What is React Native? is it easy to learn React Native in 2021?

January 10, 2021

In this Blog we are going to see What is React Native? is it easy to learn React Native? React Native Alternative? Who is Using React Native?

What is React Native?

React Native is an open source javascript library launched by Facebook in 2015. It is used to develop android and ios application with a good user experience. If you want to develop an android application you can do it with Java or Kotlin Programming Languages. If you want to develop Ios application you can do it with Objective-C or Swift.

But with React Native you can develop android and Ios applications with a single codebase. you can save a lot of time and resources.

If you are already familiar with React JS you should easily pick up React Native.

Is it easy to learn React Native?

Yes, It’s easy to learn React native but you have to practice more to create quality application using React Native. You can find a lot of resources to learn react native online.

There are 2 popular courses on udemy for React native. Udemy is one of the best place to learn, They give 30 days money back guarantee too.

These courses are worth to buy. I bought the course in 2018 for around 10 dollars. They are updating the course frequently based on React Native’s Latest version. In this course, Stephen Grider author of the course explained from basics what is react native, how to set up your system for React Native Development.

If you want to learn more about React Native, get a React Native job, and be surrounded by React Native peoples.

React Native Alternative?

The best alternative to React Native is Flutter. Flutter is developed by Google which was released in 2017. Flutter uses the Dart programming language. Similar to React Native, Flutter also uses hot reload. Flutter also becomes more popular.

Hot reload makes your development speed increase, you can see changes immediately in your mobile or emulator during development.

If you are a beginner or you know javascript, go with React Native.

Using Javascript you can create a Web application, Desktop application, Mobile application, and Backend API.

Hello World Program React Native Vs React Js:

React Native Hello World Program:

Here is the hello world program of React native, Click here to check the live result.

import React from "react";
import { Text, View } from "react-native";

const HelloWorldApp = () => {
  return (
    <View
      style={{
        flex: 1,
        justifyContent: "center",
        alignItems: "center",
      }}
    >
      <Text>Hello, world!</Text>
    </View>
  );
};
export default HelloWorldApp;

React JS Hello World Program:

Here is the Hello world program of React js. React js is used to creating web applications with great UI/UX.

Click here to check the live result.

import React from "react";

const HelloWorldApp = () => {
  return (
    <div
      style={{
        flex: 1,
        justifyContent: "center",
        alignItems: "center",
      }}
    >
      <p>Hello, world!</p>
    </div>
  );
};
export default HelloWorldApp;

Can you able to find the difference between both hello world programs?. If you find it, you are great. If you learn React Native, you can create a React Js application and vice versa.

Who Is Using REACT NATIVE and FLUTTER

React native is used by Facebook, Instagram, Tesla, Skype, and many more.

Click here to check apps created with react native.

By checking the list I hope you got inspired. yes, you can create similar apps listed above with React Native.

Flutter is used by The New York Times, Tencent, Google Ads, and a few others.

Click here to check which apps created with flutter.

Conclusion:

I hope you got some ideas about what is react native. Post your questions in comment.

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