Exploring React Native Together

Meet your hosts,

three of the most

exhilarating

thrilling

brilliant

remarkable

mind-blowing

insightful

astounding

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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.

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

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 -

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

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

Just Patrick (@PnTX10)

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

💝 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.

Burak Güner (@_atlj)

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

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..

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 😀

Evan Bacon 🥓 (@Baconbrix)

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

Mustafa Ali (@mustafa01ali)

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

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

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

Kailee Gray (@kaileeagray)

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

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. 😎

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

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

Nayan dey (@NayanJpg)

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

Recent episodes

RNR 127: The Devchat.tv Mission and Journey with Charles Max Wood

Sponsors Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Host: Charles Max Wood Episode Summary Charles talks about his journey as a podcaster and his mission with Devchat.tv. Devchat.tv is designed to home podcasts that speak to all developer communities. Charles also plans Devchat.tv to host shows for technologies that are on the verge of a breakthrough and will be a lot more widely available in the near future such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). There are new shows being added continuously to reach out to new communities, some examples of which are: a Data Science show, a DevOps show and an Open Source show. As a kid, Charles would record his own shows on a tape recorder. He was always interested in technology. While studying Computer Engineering at Brigham Young University, he worked in the University's Operations Center. Upon graduation, he started working for Mozy where he was introduced to podcasts. Listen to the show to find out the rest of Charles' story, some of the lessons and tips he learned throughout his journey and the evolution of the shows on Devchat.tv. If there isn't a show for your community and you would like there one to be, reach out to Charles. Also if there was a podcast about a programming related subject that ended abruptly and you would like it to continue, reach out to Charles. Devchat.tv would like to host these podcasts. Links Charles' Twitter EverywhereJS JavaScript Community EverywhereRB Ruby and Rails Community Find Your Dream Job As A Developer Devchat.tv on Facebook Devchat.tv Picks EverywhereJS JavaScript Community EverywhereRB Ruby and Rails Community Netlify Eleventy https://github.com/cmaxw/devchat-eleventy

RNR 126: Native Web Apps with Florian Rival

Sponsors Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Josh Justice Charles Max Wood Joined Special Guest by Florian Rival Summary Florian Rival gave a talk at the recent React Amsterdam, he joins the panel in discussing the major points of his talk. Florian shares the high points of using React Native compared to other platforms. He discusses his game engine and getting it working in WebAssembly. The panel discusses Florian’s development journey and what it was like getting into web development. Florian shares tips for developers new to web development. Josh shares what he learned and what stood out to him from Florian’s talk. The panel discusses game development; Florian discusses the games he has made and gives tips for getting into game development. The importance of testing coverage and Florian’s testing practices are discussed. Links Native Web Apps: React and WebAssembly to Rewrite Native Apps - Florian Rival https://github.com/4ian https://twitter.com/florianrival http://www.florianrival.com/ https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Josh Justice: Chain React 2019: Hermes Engine Announcement Kinesis Freestyle2 Blue Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard for Mac Charles Max Wood: https://codecanyon.net/ Florian Rival: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook https://github.com/mui-org/material-ui https://github.com/4ian/GDevelop

RNR 125: Performance with Anna Doubkovar

Sponsors Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guest: Anna Doubkovar Summary Anna Doubkovar, a developer at Hive, shares her experience switching to React Native from React. Anna and Charles Max Wood discuss the reusability when moving from React to React Native. Anna talks about using React Native Web. Charles asks Anna about performance, how they measure performance and what kinds of performance changes they are making to their apps. Anna shares how helpful users are in discovering performance problems in mobile apps. Anna and Charles discuss the benefits of working with React Native and give tips for those getting started in React Native. Links https://github.com/react-navigation/react-navigation https://twitter.com/lithinn https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Charles Max Wood: Soccer Kingdoms of Heckfire Devchat.tv Youtube Channel https://75hard.com/info Anna Doubkovar: On Becoming a Person: A Therapist's View of Psychotherapy

RNR 124: Testing Libraries with Michał Pierzchała

Sponsors Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Charles Max Wood Joined by Special Guest: Michał Pierzchała Summary Michał Pierzchała, a member of the JestJS core team, joins Charles Max Wood to discuss the React Native Testing Library. Michał explains why his team built the library and the problems they were experiencing with Enzyme. Enzyme and the React Native Testing Library are compared and the pro’s and con’s of using each is considered. Charles asks Michał about writing tests and pulling the library into a project. The panel discusses JestJS; Michał explains what he does for the JestJS team. Michał shares what the teams have in store for both JestJS and the React Native Testing Library. The episode ends with a discussion about React Native CLI. Links https://callstack.com/ https://jestjs.io/ https://airbnb.io/enzyme/ https://github.com/callstack/react-native-testing-library https://twitter.com/thymikee https://www.facebook.com/ReactNativeRadio/ https://twitter.com/R_N_Radio Picks Charles Max Wood: The MFCEO Project The 75 Hard https://expo.io/ Michał Pierzchała: https://www.hbo.com/chernobyl https://github.com/facebook/react-native/releases/tag/v0.60.0-rc.0

