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Alexander Benedikt Kuttig
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Alexander Benedikt Kuttig

Alexander Benedikt Kuttig has a master's degree in computer science and currently works as a software and app architect. With plenty of industry experience, he has created app architecture for different industries, such as education, sports and fitness, manufacturing, printing, and banking, which have been used by millions of users across the globe. He runs multiple businesses, such as Horizon Alpha, an app development agency, and Teamfit, a digital corporate health platform. He also speaks about his work at different conferences, such as RNEU and the Geekle Cross-Platform Summit, and has a blog on Medium, which he uses to write about the challenges he faces. Alexander is highly experienced as a React Native developer, speaker, and contributor.
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Reusing code with your own libraries

There are many good reasons to create your own library. Sharing code between different projects for different platforms is definitely one of them. But with your own library, you can also achieve the following things:

  • Ensure consistent design in all your applications: When you are working in a company that provides multiple applications, it’s a good idea to create a UI library that provides UI components for all these applications. This ensures a consistent design system.
  • Simplify backend connection: You can extract your services to a library, which can then be used in all your projects. This ensures a unified backend connection layer.
  • Define responsibilities: Every library can be maintained by its own maintainer or team. With this library approach, you can define clear responsibilities.
  • Provide additional functionality: You can also write your own library to provide native functionality that isn’t available in the...
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Alexander Benedikt Kuttig

Alexander Benedikt Kuttig has a master's degree in computer science and currently works as a software and app architect. With plenty of industry experience, he has created app architecture for different industries, such as education, sports and fitness, manufacturing, printing, and banking, which have been used by millions of users across the globe. He runs multiple businesses, such as Horizon Alpha, an app development agency, and Teamfit, a digital corporate health platform. He also speaks about his work at different conferences, such as RNEU and the Geekle Cross-Platform Summit, and has a blog on Medium, which he uses to write about the challenges he faces. Alexander is highly experienced as a React Native developer, speaker, and contributor.
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