecture and modules used and how they approach native code for Wix's applications. Panelists Josh Justice Jamon Holmgren Christopher Reyes Guest Omri Bruchim Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Chain React 2018: Detox: A year in. Building it, Testing with it by Rotem Mizrachi-Meidan Detox: Github Detox Instruments Chain React 2019 - Lorenzo Sciandra - All Hands on Deck - The React Native Community Experience Github Remx Picks Josh Justice: Pitch Meetings Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Online Course Christopher Reyes: The Millionaire Next Door Jamon Holmgren: War Stories

February 11, 2020

RNR 153: Getting Down with Native Code

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel dives deep into native code. They discuss how it works and shares their experiences using it. They start by discussing why native code is useful and why would anyone choose to use it. The panel defines the bridge and what it means for native code. They consider why React Native developers coming from a web development background are intimidated by the native side. The panel shares use cases for native code, when native SDKs need to be integrated and building UI components, two specific examples from their jobs. They discuss, Java, Kotlin, Swift, and Objective C. They compare these different languages and explain which one is the best for certain situations. The panel shares learning resources and discusses native code for iOS and Android. Panelists Josh Justice Jamon Holmgren Christopher Reyes Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links Chain React Conf workshop on native coding Turbo Modules RFC RNR 133 with Eric Lewis on Turbo Modules https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/native-modules-android.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/native-modules-ios Native UI Components - iOS Native UI Components - Android React Native Fabric RFC React-native-webview Draftbit https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Josh Justice: Pitch Meetings Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids Online Course Christopher Reyes: https://fourhourworkweek.com/ Jamon Holmgren: https://www.spaceengineersgame.com

February 4, 2020

RNR 152: Tips and Tricks When Using React Native with Yassir Hartani

In this episode of React Native Radio Josh Justice interviews Yassir Hartani. Yassir writes a blog about all he learns while programming with React Native. They begin by discussing his article about React Native Navigation. Yassir explains why he prefers React Native Navigation and walks Josh through the article. They move on to share tips for getting into React Native development. Yassir shares the differences between React Native development and developing on the web. He explains the difference in base components, syntax, and naming. For those used to developing on the web he recommends using styled-components. Next, the discuss best practices for upgrading and explain why upgrading in React Native can be painful. They discuss tips for improving user experience including, keyboards, clickable buttons, native feedback, and safe area view. Developer experience tips are next. Yassir recommends building for both iOS and Android, test for both platforms as well. They also recommend testing on a physical device. The panel shares other testing tips and gives error tracking recommendations. Panelists Josh Justice Guest Yassir Hartani Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links An Introduction to React-Native-Navigation Styled Components for React Native React Native Upgrade Helper React Native CLI “upgrade” command KeyboardAvoidingView TouchableNativeFeedback React-native-platform-touchable SafeAreaView https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/improvingux Sentry Bugsnag Android keystores Fastlane CircleCI App Center CodePush Detox Travis CI https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Josh Justice: Big Nerd Ranch Guides PouchDB `pouchdb-react-native` Yassir Hartani: Deep Work 4-Hour Workweek

January 28, 2020

RNR 151: JavaScript Language Features

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel discusses JavaScript Language Features. They discuss their uses, which ones they prefer and how they shape the language. Josh Justice starts the discussion with Babel, a transpiling tool. They explain what it is and invite listeners to donate to the project. Josh also explains what ECMAScript is. Next, they discuss arrow functions, explaining what they are used for. Arrow functions clean up code and encourage clean programming. They also help with “this” keyword binding. The panel discusses the class keyword, and how it made its way into JavaScript. They discuss class features, class properties, and private fields. Though it is a bit of a controversial topic right now the panel discusses the keywords for declaring a variable, var, let, and const. They share thoughts on the controversy and their preferences. ESLint and Prettier are recommended. They compare promise and async-await. Jamon Holmgren shares his experiences from the time before promise and async-await. The panel discusses destructuring and shares experiences from their own work. They discuss property value shorthand, a feature they use every day. Rest and spread are considered. Jamon brings up string literals, proxies, and decorators. They end by discussing the value of learning new languages. Panelists Josh Justice Jamon Holmgren Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode https://dank.sh/ JS Private Fields and OO Design On let vs const Promises for asynchronous programming Feature watch: ECMAScript 2020 Gluegun Property value shorthands https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Josh Justice: Donate to Babel https://overreacted.io/ Jamon Holmgren: https://academy.infinite.red/ Beginning Machine Learning with TensorFlow.js

