Best React Native Developer Tools for designing Exceptional Apps in 2021!

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Best React Native Developer Tools for designing Exceptional Apps in 2021!
React Native Developer Tools
Software firms across the globe have the privilege to choose from hundreds of libraries, tools and frameworks; while executing the process of mobile application development. However, despite the availability of innumerable options, React Native by far has become one of the most preferred choices of corporate enterprises and mobile app development companies. The reason behind its popularity is the extensive benefits offered by React Native development! Right from a simple learning curve, code re-usability, cross-platform development, high-speed development, support from a vibrant community, to the creation of native-like applications; this framework has a lot to offer. And, when we talk about its technical offerings, React Native developer tools just can’t be ignored. These tools are some of the most vital elements of React Native App Development Services.
So, this blog is all about the top-notch React Native tools available in the market. These are widely used by almost every React Native app development company out there. So let’s have a glimpse at a few of them.

8 Popular React Native Developer Tools to Know and Use in 2021



React Native Developer
1.Visual Studio Code
Released in 2015 by the software giant Microsoft, Visual Studio Code is lightweight; yet a robust source-code editor. It is open-source, free to use and is written in JavaScript, CSS, and TypeScript. It works well with platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.
Visual Studio Code comes with in-built support for technologies like Node.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript. Besides, it has a huge ecosystem of extensions to support languages like C#, C++, Python, PHP, Java, Go, etc. It also supports runtimes like Unity and .NET.
2. Android Studio
As the name suggests, this tool enables React Native development for Android. Android Studio 4.1 was the major release. The recent version of Android Studio comes with features like Kotlin DSL support in Android Gradle plugin, newer database inspector, allows running of android emulator inside Android Studio, visual layout editor, faster emulator, APK analyzer, flexible build system, smart code editor, real-time profilers, and much more.
3. Xcode
Xcode is Apple’s integrated development environment (IDE) that contains several software development tools for building apps in iOS, MacOs, etc. This is a perfect pick for creating powerful React Native apps for iOS. It is also a great tool for debugging and installation of iOS packages. Recently, Xcode 12 was released by Apple which comes with all the more fascinating features like customizable font sizes for the navigator, new document tabs, redesigned organizer, improved code completion, enhanced auto-indentation, etc.
4. Redux
Written in JavaScript, Redux was developed by Andrew Clark and Dan Abramov and released in the year 2015. It is an open-source tool commonly used with libraries like React, Angular, etc, for developing user interfaces. It is a very small tool whose file size accounts for hardly 2kB including dependencies. It helps in the creation of apps that run in different environments like native platforms, front-end, back-end, etc, and are quite easy to test. Also, it offers features like a time-traveling debugger and live code editing. As a result, it is highly recommended that React Native development services should use this tool for their projects.
5. React Native Debugger
This tool is like a standalone desktop app that goes well with Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. It is probably the best debugger tool for React Native developers when they are already using Redux. It comes with default React’s Developer Tools and Redux DevTools embedded in it. Also, it is possible to edit the UI and inspect React Native elements using this tool.
6. React Navigation
React Navigation is written in JavaScript and is quite popular amongst the developer community as it enables them to establish the navigation and routes in the native apps with the help of navigators like Drawer, Tab, Stack, etc. It is an easy-to-use tool that is highly customizable and also provides Extensible Platforms. It is used for developing alluring components for both platforms- Android and iOS.
7. React Native CLI
Being the official CLI for the React Native framework, React Native CLI is an MIT licensed tool. This tool provides an original method for bootstrapping for creating a React Native app using the command line. This method is required if the React Native developer needs to access the native layer of the app. It is extensively used for the automation of tasks such as starting the packager, linking, creating the apps, etc. It is used as a debugging tool as well sometimes. It supports custom configurations. For instance, it can be used for the installation of React Native project pre-configured with a particular package such as TypeScript or even complete boilerplates.
8. React Native Tools
It is also a free tool developed by Microsoft but kind of an extension of the Visual Studio Code. This tool provides a supportive environment for developing as well as debugging the React Native projects. It allows debugging styles in React Native and also enables debugging for React components, making it one of the best debugging tools. Besides, it runs the react-native command with the use of a “command palette.”

