Software prerequisites

• homebrew - /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
  • https://docs.brew.sh/Installation
• nvm - curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.11/install.sh | bash
  • https://github.com/creationix/nvm#important-notes
• node - nvm install 8.9.4 && nvm use 8.9.4
• watchman - brew install watchman
  • https://facebook.github.io/watchman/docs/install.html#buildinstall
• Xcode - https://developer.apple.com/download/
• XCode command line utilities
  • https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started.html#command-line-tools
• cocoapods - sudo gem install cocoapods
  • https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/getting-started.html#installation
• yarn - brew install yarn --without-node
  • https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/install#mac-stable

Getting started

• Clone this repo locally
  • git clone git@github.com:hippware/rn-chat.git
• Nav to the newly created directory and install node dependencies
  • cd rn-chat
  • yarn
• Open in XCode
  • open ios/tinyrobot.xcworkspace/
• Run the app in an iOS simulator

Technologies/concepts to learn

• Typescript - https://www.typescriptlang.org/index.html
• Mobx
  • https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx
  • https://egghead.io/courses/manage-complex-state-in-react-apps-with-mobx
• Mobx-state-tree
  • https://github.com/mobxjs/mobx-state-tree
  • https://egghead.io/courses/manage-application-state-with-mobx-state-tree (this course is for MST v2 which is a few months out of date as of writing)
• React Flux architecture
  • https://facebook.github.io/flux/docs/in-depth-overview.html#content
• Flexbox layout
  • https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/flexbox
  • https://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/a-guide-to-flexbox/