Mastering React Native

Course Objectives

This course combines expert lecture, real-world demonstrations and group discussions with machine-based practical labs and exercises.  Working in a hands-on learning environment led by our expert instructor, you'll explore:

• React Native: An Introduction
• Getting to Know React Native
• Core Components in Depth
• Core APIs
• Navigation 
• Testing
• Native Modules
• Building and publishing (IOA and Android)

Need different skills or topics?  If your team requires different topics or tools, additional skills or custom approach, this course may be further adjusted to accommodate.  We offer additional React, web development and design courses which may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your development objectives.

Course Prerequisites

This is an intermediate-level course for web developers with prior practical experience working with React.  Attendees are required to have a very strong grasp of React, Redux and advanced JavaScript.

Take Before: Attendees should have experience with the topics in the following courses, or should have recently attended these as a pre-requisite:

• TT4195          Mastering React | With Redux, Flux, Unit Testing, JSX & More – 5 days

Please see the Related Courses tab for specific Pre-Requisite courses, Related Courses that offer similar skills or topics, and next-step Follow-On Courses and Learning Path recommendations.

Course Agenda

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We will work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

1. React Native: An Introduction

• What Is React Native, Exactly?
• What Does React Native Bring to the Table?
• Getting Started with React Native
• The Core Concepts You Need to Know
• Virtual DOM
• Bridges to Everywhere
• JSX
• Components
• Render Life Cycle
• Props and State
• Styling

2. Getting to Know React Native

• Components
• Basic Components
• Data Input, Form, and Control Components
• List Components
• Miscellaneous Components
• iOS-Specific Components
• Android-Specific Components
• APIs

3. Getting Started with React Native

• Weather App
• Starting the project
• Expo
• Components
• Custom components

4. React Fundamentals

• Breaking the app into components
• 7 step process
• Step 2: Build a static version of the app
• Step 3: Determine what should be stateful
• Step 4: Determine in which component each piece of state should live
• Step 5: Hardcode initial states
• Step 6: Add inverse data flow
• Updating timers
• Deleting timers
• Adding timing functionality
• Add start and stop functionality
• Methodology review

5. Core Components, Part 1

• What are components?
• Building an Instagram clone
• View
• StyleSheet
• Text
• TouchableOpacity
• Image
• ActivityIndicator
• FlatList

6. Core Components, Part 2

• TextInput
• ScrollView
• Modal

7. Core APIs, Part 1

• Building a messaging app
• Initializing the project
• The app
• Network connectivity indicator
• The message list
• Toolbar
• Geolocation
• Input Method Editor (IME)

8. Core APIs, Part 2

• The keyboard

9. Navigation 

• Navigation in React Native 
• Contact List  
• Starting the project 
• Container and Presentational components
• Contacts
• Profile
• React Navigation
• Stack navigation
• Tab navigation
• Drawer navigation
• Sharing state between screens
• Deep Linking  

10. Testing

• Flow
• Benefits of Using Flow
• Jest
• Jest with React Native
• Snapshot Testing with Jest

Bonus Content / Time Permitting

11. Native Modules

• What are native modules?
• Building a native module
• Development environment
• Initializing the project
• iOS
• Android
• JavaScript

12. Building and publishing

• Building
• Building with Expo
• iOS
• Android
• Handling Updates

Course Materials

Student Materials: Each participant will receive a Student Guide with course notes, code samples, software tutorials, step-by-step written lab instructions, diagrams and related reference materials and resource links. Students will also receive the project files (or code, if applicable) and solutions required for the hands-on work. Any courseware of lab materials provided in a cloud (if applicable) will also be made available to you separately.

Hands-On Setup Made Simple! Our dedicated tech team will work with you to ensure our ‘easy-access’ cloud-based course environment, or local installation, is accessible, fully-tested and verified as ready to go well in advance of the course start date, ensuring a smooth start to class and effective learning experience for all participants. We can also help you install this course locally if preferred. Please inquire for details and options.

Every-Course Extras = High-Value & Long-Term Learning Support! All Public Schedule courses include our unique EveryCourse Extras package (Post-Course Resource Site access with Review Labs & Live Instructor Follow-on Support, access to QuickSkills recorded High-Value lessons, Free *Live* Course Refresh Re-Takes, early access to Special Offers, Free Courses & more). Please inquire for details.