8 Additional React Native Tools explained in Brief:

1. Nuclide: Nuclide is a free and open-source tool that is highly customizable and helps React Native developers to make improvements in the code. Its top features include – context view, working sets, remote development, a task runner, quick open, health statistics, a debugger, code diagnostics, etc.
2. Bit: his tool is quite useful for the creation of advanced React Native component libraries. It resolves issues related to collaborating and sharing UI components across different repositories.
3. Expo: This is an open-source tool-chain that has its own CLI and offers easy-to-use components and APIs. It also provides several services like accelerometers, real-time updates, fine documentation, powerful community support, etc.
4. React devtools: Though this tool is more concerned with React and Reactjs, it is also useful for debugging the React Native code. Also, its latest version provides support for inspecting React native styles, live editing, etc.
5. Vim Editor:This tool comes with a highly configurable text editor and provides a complete set of features for designing React Native apps. It is easy to work with and helps in effectively changing any kind of text.
6. Sublime Text:This is another amazing text editor that has numerous plugins and functionalities for app development. It also has features like “Goto Anything” for faster navigation to files, lines, symbols, etc. Other goodies that Sublime Text offers are “Command Palette” and support to multiple programming languages and markup languages.
7. Jest: Developed by Facebook, it is actually a testing framework for JavaScript but also works well with React Native, especially for functions like unit testing. Its features like Built-in code coverage, zero-configuration, and snapshot testing make it a rich tool.
8. Reduxsauce: This tool is helpful to the developers when they work on Redux codebases and need to create Reducers and Actions in Redux.


Final Words:
The React Native developer tools that we have mentioned in this blog play a significant role in not only building captivating apps but also in accelerating the development process to a great extent. These are some of the finest tools and React Native Developers need to have the fundamental knowledge of at least the ones noted here.
Along with these tools, the knowledge of React Native component libraries is an add-on. For detailed insights on these, please have a look here
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Best Practices to follow in Angular Development– Part I

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Best Practices to follow in Angular Development– Part I
Angular is one of the most popular MVC pattern MVVM frameworks of the 21st century. Developed by Google, Angular is significantly used for building dynamic mobile, web, desktop apps using TypeScript, and HTML. The initial version of Angular was Angular JS. AngularJS development had created ripples in the software world when it released. Furthermore, this proactive team kept releasing updated versions at regular intervals to keep up with changing times. Recently, its latest version Angular10 was released in the market which created a buzz in the software world.
But to meet the high-end requirements of modern-day users, it is essential to not only use the next-gen framework like Angular but also follow a certain set of standard development practices. So in this blog, we have enlisted some of the top Angular app development practices that developers can learn and follow. But before we get started, let us have a quick look at the benefits of following these practices, rather tips.
Noticeable Benefits of Following the Angular Development Best Practices
  • Helps in Creating a Clean Code
  • Aids in Maintaining the Coding Standards
  • Helps in Minimizing the Developmental Time
  • Ensures a Minimal Score on the Bugs and Issues
  • Ensures Improved Performance of the End-product
  • Makes Code Management and Debugging Easier

