Richard Kho - React Native By Example

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First published: April 2017

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React Native was introduced to the world in 2015, and it has since emerged as one of the most valuable skill sets a developer can acquire in order to enhance his or her career. Facebook continues to invest heavily in React Native, and with companies such as AirBNB, Tesla, Instagram, and Wal-Mart adopting React Native into their stacks, it will only continue to grow in demand. React Native by Example is one of the best resources you can use to get up and running with React Native as quickly as possible. Richard has continually proven himself to be a fantastic teacher and an extraordinary writer. Whether you're wanting to improve as a developer, learn how to build native mobile applications, or simply want to see what all the hype is about, this book will be a great worth.

Tyler McGinnis

- Partner at React Training

Richard Kho is a software engineer living in San Francisco. He taught himself how to code in 2014 and has lived a past life as a photographer and cinematographer.

He currently works for Capital One and has taught software engineers at Hack Reactor in the past. Richard is also a technical advisor to Code Chrysalis, an advanced software engineering immersive in Tokyo.

Brice Mason is a husband, father, developer, writer, and speaker with over 15 years of software development experience. As a Senior Engineer at Modus Create, hes been fortunate to contribute to the delivery of several enterprise-level desktop and mobile applications using JavaScript. When not writing code or writing about code, Brice enjoys spending time with his wife and son. You can reach him via Twitter at @bricemason.

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React Native is an incredibly powerful framework that makes development on multiple platforms more accessible for web-centric programmers. In this book, you are going to learn how to build mobile applications using React Native that are ready to be deployed to both the iOS App Store and Google Play.

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