James Ide

<ReactNative.Meetup> with Expo, Amazon, Bluesky, and INTDEV · Luma There are a ton of talented React and React Native devs in Seattle. We all deserve a place to meetup, break bread, and show some code. That's what this meetup…

Fun little meetup with Bluesky, Expo, and Amazon folks! Will have some fun talks from different folks, and who can turn down free food and beer?

Best Supporting Actor/Actress: Expo. After years of supporting React Native, Expo has now teamed up with Al platforms like Replit and Bolt to allow developers (and normies) to build and ship mobile apps "without writing any code" - or at least a lot less code. Hopefully this will usher in another App Store golden age, because l've really been missing Lightsaber Unleashed and Doodle Jump.

Congrats to us for winning best supporting actor/actress in the Bytes.dev OSScars

We invite creators, developers, and companies big and small to join us in shaping a future where going from idea to app is faster and more accessible than ever.

We aim to enable a sea change of new creators, and level up experienced developers, by providing the Expo framework and EAS as the best foundation for AI-assisted creator tools to run and distribute their users' apps.

Expo's open AI strategy is to democratize app creation through many-company collaboration. For us, this is also a movement.

But we're aware the proliferation of new tools may create feelings of AI fatigue in some. Like the JS ecosystem, which had times of high growth, AI-assisted dev tools will mature. Our role in the AI ecosystem is to provide Expo & EAS as a dependable foundation for both human developers & AI agents.

@vercel.com has published docs on using their AI SDK within apps made with Expo. We've also published llms.txt to better inform AI-assisted tools like Cursor about the Expo APIs and services. You can expect more to come in this rapidly evolving space, both from other companies and from us at Expo.

Several companies already interoperate with the Expo framework to begin making this a reality. In the last few weeks, Replit, @bolt.new, Rork, a0.dev, Appacella, and Makeway.app launched AI agents that use Expo to enable creators to prompt from "idea to app store".

By including AI agents as first-class users of Expo's software and services, we'll help other companies making AI-assisted tools to swiftly adopt Expo and EAS, and ultimately make it easier for creators to deliver beautiful, universal native apps.

Also, @stackblitz.com's WebContainers have been a promising way to run Expo CLI and the dev server in the web browser, making the Expo framework more accessible to browser-using agents like OpenAI's Operator.

There is early prior art like @anthropic.com's Model Context Protocol (MCP) to define programmatic interfaces for AI agents and @biilmann.blog's writing about agent experience (AX) as an analogue to UX.

To this end, we'll expand the audience of the Expo framework and EAS to include both human developers and AI agents. We'll need to think about what it means to design CLIs & UIs for agents. For instance, topics like HCI & a11y will have analogues for AI agents, like A(gent)CI & agent accessibility.

Our open strategy is to build an app-creator ecosystem made up of many companies working on AI-assisted creator tools. Expo's main role here is to provide the best app framework for these tools to target & run the apps they create, and the best infra to build + test + deploy native apps & websites.

Like writing, where everyone writes even if they're not professional writers, many more people will build the apps they want for themselves, their friends, and their communities. Generative AI is a catalyst for this transformation, and we are positioning Expo to be near its center.

AI Strategy — Expo Expo's AI strategy is to provide the best app framework and distribution services for the AI-assisted creator tool ecosystem. Join us at Expo in enabling new creators and leveling up experienced devel...

At @expo.dev, we want to build the best framework and infrastructure for app creators.
My co-founder, @ccheever.com, has long had a guiding vision for creators to go from an idea to an app in people's hands as fast as possible. I think about this as democratizing software: expo.dev/ai/strategy

One way React Native helps engineers grow their skillset is with native modules. I’ve found many of the best developers using RN will write Kotlin/Swift and use the platform’s native UI components and APIs when needed. They still learn parts of traditional native development, but on demand.

Watch me create and deploy an Android, iOS, and web app—without writing a single line of code! Thanks to @bolt.new and @expo.dev 🚀🚀

🎥 youtu.be/iCwxkm2PkQE?...

At @expo.dev we want to build the best app framework and infra for AI developers, like the @bolt.new team who shipped “idea to app store” today. Congrats on the launch 🎉

App.js Conf is calling for speakers! This is your chance to shine ✨

🔹 Share your passion for React Native – side projects, work experience, or unique perspectives welcome!
🔹 New to speaking? We love fresh voices!
🔹 Accommodation & travel covered.

📅 CFP deadline: Feb 23
Apply here: appjs.co

Commands to export a static website that uses Next.js and deploy it to EAS Hosting

EAS's CI/CD workflow web UI

Lighthouse scores of my production website on EAS Hosting

This last week I explored what it looks like to use the new web hosting & CI/CD services from @expo.dev

Part 1, deploying static Next.js to EAS Hosting: x.com/JI/status/18...
Part 2, migrating CI/CD from GitHub Actions to EAS Workflows: x.com/JI/status/18...

Shipping to production works a charm 😊

The work from @expo.dev is pretty amazing. I feel like they should be the default choice not just for React-Native apps, but for any new app you make in general. The value proposition is just so comprehensive.

SwiftUI 🤝 Expo