I've been spending a lot of time in the terminal lately. As discussed in a previous article of mine, launching the a specific simulator while working with React Native isn't that hard for iOS, and only take a quick edit to make happen for Android. Recently, there's been a buzz at my work around Expo, … Continue reading DEVOPS: Opening the simulator of your choice in Expo React Native
DevOps: Launching an Android Emulator from the Terminal using Bash Scripts
I spend a lot of time in Visual Studio Code working with React Native these days. If you're like me, you're probably starting your debugging instances right from Visual Studio via the integrated terminal; npm run ios or npm run android is a super easy and quick way to kick of a build and begin … Continue reading DevOps: Launching an Android Emulator from the Terminal using Bash Scripts
React native: Animated “Loading Skeleton” Component Made Easy
The Activity Indicator is a ubiquitous component in the React Native toolkit for indicating "work" being done in an app. It's super easy to drop one on a screen and tie it to a loading state to show users when you are fetching content or performing other long running operations. Done and done! But, at … Continue reading React native: Animated “Loading Skeleton” Component Made Easy
Offline-Capable Progressive Web Apps for the Modern Web
Native applications are great - they allow a user to easily discover a brand through an app store they are familiar with, are super easy to manage and provide some quantum of functionality when connectivity is sparse or non-existent, as well can be extremely performant even when the network is slow. While I advocate for … Continue reading Offline-Capable Progressive Web Apps for the Modern Web
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