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Dev tools · December 6, 2015

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My temporary email app I built in react-native in two weeks on the bus

Hi HN. I am not new to programming but very new to react-native. I thought I would share my first react-native application ever with HN for your comments. I have a day job as an enterprise developer and every day for 2 weeks I worked on my 60 minute bus ride in to work on this application from the front end to the back end. The biggest challenge was my relative inexperience with mobile development and my lack of design / ux creativity. The Android Play store submission was really easy however the Apple App Store submission took about 3 versions before it was accepted. Link to app on…

My temporary email app I built in react-native in two weeks on the bus launched on December 6, 2015 with 10 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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My Temporary Email App is a mobile application built with React Native that provides temporary email functionality. It allows users to create disposable email addresses on both iOS and Android platforms. The app was developed by an enterprise developer over two weeks during commute time, representing their first React Native project. It demonstrates full-stack mobile development from frontend to backend implementation.

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Hi HN. I am not new to programming but very new to react-native. I thought I would share my first react-native application ever with HN for your comments. I have a day job as an enterprise developer and every day for 2 weeks I worked on my 60 minute bus ride in to work on this application from the front end to the…

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