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Published inApr 2024
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Mikhail Sakhniuk
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Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk is Software Engineer with high proficiency in JavaScript, React and React Native. He has more than 5 years of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He has worked for startups, fintech companies, and product companies with more than 20 million users. Currently, Mikhail is working at Miro as a Frontend Engineer. In addition, he owns and maintains a few open-source projects. He also shares his experience and knowledge through books and articles.
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Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.
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Exploring React Native CLI tools

To simplify and speed up the development process, we use special command-line tools that install blank projects with application templates, dependencies, and other tools for starting, building, and testing. There are two major CLI approaches we can apply:

  • The React Native CLI
  • The Expo CLI

The React Native CLI is a tool created by Meta. The project is based on the original CLI tool and has three parts: native iOS and Android projects and a React Native JavaScript app. To get started, you will need either Xcode or Android Studio. One of the main advantages of the React Native CLI is its flexibility. You can connect any library with a Native module or directly write code to the native parts. However, all of this requires at least a basic understanding of mobile development.

The Expo CLI is just one part of the big ecosystem for developing React Native apps. Expo is a framework and a platform for universal React applications...

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Mikhail Sakhniuk

Mikhail Sakhniuk is Software Engineer with high proficiency in JavaScript, React and React Native. He has more than 5 years of experience in developing web and mobile applications. He has worked for startups, fintech companies, and product companies with more than 20 million users. Currently, Mikhail is working at Miro as a Frontend Engineer. In addition, he owns and maintains a few open-source projects. He also shares his experience and knowledge through books and articles.
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Adam Boduch

Adam Boduch has been involved in large-scale JavaScript development for nearly 15 years. Before moving to the frontend, he worked on several large-scale cloud computing products using Python and Linux. No stranger to complexity, Adam has practical experience with real-world software systems and the scaling challenges they pose.
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