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Introducing Create React Native App

1:54 with Guil Hernandez

Create React Native App does a lot of work to make the initial setup and development of your React Native app simple and straightforward. You get to skip the configuration phase and generate everything you need to run a React Native application, on both Android and iOS devices, all with just a few commands.

[MUSIC] 0:00
Hi everyone, I'm Guil, a developer and teacher here at Treehouse. 0:09
In this workshop, I'll teach you how to set up your React Native projects. 0:12
And get your apps up and 0:15
running quickly on a device or a simulator using Create React Native App. 0:16
Starting a React Native project used to require time-consuming installation, 0:21
setup, and configuration for both iOS and Android platforms. 0:25
The command line tool, Create React Native App, makes it faster and 0:31
easier to get started with React Native. 0:35
Create React Native App does a lot of work to make the initial setup and 0:37
development of your app simple and straightforward. 0:40
So you get to skip the configuration phase and 0:43
generate everything you need to run a React Native Application 0:45
on both Android and iOS devices, all with just a few commands. 0:48
Some of the main advantages of building a native app with 0:53
Create React Native App are that you're able to run and 0:55
preview your app on a physical device while you build it. 0:58
You also worry about just one build tool, so you don't need to install Xcode or 1:02
Android Studio to build and preview your app. 1:06
There's also no lock-in with Create React Native App. 1:09
Meaning, you're not forced to use its configuration choices. 1:13
While Create React Native App is a great way to get started building a native app. 1:16
If you later need to write custom native code or modify how your app is configured, 1:20
you can do what's called ejecting to create your own build setup. 1:25
And you'll learn more about that later. 1:29
In this workshop, I'm going to assume that you know the basics of React Native and 1:31
have Node and npm or the Yarn package manager installed on your computer. 1:35
If not, be sure to check the teacher's notes for 1:40
links resources that will get you set up with those tools. 1:42
Up next, we'll get started by installing Create React Native App and 1:45
setting up our project. 1:49
So go ahead and open up your terminal or console now so that you're ready to go. 1:50

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