Chapter 1
Learning the Basics: A Whistle-Stop Tour of React
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
—Lao Tzu
Before you embark on your React Native journey, you must know a little bit about React(also known as ReactJS or React.js). In this chapter, you will quickly look at the core concepts of React, which will help you to work on React Native. React is different from most popular web technologies, and you will learn why as you move forward in this chapter. Its core concepts will really open up your mind to a new way of thinking if you have spent a considerable amount of time with traditional frameworks; this new way of thinking is sometimes called the React way of thinking. You may have heard the phrase “write once, run ...
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