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Hello, dear students.

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First of all, a warm thank you
for choosing my React native course.

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Your presence here means the world to me.

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When I first started this course,

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my focus was primarily on those using Mac
computers,

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but something wonderful happened,
so many of you, the vibrant Windows users,

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showed the interest
and eagerness to learn

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I've taken steps to ensure
that nobody feels left out.

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I'm here with you every step of the way,
and we're going to do this together.

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Now, let's address
the elephant in the room.

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React Native on Windows can be a unique
experience, but don't fear it.

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I've prepared a documentation guide
that will be attached to every video

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that might need a special
Windows instructions.

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As we journey through this course,
this guide will clear the path for you,

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making sure that you're
on the right track.

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It's going to be available in the
resources folder for every video.

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Now, I often catch myself thinking if I

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were in Steve Jobs' shoes,
I'd ensure every developer,

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no matter the computer they use,
could access all the development tools.

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But reality check, I'm not Steve Jobs.

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Some tools are unfortunately Mac-only.

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Despite this, I promise to do my best
to bridge any gaps in your learning.

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A very crucial thing I want to emphasize
is that this course is ever evolving.

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It grows and changes
based on your feedback.

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Your messages, questions,
and inputs are invaluable to me.

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In fact, they prompted me to re-record

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four sections of this course to cater
better to our Windows family.

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As we delve deeper and embark on creating

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real-world projects,
I've taken special care for our first

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significant venture,
the Social Media app project.

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This is the one that I re-recorded.

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I just wanted to do this to ensure
that Windows users gain clarity not just

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from the documentation attached on the
videos, but directly from them as well.

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I believe, especially for this first
project, that you should have a seamless

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learning experience without constantly
referring to the documentation.

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For subsequent sections,
I refined the existing videos,

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adding textual pointers,
and notes inside the videos.

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They are going to guide you on the do's

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and don'ts for Windows and how some
comments might differ on your system.

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A few quick pointers for the Windows
students would be that occasionally I'll

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mention Mac-specific tasks or
commands that you would require.

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This might be something like going
to the iOS folder in the project and doing

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something with it,
such as installing pods.

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This is something that you just shouldn't
do as a Windows user since no tools are

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going to be available to support you
and you might get unnecessary warnings.

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Therefore, please have it as a rule

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to yourself to not edit or run any
commands for iOS dedicated folder unless

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you're working on it
from a Mac OS machine.

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You also hear about Xcode.

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This tool is Mac's special friend.

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Whenever it pops up in our lessons,

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note that it's not something
you need to follow on Windows.

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Unfortunately, it's impossible to install
Xcode for Windows since it's only

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available to the Mac OS
users through the App Store.

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I know some of you might also be wondering
about testing iOS applications on Windows.

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There are workarounds for this.

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Maybe team up with a friend of yours

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who owns a macOS or keep
your focus sharp on Android.

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You'll see me run the apps on iOS mostly,
but I also will run them on Android.

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For Windows users,
your go-to will always be Android.

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I also want to mention that the main thing

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is to learn React Native and know how
to use this cross-platform framework

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to design applications that would
run both on iOS and Android.

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After you create an application
with React Native and know that you're

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ready to launch this and make it available
for the world, you might need your macOS

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machine for a bit, but you will not have
to make too many changes to your projects.

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Mostly, your projects are going
to work on macOS as well.

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If this is something that you're planning
to do, I suggest that make sure to take

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notes for yourself on what items you might
have missed out on installing and running

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for macOS steps and then
simply execute them on macOS.

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This way, you won't face any bugs and are

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going to be fully prepared to launch your
applications to the iOS world as well.

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This will be very simple edits
and it won't take you much time.

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Now, if you have any questions at all or
you're stuck on anything, first of all,

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I'd suggest you visit
the resources section.

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I received many questions and redid so
many videos to make sure that future

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students have the clarity on what
past students struggled on.

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If there's an answer you
can't find, I'm always here.

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Send me a message.

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Or with the Q&A section that this course
has, the entire student community and me

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by your side, we're set
to conquer any challenge.

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Do not ever hesitate
to reach out with questions.

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I'm pretty good with the responses.

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We stand at the starting line of an
exhilarating journey into React Native.

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There will be challenges, but with each
hurdle, there's profound learning.

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You're never alone in this.

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We, as a community, learn,
evolve, and thrive together.

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I hope that you're ready to dive in every
moment in this course inches you closer

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to become a brilliant
React Native developer.

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So let's get started.