Learning React Native as a Junior Engineer
summary
Builds a brand-new React Native app for millions of soccer fans and explains what actually worked: reusable UI components built in isolation, a video integration via a Brightcove bridge, and how the API surface is discovered and cached. Details include using Storybook to iterate buttons and small components, using GraphQL for discoverable queries, heavy pair programming and teachable moments, and that this workflow ships real features faster than trying to learn everything up front.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:29What is React Native
- 2:13Lessons of React Native
- 3:30App Screenshots
- 4:25Storybook
- 4:57Button
- 5:33GraphQL
- 6:22GraphQL Example
- 7:07Pair Programming
- 7:50Teachable Moments
- 8:39First Example
- 9:47Wrap Up
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