January 21, 2020

RNR 150: React Native Pros and Cons

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel walks through an article written by Net Guru outlining the pros and cons of React Native. The first pro the panel discusses is that is React Native is faster to build. The panel shares their experience with building with React Native. They agree that React Native is fast unless unique customization is necessary; this leads them to discuss one of the cons of React Native, the lack of some custom modules. The next pro they discuss is the fact that this one framework can work across multiple platforms. While they agree React Native is not perfect, it does do a good job sharing code and other things across platforms. This saves on cost and time. Another pro they discuss is hot reloading, which included over the air updates and fast refresh. Smaller teams are both pros and cons according to the panel. Smaller teams are possible because everyone works together, there is no longer a need for an iOS team and an Android team. The panel does point out specialists in those platforms may still be needed to work out any kinks in the different platforms. They explain how whether smaller teams are a pro or a con is based on the case. They discuss the controversy of how fast React Native is. It is faster than some frameworks and slower than others. The panel discusses their experience with React Native speed, performance, and how they are measured. Simplified UI is the last pro on the list. The cons they overview once more, though they do discuss them in how they relate to the pros. The first con the panel discusses is less smooth navigation. The panel believes that the navigation works great unless you create something custom or irregular. The other cons are the lack of custom modules and the need for Native developers. They end by discusses the alternative frameworks to React Native and their experience with them. Panelists Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Christopher Reyes Sponsors G2i Infinite Red CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links React Native Pros and Cons RN Platform module RN Device Info RN 0.61 with Fast Refresh RNR 145 Five Approaches to RN Ash Furrow, The Case for React Native https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Charles Max Wood: https://kanbanflow.com/ https://tomato-timer.com/ Josh Justice: It Doesn’t Have to Be Crazy At Work Christopher Reyes: https://www.letgo.com/en-us https://offerup.com/

January 14, 2020

RNR 149: React Native Radio Still at RxJS Live

In this episode of React Native Radio Charles Max Wood continues interviewing speakers at RxJS Live. First, he interviews Mike Ryan and Sam Julien. They gave a talk about Groupby, a little known operator. They overview the common problems other mapping operators have and how Groupby addresses these problems. The discuss with Charles where these types of operators are most commonly used and use an analogy to explain the different mapping operators. Next, Charles talks to Tracy Lee. Her talk defines and explains the top twenty operators people should use. In her talk, she shows real-world use cases and warns against gotchas. Tracy and Charles explain that you don’t need to know all 60 operators, most people only need about 5-10 to function. She advises people to know the difference between the different types of operators. Tracy ends her interview by explaining her desire to inspire women and people of minority groups. She and Charles share their passion for diversity and giving everyone the chance to do what they love. Dean Radcliffe speaks with Charles next and discusses his talk about making React Forms reactive. They discuss binding observables in React and how Dean used this in his business. He shares how he got inspired for this talk and how he uses RxJS in his everyday work. The final interview is with Joe Eames, CEO of Thinkster. Joe spoke about error handling. He explains how he struggled with this as did many others so he did a deep dive to find answers to share. In his talk, he covers what error handling is and what it is used for. Joe outlines where most people get lost when it comes to error handling. He also shares the three strategies used in error handling, Retry, Catch and Rethrow and, Catch and Replace. Charles shares his admiration for the Thinkster teaching approach. Joe explains what Thinkster is about and what makes them special. He also talks about The DevEd podcast. Panelists Charles Max Wood Guests Mike Ryan Sam Julien Tracy Lee Dean Radcliffe Joe Eames Sponsors Infinite Red G2i CacheFly ____________________________________________________________ "The MaxCoders Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job" by Charles Max Wood is now available on Amazon. Get Your Copy Today! ____________________________________________________________ Links https://www.rxjs.live/ RxJS Live Youtube Channel https://twitter.com/mikeryandev https://twitter.com/samjulien https://twitter.com/ladyleet? https://www.npmjs.com/package/rx-helper https://twitter.com/deaniusol https://twitter.com/josepheames https://devchat.tv/dev-ed/ https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio

January 7, 2020

RNR 148: What's in My Stack?

