E029 - Pi-RATS of the Caribbean (Building Reusable Components‪)‬ React Native Nerds

In this episode, Jon deal with rats and realizes he can do impressions.  Spencer gets motion sick over video games but still wants (yet can't find) an xBox.
Our main topic this week covers how to be lazy when building mobile apps by carefully constructing reusable components saving you time and hopefully frustration.
Building a mobile app can be challenging, but you can make it easier on yourself by using some tools and patterns to build reusable components.  meaning you can use the same component in multiple places throughout your app, and in other apps.
 
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - RATS
8:46 - XBox motion sickness
10:44 - COVID comparisons
11:47 - Mobile news - Calm
15:38 - The key to sleep
16:17 - Main Topic - Custom Components
16:47 - Main Topic For Real This Time
20:16 - Props all the way down
25:52 - Core APIs
26:32 - Storybook
27:58 - Styled Components
29:47 - Keep 'em light
34:23 - Don't optimize before you need to
35:25 - UI Frameworks can help
37:27 - Felixbility
39:15 - WrapUp
 
Links
Calm valuation
https://www.businessofapps.com/news/calm-raises-75-million-at-2-billion-evaluation/

 

Spencer's Shameless Plugs

React Native Fundamentals Workshop
https://youtu.be/rLmdmLhfwvQ
React Native School
https://reactnativeschool.com
 

Jon's Shameless Plugs

FastLane Cheat Codes (Sign Up Now)
https://fastlanecheatcodes.com
39:15 - Wrap Up