[MrAwesomeSauce]

Co-author of the book here.

We're writing it so that new newcomers to React can still pick up the fundamentals of the API while learning React Native at the same time. However, the content is geared towards developers who have at least a basic understanding of JavaScript, so you may need to pick up some of the core concepts of the language first before purchasing a book like this.

With that being said, our first chapter is free and goes through building a stand-alone app from start to finish. You can definitely give that a shot first if you're still unsure :)

[russtrpkovski]

Thanks. Would Fullstack React book be a more appropriate starting point?

[MrAwesomeSauce]

That's definitely up to you. The second chapter of this book shares a lot of the fundamentals in one of the earlier chapters in Fullstack React on core concepts of the React API. However if you feel like you would benefit from learning how to build web applications with React first - that can definitely be a better starting point. Otherwise if you're considering building iOS/Android apps with RN without much prior experience with React, this book will be just fine as we don't expect our readers to be proficient with React :)