E029 - Pi-RATS of the Caribbean (Building Reusable Components)

In this episode, Jon deal with rats and realizes he can do impressions.  Spencer gets motion sick over video games but still wants (yet can't find) an xBox. Our main topic this week covers how to be lazy when building mobile apps by carefully constructing reusable components saving you time and hopefully frustration. Building a mobile app can be challenging, but you can make it easier on yourself by using some tools and patterns to build reusable components.  meaning you can use the same component in multiple places throughout your app, and in other apps.   0:00 - Intro 0:50 - RATS 8:46 - XBox motion sickness 10:44 - COVID comparisons 11:47 - Mobile news - Calm 15:38 - The key to sleep 16:17 - Main Topic - Custom Components 16:47 - Main Topic For Real This Time 20:16 - Props all the way down 25:52 - Core APIs 26:32 - Storybook 27:58 - Styled Components 29:47 - Keep 'em light 34:23 - Don't optimize before you need to 35:25 - UI Frameworks can help 37:27 - Felixbility 39:15 - WrapUp   Links Calm valuation https://www.businessofapps.com/news/calm-raises-75-million-at-2-billion-evaluation/   Spencer's Shameless Plugs React Native Fundamentals Workshop https://youtu.be/rLmdmLhfwvQ React Native School https://reactnativeschool.com   Jon's Shameless Plugs FastLane Cheat Codes (Sign Up Now) https://fastlanecheatcodes.com 39:15 - Wrap Up