React Native the Expo way

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Jerod sits down with React Native aficionado, Simon Grimm, to catch up on everyone’s favorite native app platform & learn about Expo, which Simon thinks is the way forward for devs building with React Native.

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Featuring:

• Simon Grimm – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

• React Native
• Expo
• Galaxies.dev
• Simon’s YouTube channel
• Tamagui — React Native + Web UI kit
• facebook/react-strict-dom
• Evan Bacon

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1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Socket (00:00:39)

https://socket.dev/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=changelog-interviews

3. Welcoming Simon (00:04:27)

4. Simon & React Native (00:05:18)

5. Why React Native? (00:09:09)

6. Platform-specific features (00:13:00)

7. Unpacking Expo (00:15:08)

8. Shipping updates (00:18:33)

9. Sponsor: Neon (00:21:39)

https://neon.tech/enterprise

10. The two teams' relationship (00:27:28)

11. React Native on TVs (00:29:48)

12. One codebase, every platform? (00:31:21)

13. Android simulator (00:36:18)

14. Iterating on the web (00:38:25)

15. Pain points (00:41:20)

16. Galaxies.dev (00:48:38)

https://galaxies.dev

17. The future of React Native (00:50:48)

18. Closing time (00:55:51)

19. Next up on the pod (00:57:08)