Jerod sits down with React Native aficionado, Simon Grimm, to catch up on everyone’s favorite native app platform & learn about Expo, which Simon thinks is the way forward for devs building with React Native.
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Chapters
| Chapter Number | Chapter Start Time | Chapter Title |
| 1 | 00:00 | It's party time, y'all |
| 2 | 00:39 | Sponsor: Socket |
| 3 | 04:27 | Welcoming Simon |
| 4 | 05:18 | Simon & React Native |
| 5 | 09:09 | Why React Native? |
| 6 | 13:00 | Platform-specific features |
| 7 | 15:08 | Unpacking Expo |
| 8 | 18:33 | Shipping updates |
| 9 | 21:39 | Sponsor: Neon |
| 10 | 27:28 | The two teams' relationship |
| 11 | 29:48 | React Native on TVs |
| 12 | 31:21 | One codebase, every platform? |
| 13 | 36:18 | Android simulator |
| 14 | 38:25 | Iterating on the web |
| 15 | 41:20 | Pain points |
| 16 | 48:38 | Galaxies.dev |
| 17 | 50:48 | The future of React Native |
| 18 | 55:51 | Closing time |
| 19 | 57:08 | Next up on the pod |