RNR 123: Remote Work with Wouter Van den Broek

Sponsors: Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus CacheFly Panel Nader Dabit Spencer Carli Peter Piekarczyk Joined by Special Guest: Wouter Van den Broek Summary Wouter Van den Broek explains the difference between a distributed team and working remote. The panel discusses what to do when you receive messages in your off hours. They share the benefits of working remotely for both the company and the developer. Wouter gives advice for companies who want to adopt a remote working model; including tips for onboarding, communication, and having a relationship with remote employees. The panel discusses the negatives of remote work and having remote workers, they also come up with some ideas to address these negatives. The episode ends with a discussion on productivity in an office versus at home and digital nomads. Links https://github.com/wbroek Picks Spencer Carli: https://shift.infinite.red/remote-work/home https://learn.handlebarlabs.com/p/react-native-by-example-free Peter Piekarczyk: https://docs.draftbit.com/docs Wouter Van den Broek: Remote: Office Not Required https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/ Nader Dabit: https://www.twitch.tv/dabit3 Nader Dabit's Youtube channel

RNR 122: React Native Animations feat. Catalin Miron

Sponsors: Radio Infinite Red TripleByte offers a $1000 signing bonus Panel: Nader Dabit Special Guest: Catalin Miron In today’s episode of the React Native Radio Podcast, the panel talks with Catalin Miron who is currently working for Skype. Catalin uses React and React Native and talks with Nader Dabit about past and current projects. Check out today’s episode to hear all the details! Topics and Questions Discussed: 0:11 – Nader welcome everyone and mentions today’s guest, Catalin Miron! 0:31 – Nader and guest have met through a past conference. 0:54 – The topics of today’s episode is mentioned here. 1:09 – Nader: Can you give us your background, please? 1:15 – Guest gives his background. He talks about React, Swift, Hootsuite, Skype, and other topics. 2:20 – Nader: Do you work for Microsoft? 2:30 – Guest: I have been under the benefits of both because Skype is under Microsoft. 3:01 – Nader: It’s cool because we are using Skype now! 3:29 – Nader: Are you guys using React XP or is it pure React Native? 3:35 – Guest answers. 4:17 – Nader asks questions about features and fixing bugs. 4:38 – Guest: If you need to fix a bug or...definitely you can have time to contribute. 5:47 – Topic summary. Nader: What are some of the problems that people have with animations and React Native? Then let’s go into some practices and tools that can help. 6:09 – Guest answers the question. 7:52 – Nader: What are some of the libraries that people are using? Nader asks other questions, too. 8:31 – Guest: To answer the first question – usually I am using animated API. It’s a super but simple library to help build animations in general. 9:55 – Nader: How would you implement a gradient animation in the first place? And then what kind of combination would you use? 10:23 – Guest answers the question. 11:48 – Nader: What are some of the problems that people are running into in order to implement animation in general? With all of these libraries are people still facing problems? 12:31 – Guest answers the question. 14:06 – Nader: I have a question around iOS and Androids. How have Androids and iOS differ nowadays? 14:32 – Guest answers the question. 15:44 – Nader: You mentioned that you are doing this work through Skype? What animations have you guys been implementing? 15:59 – Guest. 17:41 – Nader: Any talks or anything planned in the future? 17:50 – Guest. 21:34 – Nader: Where can people follow you and hear about your projects? 21:42 – Guest: Twitter & GitHub!22:25 – Nader: Anything else that you want to say? 22:32 – Guest wraps-up with his final thoughts. Links: Guest’s Twitter Guest’s GitHub William Candillon’s Twitter Browniefed Jason Brown’s GitHub Guest’s YouTube Buy Me a Coffee Picks: Nader js Conference Tutorials by Nader Guest JSConf

121 - React Native Open Source & the React Native Community feat. Christoph Nakazawa

Christoph Nakazawa, Engineering Manager at Facebook, joins the show to talk about the current state of React Native.

120 - Fastlane + React Native feat. Eli Perkins

Eli Perkins gives us the down & dirty on Fastlane Tools with React Native. Fastlane is a project that provides an easier way to build and release mobile apps.

119 - Shipping Your React Native App to the Store feat. Ryan Stelly, Cindy Li, & Shyam Komirishetty

The team from Rally Health joins us to talk about what happens when you're finished coding & ready to get your app into your customers hands.

118 - MongoDB Atlas as a Managed Database for React Native feat. Michael Lynn and Drew Dipalma

Michael Lynn and Drew Dipalma join us to talk about a new way to manage your data using MongoDB Atlas, a managed database from MongoDB.

Obsessed with RNR?
So is the React Native community!

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

Kailee Gray (@kaileeagray)

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

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 😀

Just Patrick (@PnTX10)

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

Oliver Lopez (@oliverloops)

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

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

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!

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..

Burak Güner (@_atlj)

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

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 -

💝 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.

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

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.

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

Mustafa Ali (@mustafa01ali)

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

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