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React Native Developer

A React Native developer builds mobile apps for iOS and Android with React.

4
Skill areas
2
Core areas
~228 h
From scratch
~23 weeks
At 10 h/week
What the job looks like
  • Build screens with core components
  • Style and navigate
  • Use device features through native modules
  • Ship to both stores
What you'll build on the route
  • A React Native app with navigation
  • Data fetching and offline handling
  • A release build

Where it leads: Senior mobile, full stack with React, or native mobile.

Every skill, at the level the job needs

Updating… · change the level or company to see how it shifts

ja

javascript

core
90 skills · 90 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • Declaring variables
  • let
  • const
  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • Hoisting
  • Naming variables
re

react-native

core
81 skills · 81 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • What is React Native?
  • Why use React Native?
  • React Native Alternatives
  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • CSS
  • What is CSS
gi

git-github

core
110 skills · 108 with lessons · up to working
L3
  • git init
  • What is Version Control?
  • Why use Version Control?
  • git config
  • Local vs Global Config
  • Git
da

datastructures-and-algorithms

core
80 skills · 80 with lessons · up to basics
L2
  • JavaScript
  • Language Syntax
  • Control Structures
  • Pseudocode
  • Pseudocode basics
  • Functions
What the levels mean
  1. L1 · Aware
    Knows what it is and when it's used
  2. L2 · Basics
    Can use it with guidance
  3. L3 · Working
    Uses it independently on the job
  4. L4 · Strong
    Handles hard cases, reviews others
  5. L5 · Expert
    Designs with it, teaches it

Interviews, by kind of company

Your route adds an interview track that matches the company you choose.

Service-based company

Large IT services firms: aptitude, fundamentals, technical and HR rounds.

Product company

Online assessment, coding rounds, a design round.

FAANG-level

Hard timed coding rounds, system design, behavioural interviews.

Questions

What does a React Native Developer need to know?

JavaScript Roadmap, React Native Developer at a working level, plus Learn Git and GitHub, React Developer. The skills section above lists every one with its level.

How long does it take to become a React Native Developer?

About 228 hours of study from scratch. At 10 hours a week that's roughly 23 weeks; anything you already know is skipped after the readiness test.

I already know some of this. Do I start from zero?

No. The optional readiness test finds what you already know and your route skips it.

Does the route change for product companies or senior roles?

Yes. Choose your level and the kind of company above: the skills and target levels adjust, for example deeper data structures and system design for product companies.

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