React Native & Expo | How to build apps with React Native and Expo

In this excerpt from Charlie's keynote at Appjs Conf he talks about building with React Native & Expo and goes into detail about how to build apps with React Native and Expo.

There is still, in some corners of mobile development, a misconception about whether you need to decide to use Expo or React Native. It simply is not a question any developer needs to ask. Each Expo tool is designed intentionally to be used without any lockin or baggage. You can pick any Expo tool and use it in your React Native project.

In this short video Charlie recommends different ways of using Expo tools by themselves and using them together.

00:00 Should I use Expo or bare React Native?
00:19 Expo and React Native
00:44 How Bluesky uses Expo and React Native
1:03 React Native projects work with Expo Modules
1:22 React Native projects work with Config Plugins
1:33 React Native projects can use Expo Prebuild and Expo CLI
1:55 What is EAS?
2:20 Why use Expo Dev Tools together
3:03 What is Continuous Native Generation?
3:54 When to use React Native and Expo

#Expo #reactnative #AppjsConf #react

Tools/Services mentioned:

Expo Modules: https://docs.expo.dev/bare/installing...
Config Plugins: https://docs.expo.dev/config-plugins/...
Expo Prebuild: https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/prebuild/
Expo CLI: https://docs.expo.dev/more/expo-cli/
EAS: https://expo.dev/eas
Continuous Native Generation: https://docs.expo.dev/workflow/contin...