In this instalment of our React Native with C++ series, we first learn how to setup React Native to communicate with Objective-C and Java. — Mobile development is inherently a multi-lingual enterprise. Usually this means writing the same functionality in multiple languages which is a bad practice. In this series I want to explore an interesting technique for simplifying our codebase by utilising the power of C++ to achieve more maintainable cross platform development.

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Untangling the rules around the proposal using diagrams — I am a huge fan of the new hooks API. However, it has some odd constraints about how you need to use it. Here I present a model for how to think about using the new API for those that are struggling to understand the reasons for those rules. Unpacking how hooks work I…

Finally we get rid of second rate coding patterns in React — React’s new Hooks API allows us to finally share behaviour without any of the intrinsic problems that have plagued the community previously Sharing behaviour between components I have been developing with React since its early days and during that time there have been many attempts by both influencers, as well as the core team…

Why supporting your team’s information systems should be one of the primary considerations for software projects. — Good developers become great when they have great information. Great teams become excellent when they share information with each other. The stakeholders’ linchpin When developing software there are several primary stakeholders that project teams must take into account to be successful.