Welcome to the sixth edition! This week is packed with major releases. We’re looking at the evolution of gesture handling in React Native, the official arrival of ESLint v10, and a clever way to make your website more accessible to the AI agents crawling the web. Let’s dive in.

📰 Article

Building high-quality UIs with Expo and NativeWind

Learn how to skip the Figma-to-code friction by designing directly in code. This guide covers reusable components, theming with NativeWind variables, and leveraging Reanimated for polished mobile UIs.

By Thomino

react-native • expo

📰 Article

How to modernize mobile retail apps with Expo

A deep dive into how bitglow modernized the DEPOT app, cutting upgrade times by 80% and skyrocketing performance scores from 36 to 90 using Expo Prebuild and a unified codebase.

By Jonathan Bones

react-native • expo

📰 Article

Making agent-friendly pages with content negotiation - Vercel

Vercel explores using the HTTP Accept header to serve optimized Markdown to AI agents. This approach reduces payloads by up to 99% compared to traditional HTML, making your site 'AI-ready.'

By Vercel Team

📢 News

Introducing Gesture Handler 3.0: Hook-Based API, Deeper Reanimated Integration & More

A major leap for React Native's premier gesture library, featuring a new hook-based API compatible with the React Compiler and direct SharedValue support to eliminate unnecessary re-renders.

By Jakub Piasecki

react-native

📢 News

ESLint v10.0.0 released - ESLint - Pluggable JavaScript Linter

ESLint hits a massive milestone with v10.0.0. This release officially removes the legacy eslintrc system in favor of Flat Config, adds JSX reference tracking, and drops support for older Node.js versions.

By Nicholas C. Zakas