You can configure JEST with React Apps in few simple steps. Let’s follow these steps and get JEST ready into our React Apps.
Step 1:
You can setup your React App the way you want to with all your files residing under the src folder as in this project: react-redux-boilerplate.
All the dependencies for this app is present under in package.json.
Step 2:
Setup your .babelrc file so that you can work on JEST with ES6 as follows
{
"presets": ["react", "env", "stage-1"]
}
This is a brief post about getting started with React Native in iOS. I will walk you through the steps for running your first react native app in an iOS simulator. These steps are also present directly on react native’s official website. The reason of this post is that I will be using this post as a part of a guide that I am looking forward to make for developing an app from scratch. I shall put down all the obstacles I face with the solutions so that it makes it easier for you guys. Now let’s get started.
Development OS: macOS
Target OS: iOS
Step 1- Installing dependencies
Run the following commands in the terminal one after the other:
brew install node
npm install -g react-native-cli
Step 2- Installing XCode
The best way to install Xcode is via the Mac App Store. Once you install Xcode, it will also install the iOS Simulator and all the necessary tools to build your iOS app.
If you have already installed Xcode on your system, make sure it is version 8 or higher.
Step 3- Installing XCode command line tools
Once you are done installing XCode, open it and choose ‘Preferences’ from the XCode menu. Go to Locations and then from the Command Line tools dropdown, select the latest XCode version and install it.
Step 4 – Creating a new Application
Let’s create an application called TestApp. In the terminal, navigate to the desired location and run the following command:
react-native init TestApp
The above command will create a new react native application for you named as TestApp.
Step 5 – Running your application
cd TestApp
react-native run-ios
This will load your iOS simulator shortly and will show the following default screen.
That’s it. You are good to go, your first react-native iOS app is successfully running on a simulator now. Stay connected for more.
Recently, while working with React I came across this scalable ‘Component’ folder structure and since then my app is well organised and looks un-cluttered. Let’s consider we have different components in our app as follows:
| – src/
| – App.js
| – SearchLoader.js
| – SearchInput.js
| – SearchError.js
| – Button.js
| – index.js
| – TextField.js
The major problem I faced in the above directory structure is that as and when I kept adding components in my app, my src folder kept filling up. This created an issue when I had to find files related to a particular component. This gave me a hard time to find what I was looking for and cluttered my root folder. So I found the following approach which made it easy to organise my components.
Hi there, now that React JS has been around for a quite long time with its marvelous performance and one this is one of the reasons that today it is been used on a wide basis to develop Single Page Applications. It became more exciting with the coming of React Native to develop your mobile apps. As you know, React Native lets you build your app in JavaScript. And yes, this is a complete mobile app, not some hybrid app or mobile web app.
The reason I am writing this article is that, as a tech enthusiast with a curious mind, I started to learn React Native by building a small app. It is a new technology, it was a bit difficult at the beginning to set up the entire environment and get my app running. So for the new bees who are trying their hands on, in this new technology, I would like to share some steps to help you set up your dev environment and successfully run your first React Native app. This entire article will be a very basic to the point with reference to the Android app.Read More »
Nikita Jajodia 