Betting on React Native

Remote talk given as a guest lecturer for the course 'Mobile Application Development' (3500833 - Spring 2023) at Shenkar College.

An introduction to React Native, its key concepts and winning ideas, and how my career has been shaped by it.

Transcript

1. 🎰 BETTING ON REACT NATIVE
2. Mobile Application Development 3500833 Spring 2023 👋 SHENKAR COLLEGE! 10-mar-23 @kelset 2
3. - Lorenzo Sciandra - @kelset - Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft - React Native maintainer WHO AM I 10-mar-23 @kelset 3
4. WHAT WE’LL BE DOING TODAY an overview of me&Microsoft open source how OSS unlocked my career what’s (still) exciting in React Native closing thoughts Q&A 10-mar-23 @kelset 4
5. ME & MICROSOFT 10-mar-23 @kelset 5
6. A QUICK BACKGROUND 10-mar-23 @kelset 6
7. MY WORK AT MICROSOFT I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 7
8. MY WORK AT MICROSOFT I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ff i ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running 10-mar-23 @kelset 8
9. MY WORK AT MICROSOFT I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER - spend a lot of times in meetings - communicate and coordinate a lot of e ff orts - help shape the future of React Native 10-mar-23 @kelset 9
10. WHY IS IT EVEN NEEDED? https://reactnative.dev/showcase https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/resources-showcase ...AND MORE! 10-mar-23 @kelset 10
11. WE DEPEND ON REACT NATIVE SO MUCH THAT WE NEED PEOPLE TO ENSURE ITS SUCCESS 10-mar-23 @kelset 11
12. 🤔 …HOW IS IT POSSIBLE? IT’S OWNED BY FACEBOOK 10-mar-23 @kelset 12
13. OPEN SOURCE 10-mar-23 @kelset 13
14. https://opensource.org/osd/ 10-mar-23 @kelset 14
15. MY ATTEMPT AT A BETTER EXPLANATION 10-mar-23 @kelset 15
16. THE ROLE OF GITHUB 10-mar-23 @kelset 16
17. CONTRIBUTING IS EASY https://good fi rstissue.dev/ 10-mar-23 @kelset 17
18. CONTRIBUTING IS EASY https://opensource.guide/ https://good fi rstissue.dev/ 10-mar-23 @kelset 18
19. OPEN SOURCE THRIVES VIA ITS COMMUNITIES 10-mar-23 @kelset 19
20. HOW OSS UNLOCKED MY CAREER 10-mar-23 @kelset 20
21. you work on YOUR product with YOUR team in YOUR company HOW WORK USUALLY… WORKS 10-mar-23 @kelset 21
22. you work on ANY product with MANY teams in ALL companies WHEN OPEN SOURCE IS INVOLVED 10-mar-23 @kelset 22
23. REACT NATIVE’S CASE 10-mar-23 @kelset 23
24. HOW THIS FAST-TRACKS YOUR CAREER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ff i ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 24
25. HOW THIS FAST-TRACKS YOUR CAREER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ffi ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 25
26. HOW THIS FAST-TRACKS YOUR CAREER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ffi ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 26
27. HOW THIS FAST-TRACKS YOUR CAREER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ffi ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 27
28. HOW THIS FAST-TRACKS YOUR CAREER - I have signi fi cant experience in my tech stack - I can communicate e ffi ciently - I manage my own workload - I hit the ground running I AM A SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER 10-mar-23 @kelset 28
29. NETWORKING https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/main/ECOSYSTEM.md 10-mar-23 @kelset 29
30. OPEN SOURCE CAN HELP YOU PROGRESS BUT IT REQUIRES CONSISTENCY 10-mar-23 @kelset 30
31. …YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK HARD BEFORE YOU’LL SEE RESULTS 10-mar-23 @kelset 31
32. 👼😈 10-mar-23 @kelset 32
33. WHAT’S (STILL) EXCITING IN REACT NATIVE 10-mar-23 @kelset 33
34. truly cross-platform modularisation extra platforms community cross-industry synergies ITS UNIQUE PROPOSITIONS 10-mar-23 @kelset 34
35. TRULY CROSS-PLATFORM 10-mar-23 @kelset 35
36. MODULARISATION 10-mar-23 @kelset 36
37. MODULARISATION 10-mar-23 @kelset 37
38. EXTRA PLATFORMS 10-mar-23 @kelset 38
39. EXTRA PLATFORMS 10-mar-23 @kelset 39
40. EXTRA PLATFORMS https://github.com/mmazzarolo/react-native-universal-monorepo 10-mar-23 @kelset 40
41. EXTRA PLATFORMS 10-mar-23 @kelset 41
42. COMMUNITY 10-mar-23 @kelset 42
43. CROSS-INDUSTRY SYNERGIES 10-mar-23 @kelset 43
44. CLOSING THOUGHTS 10-mar-23 @kelset 44
45. REACT NATIVE IS ______ 10-mar-23 @kelset 45
46. REACT NATIVE IS AN INCREDIBLE ENABLER 10-mar-23 @kelset 46
47. REACT NATIVE IS A CATALYST FOR RAPID ITERATION 10-mar-22 @kelset 47
48. REACT NATIVE IS BACKED BY BIG PLAYERS 10-mar-23 @kelset 48
49. REACT NATIVE IS QUINTESSENTIALLY OPEN SOURCE 10-mar-23 @kelset 49
50. - Lorenzo Sciandra - @kelset - Senior Software Engineer @ Microsoft - React Native maintainer - reach out on twitter, Mastodon or at notkelset@kelset.dev THANK YOU FOR LISTENING! 10-mar-23 @kelset 50
51. Q&A ASK AWAY! 10-mar-23 @kelset 51