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Opensource Documentation—Tales from React and React Native

Talkat React Finland 2021 · 2021-08-30..09-03· [open-source, developer-experience]
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React Native documentation reboot (2019–2020) updates API references, adds interactive sandboxes and literal context switchers to handle learners with diverse backgrounds, and makes doc updates part of the release process while enlisting community specialists and illustrations. Surveys show 70% of React Native developers lean on React docs, 10% start with no development experience and 24% have no web background. The effort yields tangible results: site ratings show a 70% increase and alpha users are three times more likely to recommend the new docs.

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  1. 0:00Start
  2. 1:22Docs are a lot of work!
  3. 2:01Documentation does a lot of work
  4. 12:45Grow your core!
  5. 13:54Use out of the box docs solutions!
  6. 14:06Follow through!
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