It's been far too long that I've been saying to myself: "Brooks you really should give React Native a try". So I've whipped up a quick 'how-to' article from my first foray into React Native. In this tutorial, we will create a new React Native project, integrate Redux and deploy on Android and iOS. To keep this first project simple we'll be remaking the Redux counter example.

Getting Started

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