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⌚️  Timestamps ⌚️
00:00 Intro  
00:37 Valdi Overview  
02:03 Disclaimer  
02:36 How Valdi Works?  
03:36 Valdi DX  
04:01 Feature Highlights  
06:26 Development Setup  
07:37 Creating a Valdi Project  
09:10 Running the Hot Reloader  
10:28 Updating App.tsx  
12:29 Creating a Valdi Component  
15:49 Valid Props  
17:29 If Statements  
19:52 Recap

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Snap (the company behind Snapchat) has released Valdi, a cross-platform UI framework that compiles declarative TypeScript components directly to native views on iOS, Android, and macOS — no web views or JavaScript bridges. Valdi has been used internally at Snapchat for eight years and is now in public beta. Key features include automatic view recycling, independent component re-rendering, a C++ layout engine, viewport-aware rendering, built-in animations, gesture recognition, worker threads, and a built-in testing framework. A React Native developer walks through getting started with Valdi, bootstrapping a project, hot reloading, creating components, and styling with Yoga. The setup process has rough edges — slow initial builds, cryptic errors, and some Android NDK issues — but overall the framework feels solid. The conclusion is that React Native with Expo remains the production-ready choice, but Valdi is a promising beta worth watching.

I Tried Snap’s Valdi – Is It Better Than React Native?