React Universe On Air
Callstack
React Universe On Air is your go-to podcast about building cross-platform apps with React and React Native, featuring practical lessons, forward-looking ideas, and talks with industry leaders.
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Jun 21, 2022 • 25min
React Native News & App.js Conf | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #4
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
In the fourth episode of Coffee Talk, Michał Pierzchała (https://www.callstack.com/team/michal-pierzchala) and Abi Thiao discuss the latest events from the React Native community, including, React Native v5 RC, bundled Hermes, the new version of React, and the App.js Conference 2022.
During the App.js Conf, Michał had a chance to unveil Reassure (https://www.callstack.com/open-source/reassure) – Callstack’s latest library for performance regression testing.
But that’s not the only presentation worth watching! Michał and Abi provide a selection of the most interesting talks:
- Keynote by Charlie Cheever
- Animations should be fun by Catalin Miron
- React Native Everywhere by Taz Singh
- Bringing the React Native Architecture to the OSS Community by Nicola Corti
- How does an Indonesian superapp like Traveloka deal with React Native
- V8 talk from Kudo
- Controlling hardware in a week with Expo and EAS by Derek Stavis
- Magda Jaśkowska’s live coding session.
You can find the live stream from both days of the conference here:
Day 1 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te7bwfNsRKg
Day 2 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hbj33eEultw
Enjoy the Coffee Talk, and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel for the latest news on React and React Native.

Jun 14, 2022 • 47min
Migration to React Native | React Universe On Air #13
In the 13th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and his guest, Michał Chudziak (https://www.callstack.com/team/mike-chudziak), explore the topic of migrating from different technologies (native and React web) to React Native.
Our experts discuss:
- why is it worthwhile to invest your time, effort, and money to migrate from native and web solutions to React Native,
- how to plan the migration process and which approach should you pick,
- what is the brownfield approach and how does Callstack use brownfield, and
- how to migrate from React (web) to React Native.
You will find the answers to these questions and much more inside the latest episode of the React Native Show!
If you have any other questions about the migration process, check out our blog post: Migrating React and Native Apps To React Native – Everything You Need To Know (https://www.callstack.com/blog/migration-to-react-native). The comprehensive guide, prepared by one of our experts, Michał Pierzchała, covers every topic related to migration from React web app to React Native.

Jun 7, 2022 • 24min
Open Source | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #3
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
The 3rd edition of Coffee Talks focuses on Open Source (OSS). Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski) and Michał Pierzchała (https://www.callstack.com/team/michal-pierzchala) give ideas about how to get started with the OSS space and why you should get involved!
They also explain how Open Source works in general and how much it matters for us, Callstackers! We basically live and breathe Open Source (https://www.callstack.com/open-source) - it’s in our DNA.
Find us in the Open Source community - these are our repos:
- react-native-paper: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-paper
- repack: https://github.com/callstack/repack
- react-native-testing-library: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-testing-library
- react-native-builder-bob: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-builder-bob
- react-native-pager-view: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-pager-view
- linaria: https://github.com/callstack/linaria
- react-native-brownfield: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-brownfield
- react-native-slider: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-slider
- react-native-windows-hello: https://github.com/callstack/react-native-windows-hello
Enjoy the talk! Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel to stay updated!

May 17, 2022 • 28min
Top Resources for Developers | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #2
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
In this Coffee Talk Aleksandra Desmurs-Linczewska and Łukasz Chludziński provide a lot of ideas for staying up to date with the community news. They discuss the most valuable resources such as newsletters, top Twitter accounts, blogs, podcasts, conferences, GitHub and release notes:
Newsletters: The React Native Newsletter, Tyler’s (ui.dev) newsletter, JavaScript Weekly, Cassidy Williams’s newsletter
Twitter accounts:
official React and React Native accounts
Callstack, Remix, Next, Vercel
accounts of people who are well-known in the community: Angie Jones (@techgirl1908), Sara Vieira (@NikkitaFTW), Kadi Kraman (@kadikraman), Evan Bacon (@Baconbrix), Dan Abramov (@dan_abramov), Lorenzo Sciandra (@Kelset), Rick Hanloni (@rickhanlonii), Ryan Cavanaugh (@SeaRyanC), Cassidy Williams (@cassidoo), Michal Pierzchala (@thymikee), Wes Bos (@wesbos), Jamon Holmgren (@jamonholmgren), Kent C Dodds (@kentcdodds), Michael Jackson (@mjackson), Ryan Florence (@ryanflorence), Sebastien Lorber (@sebastienlorber)
Conferences:
React Native EU https://hubs.li/Q01bt5WQ0
React Summit https://reactsummit.com/
Chain React https://cr.infinite.red/
Podcasts:
The React Native Show https://hubs.li/Q01bt7gK0
React Native Radio https://reactnativeradio.com/
DevSpresso JS News https://bit.ly/3LnLYmC
YouTube channels:
Ben Awad https://www.youtube.com/c/BenAwad97
William Candilion https://www.youtube.com/c/wcandillon
Fireship.io https://www.youtube.com/c/Fireship
The overview of resources will come in handy for every React Native developer regardless of whether you have much experience or you are new to the React Native world.

