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Day 25: Thanks and Shoutouts 🎄 Merry Christmas to everyone reading! 🎄 This concludes the Advent of #ReactNative! Huge thanks to the community for keeping this ecosystem alive. I'd like to take a moment to thank the following folks:

hassankhan@hassankhan.me

Day 24: Styling in #ReactNative We’re all familiar with the built-in StyleSheet API, but its simplicity leaves large gaps for improvement, and thankfully over the years many such solutions have sprung up. Today I’ll go over some of the more popular ones.

@danabra.mov: Your React and Redux courses on @egghead.io taught me so much, I wouldn’t be where I am without them.

egghead.ioExpert led courses for front-end web developers.expert led courses for front-end web developers and teams that want to level up through straightforward and concise lessons on the most useful tools available.

@hailey.at, @samuel.bsky.team: Your work on @bsky.app has been awesome to watch in real-time, thanks for keeping the sauce open for React Native nerds like me.

@notbrent.dev, @ccheever.com: Keeping the momentum going with @expo.dev; its an absolute joy to use all through 2024.

@bacon.bsky.social: Expo Router aside, all the config plugins you've written are incredibly helpful

lovegaoshi (github.com/lovegaoshi): Kept react-native-track-player alive and pushed hard to get fixes for Android into React Native 0.76.2

github.comlovegaoshi - Overview管人痴. lovegaoshi has 35 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

@tsapeta.dev, @kudochien.bsky.social: For reviewing and merging all the macOS PRs I sent to @expo.dev

@cedric.dev: Making an out-of-tree platform prebuild and config plugin example repo public: github.com/byCedric/cus...

github.comGitHub - byCedric/custom-prebuild-example: Demonstration of out-of-tree platforms for Expo Prebuild and Config PluginsDemonstration of out-of-tree platforms for Expo Prebuild and Config Plugins - byCedric/custom-prebuild-example

@shirakaba.bsky.social: A trailblazer in all things React Native Desktop; thanks for all the code and knowledge you've shared this past year, its been immensely helpful.

@wcandillon.bsky.social: For being the Bob Ross of React Native and animations; I've mentioned it before, his YouTube channel is a goldmine.

matt-oakes (github.com/matt-oakes): For making github.com/matt-oakes/r..., its saved me so much time debugging Redux on React Native

github.commatt-oakes - Overviewmatt-oakes has 145 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.

@callstack.com: For making incredibly detailed React Native eBooks, and for making them absolutely free of charge to download. Go get your copy of www.callstack.com/ebook/the-ul... now!

callstack.comUltimate Guide to React Native Optimization 2024 | {callstack}All you need to know about React Native optimization in one place. Download your copy of the Ultimate Guide to React Native Optimization

@margelo.com: From react-native-mmkv to Nitro Modules, these peeps are always pushing the boundaries of possibility with React Native. Thanks for maintaining those projects, looking forward to seeing what you get up to in 2025!

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@infinite.red: For being amazing community stewards and keeping everyone up-to-date with their conferences, newsletters, podcasts and streams. If you want a finger on the pulse of React Native, give them a follow.

@douglowder.bsky.social and @kraenhansen.dk: For providing corrections to my posts when necessary 😀

Not really React Native related, but @rogueamoeba.bsky.social this year were incredibly helpful when I had some CoreAudio/AVFoundation-related questions, so a huge thank you to them

That's all from me this year in this series of skeets, thank you all for reading along, liking and commenting and apologies if I missed anyone. I hope everyone's having an extremely merry Christmas, and I wish you all an exceptional 2025 🎉