Table of Contents

What are React and React Native?

Managing State in a Simple React App

Planning and Setting Up the Funbook App

Styling and Populating the Funbook App

Implementing Redux in Our Funbook App

Using MobX as a State Manager in a React Native App

Untangling Complex Flows in React Native Apps with XState

Integrating Jotai in a React Native App

Using React Query for Server-Side-Driven State Management

Appendix

About the Author

Frontend and mobile developer with experience reaching as far as Flash and websites laid out with tables. Aleks has seen her fair share of diverse codebases, bugs, and Jira tickets. Aleks studied French literature, but after graduating she decided to opt for a career in IT, which has always interested her. She started out creating websites for friends and family and soon she landed her first paying job at a software house in Sopot, Poland. She soon learned about React Native and started writing her first app back in 2018. She's been working on both React JS and React Native since then, however, React Native is strongly favored. She personally published a weather app, and she participates in OSS projects, helping out with PRs, issues, and discussions. She recently started working for Callstack, the biggest React Native software house in Poland.