Syntax - Tasty Web Development Treats Supper Club × Nate Weinert and Tamagui
Apr 14, 2023
In this engaging discussion, Nate Weinert, the creator of Tamagui and a software engineer at Vercel, dives into the world of React Native and web development. He explains what Tamagui is and how it simplifies styling for cross-platform apps. They explore challenges in layout design, especially the strengths of Flexbox and potential new systems. Nate shares insights for budding developers and reveals the joys of new color profiles in web design. Plus, there's a light-hearted moment about discovering the comfiest footwear!
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Nate's Background and Tamagui's Origin
- Nate Weinert works at Vercel on preview comments and has been doing frontend development for a long time.
- He lives in Hawaii and enjoys hacking on Tamagui, a project born from his desire to build universal apps.
Styling in React Native and Web
- React Native uses StyleSheet.create for styling, which is a simplified, JavaScript object-based version of CSS.
- React Native Web polyfills these APIs, bringing this styling to the web, which powers complex apps like Twitter.
React Native Web Explained
- React Native Web allows developers to use React Native components and APIs on the web by polyfilling native functionalities.
- This enables consistent UI between web and mobile, translating components to their respective platform equivalents.