Apr 21, 2022 • 24min
React v18.0 & React Native 0.68 | React Universe On Air: Coffee Talk #1
Hi folks! We want to introduce you the new series of podcasts under the flag of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show) - Coffee Talk!
In this series, our hosts will talk about the latest and most nurturing news in the React & React Native community.
In the first episode of Coffee Talk our hosts:
- Aleksandra Desmurs Linczewska (https://www.callstack.com/team/aleksandra-desmurs-linczewska,
- Łukasz Chludziński (https://www.callstack.com/team/lukasz-chludzinski)
- and Michał Pierzchała (https://www.callstack.com/team/michal-pierzchala)
discuss about the React v18 and React Native 0.68 basing on these two articles:
❯ https://reactjs.org/blog/2022/03/29/react-v18.html
❯ https://reactnative.dev/blog/2022/03/30/version-068
Give the Coffee Talks a warm welcome 💙
Grab your coffee and enjoy!

Mar 24, 2022 • 38min
Mobile Payments in React Native | React Universe On Air #12
Join software engineers from Stripe and Callstack as they discuss the history and types of mobile payments, security issues, payment providers, and the Stripe React Native library in an informative and engaging podcast episode.

Feb 2, 2022 • 52min
Expert Talks on Current and Future Trends in React Native | React Universe On Air #11
In the 11th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show), Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza) and his guest, Ola Desmurs-Linczewska (https://twitter.com/p_syche_), talk about the most important releases and libraries that happened in the React Native ecosystem in 2021 as well as the trends and predictions for the future.
The picks are based on Callstack experts’ responses to the following questions:
- What was the most groundbreaking moment for React Native in 2021?
- Which React Native library was the most useful last year?
- What are you looking forward to seeing in 2022 React Native wise?
Ola and Łukasz’s comments are the main course of the episode!
What else are they cooking in this edition?
Aside from speaking about the highlights of React Native 2021, Ola and Łukasz share their thoughts on New Architecture and its potential impact on React Native in 2022. They also discuss the fact that more and more companies are adopting React Native!
This and much more you can hear in our latest episode. Check it out to learn more about the current and future trends in React Native! This year already looks pretty exciting in the React Native space 🚀
Don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share the video on your socials!
Not sure what Re.Pack is or want to find out more Hermes on iOS? Here’s a shortlist of your must-reads then! Catch up today:
➡️ Re.Pack
https://www.callstack.com/open-source/re-pack?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast
➡️ Hermes on iOS
https://www.callstack.com/blog/bringing-hermes-to-ios-in-react-native?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast
➡️ React Navigation
https://www.callstack.com/blog/custom-screen-transitions-in-react-navigation?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast
Need help with your React Native project? Give us a shout!
https://www.callstack.com/contact-us?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast
Check what we can do for you:
https://www.callstack.com/services?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast
Callstack is looking for Senior React Native developers!
Read more about the role and apply here:
https://www.callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=Podcast&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=RN_trends_podcast

