Chapter 2
The Simplest Program: Hello World with React Native
“Big things have small beginnings.”
—Prometheus
In the last chapter, you got a good overview of the React ecosystem. Now it’s time to get your hands dirty with React Native. In this chapter, you will set up your environment by installing the prerequisites and then you will create your first React Native application.
The best way to learn is through practical examples. Continuing this theme throughout the book, you will follow examples to learn React Native by programming to understand the concepts.
In this chapter, you will explore the following topics:
- An introduction to React Native
- The essentials of React Native
- The installation of React Native
- Your first application
- The anatomy ...
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