In this episode of React Native Radio the panel overviews the libraries and tools they choose for their stack and explain why they choose them. Christopher Reyes starts by discussing his favorite notes app, Bear Notes. He shares the features from the app that makes him love it so much. The panel also discusses Notion as a good resource for organizing teams. Next, Chris outlines the stack he would recommend for someone new to development and React Native. He recommends React Native CLI, React Native Navigation, Native Base, and Async Storage. Chris explains why he recommends these tools. The panel also discusses the importance of going back to your source to make sure you are using the most up to date product. The panel considers what version five of React Navigation with the component-based API will change in their everyday work. They all express their excitement to try it. Jamon Holmgren is the next panelist to outline his stack. He builds with Ignite and uses the stack that it provides. Jamon explains how Ignite works and what it has in its stack. He likes React Navigation, MobX and, React Native Screens. Jamon goes over the pros and cons of a Native navigation stack compared to a JavaScript one. He also explains why he prefers MobX and goes over the differences over their various tools. He also discusses the boilerplates built by Infinite Red and what to expect in their upcoming boilerplates. Next, Charles Max Wood shares his troubles with his current DevchatTV app and the panel tries to help. Josh Justice is the last to overview his stack, he discusses one of his hobby apps, building a todo app. He is using Orbitjs, ESLint, Prettier, React Native Elements, and React Native Paper. Josh emphasizes the need to test even in hobby projects, for that he uses Dependabot, React Native testing library, and Detox. Panelists Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Christopher Reyes Jamon Holmgren Sponsors Infinite Red G2i CacheFly Links Bear Notes Notion NativeBase AsyncStorage React Native CLI React Navigation React Navigation v5 preview Ignite React Native screens MobX State Tree React Native EU 2019: Jamon Holmgren MobX Jamon Holmgren - Build an iOS and Android app in 15 minutes using React Native Orbit JS nativeup Dependabot Material UI guidelines iOS Human Interface Guidelines Appium https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Charles Max Wood: The MaxCoders Guide To Finding Your Dream Developer Job Buy DevchatTV a coffee Josh Justice: Editor Snippets Christopher Reyes: MacBook Pro Web Developer Setup — From clean slate to dev machine Jamon Holmgren: Software Libraries Are Terrifying

December 31, 2019

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So is the React Native community!

Kailee Gray (@kaileeagray)

ADHD diagnosis has changed my life! Love this conversation! #womenwithadhd #womenintech

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

So I think I found my favorite podcast show @ReactNativeRdio 🔥❤️

Evan Bacon 🥓 (@Baconbrix)

Spoke with @jamonholmgren about the new “use dom” directive in Expo!

Marc (@mrousavy)

I'm on the React Native Radio podcast!!!! 🥳🤩 @ReactNativeRdio Wanna hear me talk about myself, VisionCamera, Margelo and a few other things? Check it out

🖥️📲 Good convo about how to turn your web projects into native apps ⤵️

💝 This is a uniquely open-hearted conversation about the evolution of debugging in React Native. Kudos to @cedric_dev , @huntie , and @jamonholmgren for honestly discussing the history and future of debugging react native apps.

Tyler Williams (@coolsoftwaredev)

Hey @ReactNativeRdio , just want to say I really liked episode 258. I think Jamon's analogy to excavation is really apt. AI assistance (and even autonomous coding eventually) is going to be a big step change and help get more yield from software overall -

Just Patrick (@PnTX10)

Jumping into some @reactnative animations. Thanks @ReactNativeRdio for the episodes that educate and motivate me to get back to it.

Ephraim Smith (@_ephraimjsmith)

morning run jam track: @ReactNativeRdio ep.202 "React.js to React Native" was a good reminder that there's no 'fixed' path when learning tech. decide what you want, and just go get you some..

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

Excited to hear the bacon 🥓 again on the best React Native podcast 🔥

Hodeem (@HMCodes)

I picked up a few gems from the @ReactNativeRdio episode about the dev menu. I'm looking forward to more "10 minutes long" episodes.

Software Mansion (@swmansion)

Open source is a big part of what we do at Software Mansion. 🚀 Check out the latest episode of React Native Radio where @kacperkapusciak talks about how we maintain open-source libraries and why it’s such a focus for us. 😎

Nayan dey (@NayanJpg)

i know i’m late but i’m not skipping @ReactNativeRdio

Jay Meistrich (@jmeistrich)

I don't usually enjoy tech podcasts but @jamonholmgren convinced me to listen to @ReactNativeRdio . I'm three episodes deep now and loving it. And it was extra fun to hear @colinta on there after meeting him last week at @ChainReactConf 😀

Burak Güner (@_atlj)

Thank you so much for having me! Don't miss out if you're interested in library dev👷‍♂️

Mustafa Ali (@mustafa01ali)

Had fun talking about how we migrated Shopify's biggest app to RN on @ReactNativeRdio

Jay Meistrich (@jmeistrich)

This episode was as great as I expected it to be! I'd happily listen to you chat with @tmikov for 10 hours. I learned a lot and laughed a lot too

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