Re.Pack - bringing Webpack to React Native | React Universe On Air #7

The 7th episode of React Universe On Air (formerly known as The React Native Show) is 100% focused on Re.Pack (https://github.com/callstack/repack) - an Open Source, Webpack-based toolkit to build React Native apps with the full support of the Webpack ecosystem. This time Mike Grabowski’s (  / grabbou  ) guest is Paweł Trysła aka. Zamotany (  / _zamotany  , a software engineer at Callstack (  / callstackio  ) and the lead engineer at Re.Pack. Join them as they give insights into the brand new toolkit! In the first part, our experts introduce Re.Pack talking about its origins, explaining how it works and why Re.Pack replaced its predecessor - Haul. They address the following topics: What is Re.Pack and how does it work? What do we need a bundler for, in the context of React Native development? What is the biggest selling point of Re.Pack that will make developers use it over Metro, the default bundler? What was the reason for building Re.Pack and replacing Haul with it? What makes Re.Pack such a good toolkit? Later on, Mike and Paweł talk about use cases and the benefits of using Re.Pack answering the following questions: Which Webpack 5 features can developers use with the help of Re.Pack? What are the scenarios that make using Re.Pack a no-brainer? How can modular apps, super-apps and mini-apps benefit from Re.Pack? What can we achieve with Re.Pack and Module Federation? What’s the difference between CodePush and dynamic delivery done with Re.Pack? Single and multiple bridges in Re.Pack. At the end, Paweł explains how to get started with Re.Pack, reveals the current status of the toolkit and the plans for the near future. Github issue mentioned by Mike: https://github.com/facebook/react-nat... Don’t forget to push the Subscribe button and share this video on your social media. More episodes are coming soon! No time to watch the video? Listen to our podcast on your favorite podcast platform: SoundCloud:   / the-react-native-show-podcast-episode-7-re...   Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0fhJ... Read more about Re.Pack and code splitting: https://callstack.com/blog/code-split... Check out more episodes of The React Native Show! https://callstack.com/podcast-react-n... Callstack is looking for Senior React Native developers! Read about the details and apply here: https://callstack.com/senior-react-na... #Webpack​ #ReactNative​ #ReactJS​ #JavaScript #CodeSplitting​ #softwaredevelopment​ #programming​ #Callstack​ #TheReactNativeShow 00:00 Introduction 01:34 Re.Pack introduction 02:40 Use of bundler in React Native mobile development 04:30 The biggest selling point of Re.Pack 07:01 The reason for replacing Haul with Re.Pack 09:20 Benefits of Re.Pack 12:10 Webpack 5 features supported by Re.Pack 14:06 Re.Pack - use cases 17:00 How can modular apps, super-aps and mini-apps benefit from Re.Pack? 21:00 Re.Pack and Module Federation 25:11 Difference between CodePush and dynamic delivery done with Re.Pack 29:00 Single and multiple bridges in Re.Pack 35:00 How to start with Re.Pack and future plans