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After 5 years in web development, I’m taking my skills to mobile. This series is a raw, honest log of building real-world solutions with React Native in Q1 2026- bugs, breakthroughs, and everything in between.
As a web developer, your first reaction to mobile development might be a mix of curiosity and hesitation. You might be asking yourself, "Why do I need to learn a whole new stack?" or "Where do I even begin?" If those thoughts are running through your...
In my last post, we installed the "Pro Tech Stack": NativeWind, MMKV, Reanimated, and more. I was ready to see my beautiful Tailwind-styled dashboard on my phone. I ran npx expo start, scanned the QR code, and then... nothing. My phone stared back at...
In my last post, we broke down the "Level 1 vs. Level 2" tech stacks and how installing "Pro" dependencies can accidentally break your Expo Go connection. If you're like me, you probably dove head-first into the Pro stack, only to realize that typing...
I’ll be honest: I bought a MacBook specifically because of the Xcode Simulator. I used to watch my colleagues develop mobile apps with that sleek "Virtual iPhone" floating on their screens, and I was fascinated. I wanted that same feeling. But when I...
In my previous posts, we focused on the "Where" (the environment). Now, let’s talk about the "What." According to the official documentation, React Native is an open-source framework for building apps using React and the platform’s Native capabilitie...
In mobile development, components are like blueprints. But a blueprint alone is static. To make an app feel "alive," we need to master the three React fundamentals mentioned in the official documentation: JSX, Props, and State. You should be familiar...