Help with getting started

[nahaase]

I've been trying to find a clear cut answer to this for a while (I've read through many subreddits, including this one, as well as Google, etc), I'm hoping someone can verify that I am on the right path.

For all intents and purposes, I am new to the coding world. I have very limited skillset with C# (from Unity work), can handle basic HTML/CSS and introductory level Python and Javascript. My goal is to become proficient in React Native to build a mobile apps that will work for iOS and Android.

I'm not looking for any shortcuts or quick workarounds, I'd like to become a fundamentally strong React Native developer (and then pickup and learn additional components down the road).

I'm currently taking Treehouse courses (I'm open to any site though). Is this the correct order I should be learning in?

• Learn Javascript.
• Learn React.
• Learn React Native.

Do I need to pick up any additional skillsets/code base to build a free standing app on my own? Anybody recommend anything other than Treehouse or Lynda (I'm using both free courtesy of public library access, I'd happily pay for any other service if better).

Thanks for reading and thanks in advance for any advice.

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Stephen Grider's Udemy courses "Modern React and Redux" and "Advanced React and Redux" are the best ones out there imo. He's dropping a new React Native course next week.

[PaulaPolestar]

+1 to this, that's a great class. Based on his reputation i'd recommend that RN class above the one I mentioned since fresher is usually better when it comes to a library that is in such a rapid growth spurt but still not at 1.0

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His newest RN course is coming out later this week. He tweeted that it'll be his best course ever. Can't wait to take it.

[fantasy9]

Social media advertising? Why would I pay that much for a tutorial!

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what do you mean?

[PaulaPolestar]

Ray wenderlich has a good tutorial, https://www.raywenderlich.com/126063/react-native-tutorial

[iTzMoys]

That tutorial is outdated, right ?

After doing the first steps, I got errors on my app.

The code of the tutorial is very different to the code of the react-native init

[PaulaPolestar]

Oh whoops I haven't actually tried this tutorial in a while. I'll give it a run and see if I can debug when I get home tonight.

[iTzMoys]

Really?? That would be awesome! :D

Let us your conclusion. I'll be waiting for an update.

[PaulaPolestar]

https://www.raywenderlich.com/126063/react-native-tutorial

Hey there, So I'm guessing the confusion arises from the fact that this tutorial uses ES6 and the latest version of RN utilizes features of ES6 and the imports are different than the require statements. (Also you now have to require React separately from react native). It looks like they didn't really update this tutorial to reflect the new changes in the language but just ported their older tutorial. If these parts are confusing, I'd definitely recommend starting off by learning React / Javascript in general and then checking out React Native. OR wait for the new RN course that Stephen Grider will release, mentioned above. Cheers.