--- title: "#55: Organizing a Large React App and Making It Scale" publication: "React Status" issue: 55 published_at: "2017-09-22" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/55" --- react status 55 This week's React news -[Read this on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/55) [react status](https://react.statuscode.com) Issue 55 [How to Organize a Large React App and Make It Scale](https://www.sitepoint.com/organize-large-react-application/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Jack Franklin describes a set of tips and best practices for creating and organizing React applications in a scalable way. SitePoint [react-metro: A Wrapper for Animating DOM Elements on Mount/Unmount](https://github.com/nicolasdelfino/react-metro?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — A simple animation lib for React for auto animating components on mount and unmount. 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Erich Reich [How to More Easily Build Forms in React Native](https://medium.com/react-native-development/easily-build-forms-in-react-native-9006fcd2a73b?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — There can be quite a few moving parts but [tcomb-form-native](https://github.com/gcanti/tcomb-form-native) can help a lot, as demonstrated here. Spencer Carlinative [Tips for Successful App Development with React Native](https://maziar.io/blog/react-native-development-tips/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Some things to consider when starting to work with React Native for mobile app development. 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SitePoint [Dealing with Asynchronous APIs in Server-Rendered React](https://www.sitepoint.com/asynchronous-apis-server-rendered-react/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) Roger Jin [Building a React Universal Blog App: Implementing Flux](https://www.sitepoint.com/building-a-react-universal-blog-app-implementing-flux/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) SitePoint [Add realtime features to your web & app - integrates with everything](https://www.pusher.com/?utm_source=reactstatus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Sept15&utm_term=sponsoredlink&utm_content=cooperpress) — Over 150,000 developers trust Pusher to add features like real-time chat & live UI updates to their websites. Pushersponsored [How to Use React's Lifecycle Methods](http://www.andreasreiterer.at/web-development/reactjs-lifecycle-methods/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Using React lifecycle methods to perform actions on mount, update and unmount of a component. Andreas Reiterer [How I Built My Own “React” in Two Days, and Why](https://codeburst.io/how-i-built-my-own-react-in-two-days-and-why-i-did-it-969c3d048f78?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Sometimes reinventing the wheel is a way to learn rather than to create, per se. Andrew MacDonald [GitPoint: An Unofficial GitHub Client Built with React Native](https://github.com/gitpoint/git-point?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — It’s open source, too. 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