---
title: "An experimental port of React Native to the web"
publication: "React Status"
issue: 88
published_at: "2018-05-18"
canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/88"
---

This week's React news       

#88 — May 18, 2018 

[Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/88)   

react status  

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[A Modern Web Stack: Ruby on Rails 5 API + Create React App](https://blog.heroku.com/a-rock-solid-modern-web-stack) — It’s not often we get to see a complete guide to bringing Ruby and React together, but it’s a perfectly viable option with Rails 5’s new API-oriented option, as demonstrated in this step by step tutorial. 

Heroku   

[Create React App Parcel: Use Parcel Instead of webpack](https://github.com/sw-yx/create-react-app-parcel) — If you don’t need webpack’s ecosystem or levels of configuration, [Parcel](https://parceljs.org/) is a great app bundling choice and this brings it to Create React App. 

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[React Native DOM: An Experimental Port of React Native to the Web](https://github.com/vincentriemer/react-native-dom) — Still considered _experimental_, this is an interesting idea and compiles React Native code to WebAssembly to run in the browser instead. [Demo.](https://rndom-movie-demo.now.sh/) 

Vincent Riemer   

[Building Mobile Apps Using React Native and WordPress](https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/05/building-mobile-apps-using-react-native-wordpress/) — Covers the foundations for building a mobile e-commerce app with React Native & WordPress. 

Muhammad Muhsin  

💻 React Jobs  

[Senior Software Engineer (NYC)](https://www.helloalfred.com/openings?gh_jid=679035&gh_src=nklojydf1) — Hospitality/tech platform focused on building help into our homes. React, React Native, Node, TypeScript, PostgreSQL. 

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📘 Tutorials  

[Building a React Native App using Expo and TypeScript](https://blog.expo.io/building-a-react-native-app-using-expo-and-typescript-part-1-a81b6970bb82) — The first of a two-part guide on how to create a React Native app using Expo and Typescript. 

Bharat Tiwari   

[How Twilio Improves 'Mean Time To Discovery'](https://rollbar.com/customers/twilio/?utm_source=email-nl&utm_medium=email-nl&utm_campaign=email-nl) — If my Mean Time To Discovery is based on a customer support ticket, I’ve failed. [Read more.](https://rollbar.com/customers/twilio/?utm_source=email-nl&utm_medium=email-nl&utm_campaign=email-nl) 

Rollbar sponsor   

[Building Reusable React Components](https://blog.bitsrc.io/building-reusable-react-components-1465a2dccc13) — Along with some best practices to follow. 

Rajat S   

[How to Build a Custom Calendar in React](https://blog.flowandform.agency/create-a-custom-calendar-in-react-3df1bfd0b728) — Covers the process start to finish. 

Matej Kovač   

[Building a Music Streaming App using React Native](https://hackernoon.com/building-a-music-streaming-app-using-react-native-6d0878a13ba4) 

Aakash N S   

[Analyzing How Redux Works Internally](https://medium.com/@toastui/analyze-redux-f1424a5eaa8e) — A dive into what’s going on under the hood with the popular state management container. 

TOAST UI   

[Stitch: The Latest (And Best) Way to Build Your App](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-stitch-the-latest-and-best-way-to-build-your-app?jmp=cpress&utm_campaign=WW_CP_newsletter_sponsorship_FY19Q1&utm_content=20180511&utm_medium=display&utm_source=reactstatus) 

mongodb sponsor  

🔧 Code and Tools  

[Snappify: A Generator of Snapshot Tests for React and TypeScript](https://medium.com/@denisraslov/introducing-snappify-a-generator-of-snapshot-tests-for-react-typescript-54b3fd1ffa54) — Jest’s snapshot tests are handy to check that your UI does not change unexpectedly. 

Denis Raslov   

[React-Animated-Tree: A Configurable Tree View Control](https://github.com/drcmda/react-animated-tree) — [Live editable demo.](https://codesandbox.io/embed/rrw7mrknyp) 

Paul Henschel   

[react-native-reanimated: React Native's Animated Library Reimplemented](https://github.com/kmagiera/react-native-reanimated) — The aim is to make things more flexible by providing lower level abstractions. 

Krzysztof Magiera         

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