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Now that the example app is done, let's learn more about the technologies we used to build it.

Build your project into an app

To start creating a new app, you can either:

• Get started at expo.new which automatically configures a project with file-based routing and the required setup for EAS Build and EAS Update.
• Or, start locally on your machine and use npx create-expo-app@latest and set up your development environment sequentially.

Recommended resources

Once you've created your new project, you can learn more about different tools and concepts that will help you on your app development journey:

• Development tools: A reference of Expo tools that will help you during various aspects of your app-building journey.
• Development builds: Using a development build allows you to gain full control over your app's build process, and to test your app on a device or simulator.
• Development overview: This is a high-level overview that provides details on key concepts for developing an app with Expo and the flow of core development loop.
• Expo Router: We went through basics of Expo Router and implemented a tab navigator. See its documentation to learn more about the library.
• App icon and splash screen: You can learn more about customizing your app icon and splash screen guides. Also, look through the app config reference for properties you can configure in the app.json file.
• App distribution and submission to app stores: Read these resources to learn more about how to release and submit your app to app stores once it's ready to ship.
• Debugging: Sometimes things go wrong, and when they do, you can use debugging tools to find and fix errors.

Learning

React

We used React components and APIs. Having a solid understanding of React is essential to using Expo to build your app. We recommend reading the React documentation's Quick Start section and the Hooks section.

React Native

While developing the tutorial app, we used React Native extensively. You can start from the React Native basics guide to learn more. Also, check out the following docs:

• View API reference
• Text API reference
• Platform specific code
• Presenting data in a list

We used Flexbox to layout our components. Check out the following recommendations to learn more about it:

• Height and Width
• Layout with Flexbox

Gestures and animations

To learn more about implementing different types of gestures and animations, we recommend the following documentation:

• React Native Gesture Handler
• React Native Reanimated

Join the community

Join our community on Discord to chat with other Expo users or to ask questions.