Highlights of the Top Angular App Development Practices

Rules to follow for Angular Coding Styles
Following certain standard coding styles instead of the common styles during Angular app development can ensure the writing of simple and adaptable code and a good user-experience. Here are the rules to be followed for Angular coding styles:
  • The code per function shouldn’t exceed 75 lines
  • The code per file should not exceed 400 lines
  • It is good to declare the values of variables with ‘const’ if those values are intact
  • While sharing feature area for all slider components, developers should use a custom prefix
  • You can use shortcuts for files with similarly naming conventions. For instance, you may use hero.component.ts|html|css|spec for naming different files with the same names
  • In case you usually prefix the names for database, table, field, etc., avoid this practice for Interface names like AbastractShape and iShape
  • Apply single responsibility symbol to services, components, and symbols since it allows to create a more readable and cleaner app format.
Best Security Practices in Angular
Security is of utmost importance in any application. In Angular, security lapses can result in a dangerous threats, for instance, cross-site scripting. This issue can result in the passing of controls on the client side resulting in the alteration of the web pages. For avoiding such attacks, the developers should be aware of some security practices in the Angular framework as mentioned below:
  • Maintain the Angular Libraries on Regular Intervals
  • Update Angular libraries for every new update from Google
  • Prevent the XSS cross-site security issues
For doing this, it is necessary to consider the measures like DOM sanitization service, Offline template compiler, sanitization and security contexts, context security policy, etc. These will help to keep the attackers away from client-side apps ensuring higher security.
Routing in Angular and related Practices to Consider
Routing in Angular is performed to either display or hide components as and when needed by the users. Routing makes the components available for the development process whenever required, thus reducing constant trips to the server. However, bad routing practices can result in disorganized Angular apps at some point. So, for ensuring these issues don’t exist, the developers need to understand some basics about adding templates and components into the app along with the appropriate functioning of the routes. Have a glance at the best practices concerning Angular routing:
  • Developing the routes module wise
  • Routing with lazy loading
  • Organizing routes guards
  • Lazy loading routes with Preload
Preventing Observable Memory Leaks
Unlike any other framework, Angular, too, has observable memory leaks. Observables are of great use in Angular as they help in streamlining important data. But at the same time, leaks in observables can cause critical issues in mobile app development. Please follow the below-mentioned tips to avoid these leaks:
  • Use ‘async pipe’: these are built-in attributes that come in handy when the developers need to mark the components for emitted values. Also, they unsubscribe automatically from observables and thus prevent unnecessary memory leakages.
  • Use ‘take(1)’: This is an operator that allows you to get the data just once and helps to easily avoid memory leaks.
  • Use ‘takeUntil’: This is another operator that should be used when you wish to monitor second Observables and destroy the subscription; once the Observables gets completed or emits the value; thus, preventing the Observables to be leaked.
Usage of Template Directive
In Angular, ‘ngFor’ comes as a built-in template directive and is used for building new templates in the applications for every item. So, the Angular developers can rather use ‘trackBy’ directive every time they use ngFor. So, instead of rendering the complete DOM tree, ‘trackBy’ will help in creating customized and unique identifiers for every item.
Utilizing the most powerful accessibility tool- Angular CLI
Angular Command-Line Interface (CLI) already follows all the standard practices during Angular app development. It eases out the development process. It helps to test, debug, maintain, and deploy the applications. So, the developers should use it for developing an initial-level structure for the Angular app. They must use Angular CLI for the generation of new modules, directives, services, components, pipes, classes, etc. while creating any files and folders, instead of doing it manually. The usage of this interface decreases JavaScript fatigue and complexity.
Here is a detailed blog on other vital tools used in Angular for creating an outstanding application.

A Few Other Recommended Practices

  • Naming Conventions for readability and maintainability
  • Maintaining the folder structure properly
  • Utilizing service workers for ensuring that the apps become highly responsive
  • Isolating all the API hacks in one place
  • Breaking down the larger components into multiple smaller components
  • Ensuring proper documentation of code, every variable, and the methods used
  • Using state management libraries for managing state transitions
In our upcoming blog, we will explain these practices in detail and also include some more tips and practices that all the Angular development services should follow. Also, here is our blog on the “Potential mistakes that developers must avoid during Angular development!”

Key Takeaways:

For designing a comprehensive application that becomes lucrative as well as popular, it is essential to implement the best developmental methods. So here, we have mentioned some of these methods which are tried and tested by the experienced Angular developers who have worked on versatile projects for years. Every Angular/Angular JS app development company should consider these tips and train their developers beforehand to refrain from any major mistakes in the projects.
With this, we come to the end!
We hope this blog was an insightful read for you and the practices mentioned here will make your Angular app development quite simpler and interesting.
If you have any such practices to share with us, do comment below.
We would like to hear about your experiences too!