Lightning-Fast Mobile App Development with Galio

Leverage the power of Galio and React Native to create beautifully designed, practical, and exciting mobile apps

Key Features

Understand Galio and quickly build cross-platform mobile apps
Discover how to put Galio into practice by implementing it in real-world scenarios
Build beautiful apps using Galio by taking advantage of its carefully crafted components

Book DescriptionGalio is a free open source React Native framework that enables beginner-level programmers to quickly build cross-platform mobile apps by leveraging its beautifully designed ready-made components. This book helps you to learn about React Native app development while building impressive out-of-the-box apps with Galio.

Lightning Fast Mobile App Development with Galio takes a hands-on approach to implementation and associated methodologies that will have you up and running and productive in no time. Complete with step-by-step explanations of essential concepts, practical examples, and self-assessment questions, you will begin by exploring the basics of React Native and understanding how Galio works. As you make progress, you’ll learn how to initialize and configure a React Native app and get to grips with the basics of React Native development. You’ll also discover how packages work and how to install Galio as the main dependency, along with understanding how and why Galio helps you to develop apps with ease. Finally, you’ll build three practical and exciting apps using React Native and Galio. By the end of this app development book, you’ll have learned how to use Galio to quickly create layouts and set up React Native projects for your personal ideas.

What you will learn

Explore Galio and learn how to build beautiful and functional apps
Familiarize yourself with the Galio ecosystem
Discover how to use npm and understand why Galio is needed
Get to grips with the basics of constructing a basic but attractive UI for an app
Find out how you can utilize Galio’s ready-made components
Use Galio to drive the process of quickly building cross-platform mobile apps
Build three practical and exciting apps with React Native and Galio

Who this book is forThis book is for developers who are looking to learn new skills or build personal mobile apps. Anyone trying to change their job as well as beginners and intermediate web developers will also find this book useful. A basic understanding of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript is needed to get the most out of this book.

Author Biography

Alin Gheorghe is a web developer based in Bucharest, Romania. After he created his first iOS game at the age of 15, he fell in love with the world of mobile applications. He has worked with a wide range of different technologies while also developing his love of music and photography. He truly believes coding is just another form of art which requires the developer to think outside the box.