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thecodingmachine/react-native-boilerplate

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TLDR

A pre-configured starter template for React Native apps that separates visual and business logic layers, so you skip setup decisions and start building features immediately.

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  root((react-native-boilerplate))
    What it does
      Starter template
      One command setup
      Architecture included
    Tech Stack
      React Native
      TypeScript
      JavaScript
    Use Cases
      iOS app
      Android app
      Team projects
    Audience
      Mobile devs
      Agencies
      New teams
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Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Start a new iOS and Android mobile app with a clean architecture already in place.

USE CASE 2

Use the pre-wired project structure to keep your UI and business logic separated as your team grows.

USE CASE 3

Generate a new React Native project in one command with folder structure and conventions ready.

Tech stack

React NativeTypeScriptJavaScriptNode.js

Getting it running

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 30min

Requires a Mac with Xcode for iOS builds, Node 18 or higher is required.

Use freely for any purpose, including commercial projects, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

This repository is a starter template for building mobile applications with React Native, a framework that lets developers write one codebase and deploy it as both an iOS and Android app. Rather than building a new project from scratch and making dozens of structural decisions before writing a single screen, you can use this boilerplate as a pre-configured starting point. The template is set up around a particular approach to organizing code: it separates the visual layer (what the user sees) from the business logic (what the app actually does). This separation is intended to keep the codebase easier to understand and modify as the project grows. The project supports both JavaScript and TypeScript, so you can choose whichever language your team prefers. Getting started takes a single command. You run a standard React Native project creation command and point it at this template, and you get a new project already wired up with the folder structure and conventions the boilerplate establishes. From there you start the development server and run the app on a simulator or a connected device. Building for iOS requires a Mac with Xcode installed. Android development can be done on Mac, Windows, or Linux. Node 18 or higher is required for the development tooling. The project is maintained by TheCodingMachine, a web and mobile agency based in France. It is released under the MIT license, meaning anyone can use it freely including in commercial projects. Full documentation is hosted separately and covers the architecture decisions and how to work within the structure the boilerplate sets up.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Using the TheCodingMachine react-native-boilerplate structure, help me add a new screen with its own business logic separated from the UI layer.
Prompt 2
How do I add authentication to a React Native project scaffolded from TheCodingMachine's boilerplate while keeping the separation of concerns it establishes?
Prompt 3
I just cloned the TheCodingMachine react-native-boilerplate. Walk me through the folder structure and explain what goes where.
Prompt 4
Help me convert the JavaScript files in my react-native-boilerplate project to TypeScript step by step.
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