React Native: a Beginner’s Adventure

In this talk, we'll dive into the fascinating world of React Native. We'll begin by taking a step back to explore the significance of mobile development and how React Native seamlessly integrates into this domain.

Next, we'll delve into the inner workings of React Native, providing you with a comprehensive overview of its underlying mechanisms. To reinforce your understanding, we'll then embark on a coding session, where we'll showcase the fundamentals of React Native in action.

We'll equip you with valuable starting points should you decide to embark on further explorations into this exciting journey, and by the time we wrap up, you'll have developed a solid foundation in React Native, empowering you to discern precisely when it's the ideal framework to employ in your projects.

About the speaker
Over the past five years, Frikkie Snyman has been an integral member of the team building Relive. Since August 2022, Frikkie has embraced the role of Mobile Platform Engineer, immersing himself in the complex world of React Native.

This role necessitates a deep understanding and meticulous handling of React Native’s intricacies to ensure the highest level of performance, stability, and developer experience for the Relive app. His efforts are not only focused on application development but also on cultivating an environment and culture in which engineers can produce quality apps with confidence.

🤷‍♀️ What is FEDSA?
Front-end Development South Africa (FEDSA) is a registered non-profit organisation. They serve as an administrative umbrella for various types of projects that advance the sharing of knowledge between practitioners and aspiring practitioners within the industry.

We invite Front-end enthusiasts of any experience level to join us for the day. Attendees will form teams to work on various tasks and we will pair experienced developers with those of you who are here to learn.

You will also be sufficiently watered and fed, and prevalidated parking tickets will be supplied.

As this is a speciality event, spaces will be limited.

📜 Fineprint
FEDSA's Code of Conduct is here: http://ctfeds.org/code-of-conduct . We're serious about offering a warm, inclusive, safe space to learn.