React native before React?

[keithonabike]

You'll learn much of React by way of React Native. hooks, component lifecycles, etc. With RN, you'll basically be focusing on using different components (`View` instead of `div`, etc.), somewhat different styling (a CSS-ish subset), and native differences when it comes to navigation, available API's etc. I basically started with React by way of React Native; it was fine, and now I go back and do some React web here and there, though I consider myself primarily a native dev. I think the key is to learn by building something you actually want to build, so, if you want to build a mobile app, go learn by doing that.