React Native Radio

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RNR 217 - Performance Enhancing Drugs for your React Native app with Mark Rickert Part 1 Nov 12, 2021

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In the first of this two-part series, Mark Rickert joins the podcast to talk about performance-tuning your React Native apps.

This episode brought to you by Infinite Red! Infinite Red is a premier React Native design and development agency located in the USA. With five years of React Native experience and deep roots in the React Native community (hosts of Chain React and the React Native Newsletter), Infinite Red is the best choice for your next React Native app.

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Mark - @markrickert

RNR 216 - Creating "React Native as a Service" at DraftBit with Peter Piekarczyk Oct 28, 2021

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Jamon and Mazen interview Peter Piekarczyk, cofounder of Draftbit, about building a startup on React Native, his Y Combinator experience, and what’s next for Draftbit. Plus Peter drops his number one piece of advice for startup founders!

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Peter - @peterpme

RNR 215 - React Native: iOS Native Components Oct 20, 2021

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Tiger King Season 2
React Native vs. Native blog post by Gant Laborde
Jamon’s React Native Live broadcast
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Orta’s RNEU 2019 talk
Orta’s RNR 187 show

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RNR 214 - React Native: Android Native Components Oct 14, 2021

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Jamon’s React Native Live broadcast:
React Native vs. Native blog post by Gant Laborde
Create React Native Module
React Native Module Init
React Native Builder Bob
Setting up your machine for React Native
Installing React Native on Windows
RNR 178

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RNR 213 - We React to News Sep 23, 2021

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Jamon, Jon Major, Mazen, and Harris talk about the latest React Native news, including some recent React Native announcements and Expo news.

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Blog post for preparing your app for iOS 15 and Android 12
Blog post on React Natives many platform vision.
Mo Gorhom's blog post on React Native Bottom Sheet v4
Expo's announcement about async bundle loading

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RNR 212 - React Native EU Roundup Sep 16, 2021

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React Native EU 2021 was fully online and we watched every talk! Jamon, Robin, and Mazen talk about what piqued their interest and what you should know about this React Native focused conference. Also: Jamon shows off his sound bite editing skill….

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RNR 211 - Transitioning from Native to React Native at Coinbase Sep 08, 2021

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Coinbase’s Brent Walter and Jacob Thornton join the show today to talk about Coinbase’s switch from native to React Native, and discuss how important it is to get buy-in. Great show to listen to if you’re considering this switch too!

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Blogpost announcing Coinbase’s successful transition to React Native.

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RNR 210 - Exploring Shopify’s Restyle with Haris Mahmood Sep 01, 2021

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Jamon, Jon Major, and Mazen interview Haris Mahmood about Shopify’s “Restyle” styling system. We talk about why Restyle is TypeScript-first and how it helps scale their styles at Shopify.

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RNR 209 - Favorite Third-Party RN Libraries Aug 25, 2021

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Robin, Jamon, Jon Major, and new guest-host Mazen Chami introduce their favorite third-party React Native libraries, including GiftedChat, RN Popover, and more! (In fact, Robin had so many we had to cut some out.)

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