Nov 25, 2021 • 1h 8min
React Native EU 2021 Q&A Panel | React Universe On Air #10
The 10th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show Podcast) is fully dedicated to the questions that were asked during the React Native EU 2021 conference. We gathered four great React Native experts in one room to answer these questions (in Callstack's headquarters to be exact) and just let them go with the flow.
During the Q&A panel, our panelists:
Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza)as the host,
Wojciech Kwiatek (https://twitter.com/WojciechKwiatek) - CTO at Channels, JavaScript developer, mentor, and trainer.
Mike Grabowski (https://twitter.com/grabbou) - CTO & Co-founder at Callstack.
Satya Sahoo (https://twitter.com/satya164) - React and React Native developer at Callstack and one of the engineers that work on React Navigation library.
Paweł Trysła aka. Zamotany (https://twitter.com/_zamotany) - Software engineer at Callstack and the lead engineer at Re.Pack Open Source library (formerly Haul).
answer a number of questions related to the conference revealing their favorite talks, the present and future of React Native, Open Source libraries, and many more!
Don’t forget to push the Subscribe button and share this video on your social media. More episodes are coming soon!
#ReactNative #news #trendingtopics #ReactJS #Programming #Developer #JavaScript
Want to read more about the topics covered? Check this out:
Implementing Code Splitting in React Native with Re.Pack
https://hubs.li/H0_Qtjb0
Why Use React Native for Windows?
https://hubs.li/H0_Qtjm0
More episodes of The React Native Show:
https://hubs.li/H0_Qtjt0
Need help with your React Native project? Give us a shout!
https://hubs.li/H0_Qtml0
Check what we can do for you:
https://hubs.li/H0_QtnK0
Callstack is looking for React Native developers!
https://hubs.li/H0_QtpV0

Oct 21, 2021 • 47min
React Native News | React Universe On Air #9
✨ In September 2024, The React Native Show has become React Universe On Air ✨
This time our podcast episode focuses on everything newsworthy in the React Native world! Check the episode to be updated with the latest industry news!
The host, Łukasz Chludziński (https://twitter.com/loginlukasza), and his guests, Jan Jaworski (https://twitter.com/jaworek3211) and Satyajit Sahoo (https://twitter.com/satya164), discuss trending topics such as
- React Native 0.65 update
- React Native Windows update
- New React Native Architecture
- React Navigation v.6
- Re.Pack
- Community news
- React Native EU
Don’t forget to push the Subscribe button and share this video on your social media. More episodes are coming soon!
#ReactNative #news #trendingtopics #ReactJS #Programming #Developer #JavaScript
Want to read more about the topics covered? Check this out:
Why Is It Important to Always Run The Latest Version of React Native?
https://callstack.com/blog/always-run...
Why Use React Native for Windows?
https://callstack.com/blog/why-use-re...
Custom Screen Transitions in React Navigation
https://callstack.com/blog/custom-scr...
Implementing Code Splitting in React Native with Re.Pack
https://callstack.com/blog/implementi...
More episodes of The React Native Show:
https://callstack.com/podcast-react-n...
Need help with your React Native project? Give us a shout!
https://callstack.com/contact-us/?utm...
Check what we can do for you:
https://callstack.com/services/?utm_c...
Callstack is looking for Senior React Native developers!
Read more about the role and apply here:
https://callstack.com/senior-react-na...
Follow us on Twitter (@callstackio) to stay tuned!

Sep 10, 2021 • 39min
React Native Development on Windows | React Universe On Air #8
The eighth episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show) is all about React Native for Windows. Mike Grabowski (https://twitter.com/grabbou) and his guest, Bartosz Klonowski (github.com/BartoszKlonowski), dive into desktop app development with React Native.
If you’re wondering why we should think about React Native Windows in terms of desktop development, this episode is definitely for you!
All in all, this podcast episode covers the following topics:
- Most popular frameworks and languages used in desktop application development
- React Native Windows vs. Electron
- React Native Windows development workflow
- Getting started with React Native for Windows
- Migrating from a native desktop application to React Native Windows.
Want to read about React Native development on Windows? Check our article series:
1. Why Use React Native for Windows?
https://callstack.com/blog/why-use-react-native-for-windows/?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast
2. Business Benefits of React Native Windows
Coming soon! Be the first to know when it’s live:
https://callstack.com/blog/?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast#newsletter
3. How to Build a Desktop App with React Native for Windows
Coming soon! Be the first to know when it’s live:
https://callstack.com/blog/?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast#newsletter
More episodes of The React Native Show:
https://callstack.com/podcast-react-native-show?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast
Need help with your React Native project? Give us a shout!
https://callstack.com/contact-us/?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast
Check what we can do for you:
https://callstack.com/services/?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast
Callstack is looking for Senior React Native developers!
Read more about the role and apply here:
https://callstack.com/senior-react-native-developer?utm_campaign=RN_Windows&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_content=podcast
Follow us on Twitter (@callstackio) to stay tuned!


