Hello React Native NYC Community. Our spring meet-up will be hosted at Bloomberg! Stay tuned for updates on details & speakers!
RSVPs are open to 100 people. Entry to the event will only be guaranteed to the first 70 people that show up, on a first come first serve basis.
RSVPs will open two weeks before the event, April 11th at 12 Noon. If you RSVP & you later realize you won't be able to make it, please update your RSVP to 'not going' so that members on the waitlist can attend.
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SPEAKERS
Josh Hargreaves - Bloomberg
Topic:
Using React Native to ship features fast & address performance issues
Description:
Josh will be talking Bloomberg's path to using React Native in their news application & how it has helped them be productive & ship features fast.
He will also be talking about issues they have encountered with React Native in production, how they combatted them & what he hopes
for React Native in the future.
Bio:
Josh is an iOS/React Native engineer from the UK working on the Bloomberg news app in New York.
He enjoys creating mobile apps, talking about cross-platform frameworks & playing volleyball.
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Donavon West - American Express
Topic:
Hooked on React
Description:
Hooks are new to the React community & even newer to React Native. Learn the ins & outs of Hooks & learn how to write your own custom Hook.
Bio:
Donavon is a long-time JavaScript veteran & an adamant believer in clean code. He's on the forefront of React Hooks development & has released dozens of Open Source Hooks packages.
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Jean-Rmi - Theodo
Topic:
Troubleshooting a slow app, a practical guide to great React Native performance
Description:
React Native is amazing at helping you deliver in production live apps very quickly. But to get there, you sometimes have to cut corners. Once you have a successful app loved by thousands of users, you start to wonder how to tackle performance issues. Figuring out where to start can be tricky. This will be a practical guide about tools that can help you identify bottlenecks & quickly find ways to increase your apps performance.
Bio:
Jean-Rmi is the CTO of Theodo in New York, a full stack web & mobile agency. He started building React Native apps 3 years ago in London & has helped release or improve numerous apps since then. He likes to help dev teams reduce the time they spend fixing bugs so that they can spend more time making useless fancy animations.