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Lightning-Fast Mobile App Development with Galio

By : Alin Gheorghe
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Lightning-Fast Mobile App Development with Galio

By: Alin Gheorghe

Overview of this book

Galio is a free open source React Native framework that enables beginner-level programmers to quickly build cross-platform mobile apps by leveraging its beautifully designed ready-made components. This book helps you to learn about React Native app development while building impressive out-of-the-box apps with Galio. Lightning Fast Mobile App Development with Galio takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you will begin by exploring the basics of React Native and understanding how Galio works. As you make progress, you'll learn how to initialize and configure a React Native app and get to grips with the basics of React Native development. You'll also discover how packages work and how to install Galio as the main dependency, along with understanding how and why Galio helps you to develop apps with ease. Finally, you'll build three practical and exciting apps using React Native and Galio. By the end of this app development book, you'll have learned how to use Galio to quickly create layouts and set up React Native projects for your personal ideas.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)

Chapter 1:Introduction to React Native and Galio

Let's start by understanding what this book is about and how it can help you learn how to use React Native and Galio. By reading this book, you'll understand how to install React Native and all the necessary tools for using it with both macOS and Windows. You will then understand how to create an Expo project and why we're using Expo, the difference between the template workflows and how they come in handy, and also how to start your new project on both a physical device and a simulator. Things should be really easy to follow, so you might find the experience rewarding.

Understanding the world of cross-platform mobile programming isn't an easy task but it sure is a doable one. You made the first step by purchasing this book – the second one is currently in progress since you're reading this book to discover how React Native works and how Galio is meant to help you build apps faster. The main purpose...