Structuring Large-Scale, Multi-Platform Projects

I wholeheartedly believe that the structure of a software project is one of the key factors in deciding success or failure. This includes the application architecture, as well as the development process and the whole project organization.

The bigger the project is, the more developers that work on the project, and the longer a project runs, the more important it is to have a good project structure. But small projects can also fail because of a bad structure. So, most of this chapter is also applicable to smaller projects.

The project structure is especially important when using React Native to develop an application for multiple platforms, not only for iOS and Android. Different platforms have different needs and bring different user expectations. The best example to showcase this is the difference between iOS and Android and the web.

As already mentioned in Chapter 4, Styling, Storage, and Navigation in React Native, the concept...