I had never made a mobile app before (sorta). So i had to figure out what language to use.

This is a memory lane piece about my first mobile app that actually made it to the app stores.

The freelance project came from a college buddy's recommendation.

After the data challenges (of which there ALWAYS is), the first technical struggle was which language.

Darts, flutter, react native, objective c, whatever. I needed something that worked on BOTH iPhone and Android b/c i wasn't going to be writing this thing twice.

So i ended up choosing: React Native. Built by the fine folks over at Facebook.

React Native uses JavaScript (a language I already knew) to create native apps for both iOS and Android.

But wait, there's more! lol.

React native also comes with Expo. a software tool and ecosystem that lets deploy pre-release and demo versions without messing around with app stores. Seriously, it saves SO much time!

dealing with apple is a PAIN. so i tried to avoid it as much as possible.

A huge reason i make apps in react native is that i basically learn react at teh same time for cognitively free (is that a word?). I could build the monitoring and tracking dashboard using React too.

Same codebase, multiple output targets, similar syntax, huge ecosystem.

Thinking of building a mobile app? React Native is definitely worth checking out!

ReactNative #MobileDev #BuiltWithLove

P.S. What are your favorite tools for mobile app development? Share them in the comments!