Let's Build a React Native App: Data & State Management

This episode adds a state management strategy to the application.

We make use of react-copy-write (https://github.com/aweary/react-copy-write) to handle sharing our data across the entire application. Think of it like Redux, except different. I've been wanting to play with it for a long time and this felt like a good opportunity.

I found it really straight forward to use, and aside from a hiccup when adding it to React Native (as in, it doesn't currently support React Native), I had a great time using it.

The workaround I came up with to still use this in my React Native app was ugly, but gave me everything that I wanted. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on the dirty deed that I did.

I also make use of AsyncStorage (https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/asyncstorage), a built-in API for React Native that lets me save my data in between app instances. It's such a nice and simple API, using it was drop dead simple.

AsyncStorage and react-copy-write together power all the data in the application. It's a lovely marriage.

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I'm building a React Native application and I'm taking you along for the ride!

I'll be vlogging my experience of creating a brand new React Native app with Expo.

Follow the repo's progress: https://github.com/hswolff/react-everyday

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
https://expo.io/