Building Expo apps without code with Draftbit
summary
Draftbit offers a visual editor that generates real Expo projects you can export with assets, theme variables and React Native code; the stack uses ReasonML, WebAssembly + Yoga for the phone preview and GraphQL + Postgres for data. The team builds real apps (an Instagram clone and Airbnb clone) to test layouts, samples 45,000 user actions, and adds screen templates so a login screen need not take 4.5 hours. Upcoming: actions for push/calendar and a bring‑your‑own‑GraphQL flow that generates Apollo wiring automatically.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction and speaker background
- 3:02From Expo first user to Draftbit
- 12:55What is Draftbit and its purpose
- 17:36Visual editor demo and workflow
- 20:48Tech stack and development speed
- 23:59Theming and collaboration features
- 25:44Screen templates and automation
- 28:33Call to action and closing
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