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Getting started with React native

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It's been a long time since i have posted anything in this blog. I have been trying react-native for the last 3 months. And it's been a wonderful experience. From a Angular background it seemed difficult to adopt react initially. Once i got it, it seems very easy and interesting. About the performance of RN is just awesome. I am using Windows 10 Android Installation Installation is pretty simple. There are two ways to create an application, using expo-cli and react-native-cli. I prefer the second one. It seems like a little complex but when developing large application it's the best way to start. Setup As a prerequisite we need to install nodeJS, Python, JDK and need to setup Android. We need to install react-native-cli globally for creating and running the project npm install -g react-native-cli Running Once you install the cli we can create the application. react-native init firstProject After creating the application we can move into the application

Bitcoin mining - a rookie experience

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Happy New Year It's my first blog post in year 2018 and it's a new technology. So it's crypto currency time. Wherever we look it's bitcoin and altcoins. After some thought i decided to try the blockchain. Just like any other technologies i used in the past, i decided to go for something small and easy one. Mining. Before understanding anything about blockchain, i tried mining. Yes I know it's not profitable one. but decided to go for it just to have some beginning. Mining So everywhere i looked for mining, it's always high-end GPU/ASIC. I don't have a decent CPU with me. And it says CPU mining is not profitable. Okay. I agree. And i still went for CPU mining. Just because i would like to start taste the bitcoin. Wallet So  we need some wallet for keeping my precious currency. Am from India and i found ZepPay  . It's a mobile based online wallet. Oh, so there is online and offline wallet. Do i need to go for offline wallet which is mor