---
title: "This week's React news, issue 6"
publication: "React Status"
issue: 6
published_at: "2016-09-30"
canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/6"
---

react status 6   

This week's React news -[Read this on the Web](http://react.statuscode.com/issues/6) 

[react status](http://react.statuscode.com) Issue 6     

[React Celebrates Reaching 50,000 Stars on GitHub](https://facebook.github.io/react/blog/2016/09/28/our-first-50000-stars.html?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — 50,000 stars puts React in 6th place on GitHub, just 2000 behind Angular! To celebrate, a commemorative shirt is being released. Only 1 day remains to register for one. Some interesting history behind React is also covered here. Facebooknews [React Native Quickly: A Free Online Book](http://reactnativequickly.com/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Start learning native iOS app development using JavaScript alongside Azat Mardan. Azat Mardannative [5 Ways to Make Your React Component Code Pretty](https://medium.com/walmartlabs/make-your-react-components-pretty-a1ae4ec0f56e?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Mark Brouch of Walmart Labs shares five of his favorite patterns and shortcuts when writing React components. Mark Brouch [🔥 Course: Complete Intro to React (feat. Redux & Router)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-intro/) — Brian Holt (Netflix) introduces you to React plus surrounding ecosystem including: Redux for state management, React Router for navigation and more. Frontend Masterssponsored [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/f29c4bef.png)](https://frontendmasters.com/courses/react-intro/) [How to Make Money On Your React Native App (Live Online, Oct 3)](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-make-money-on-your-react-native-app-w-mike-grabowski-webinar-tickets-27775192348?aff=jsweekly&utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Mike Grabowski, a React Native core contributor, is giving an online talk next Monday (Oct 3) on integrating ads into React Native apps. Mike Grabowskinews [How to Connect React and Redux: A 20 Minute Tutorial](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfuZ7uZmVyg&utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) YouTubevideo [How to Safely Use React Context](https://medium.com/@mweststrate/how-to-safely-use-react-context-b7e343eff076?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) Michel Weststrate [Preventing 'Uncaught TypeError's in React with Flow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV8K6fsjDCQ&utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) Corey Grunewaldvideo [React Color: A Collection of Color Pickers](http://casesandberg.github.io/react-color/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Like those in Sketch, Photoshop, Chrome, etc. casesandberg.​github.​iocode [Render React and React Router v4 On-Demand with CDN Caching](https://github.com/hoppula/react-apig-lambda?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Uses Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and CloudFront. Lari Hoppulacode [React Animations: A Collection of Animations for Inline Style Libraries](https://github.com/FormidableLabs/react-animations?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — Implements all animations from [animate.css.](https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/) Formidablecode [React Native Maps: React Native Mapview Component for iOS + Android](https://github.com/airbnb/react-native-maps?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — 0.9.0 has been released this week. Airbnbnative [Why I'm Not A React Native Developer](https://arielelkin.github.io/articles/why-im-not-a-react-native-developer?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) — React Native _“is neither a platform I would develop in, nor a platform I would recommend the use of”_. Here, Ariel provides a thorough evaluation of the pros and cons of switching from Swift to React Native, and the arguments against it. Ariel Elkinnative [How to Create a Native App Combining Angular 2 and React Native](http://www.javascripttuts.com/native-app-combining-angular-2-react-native/?utm_source=reactnl&utm_medium=email) Matthieu Drulanative    [Read this issue on the Web](http://react.statuscode.com/issues/6) [See our archives](http://react.statuscode.com/issues) [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*)  

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