A React Native app for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

This will be a simple app that allows the user to complete CBT journal entries.

The first version will not persist state in any way. All state will be held in memory.

Why this app?

1. Mental health is extremelly important. Global events over the past few years have highlighted that many of us don't know how to take care of it.
2. I wanted to learn React Native.
3. I've been a data analyst/data scientist for over 10 years. I've always gravitated towards engineering and am a "builder of things" at heart. It's time for a change!

The current state of the app

Warning: It ain't pretty!

Create a journal entry

Basic error handling when creating a journal entry

Edit a journal entry

Delete a journal entry

Disclaimers

I'm an Android user with a Windows laptop running Ubuntu on WSL2. I haven't tested this on an iPhone.

Prerequisites

• Android Studio
• Node.js
• npm

How to run this app on your computer

1. In the root of this repository, issue npm install
2. Start your Android Virtual Device (AVD).
3. Run npm run android

The app should soon appear on your AVD.

Next steps

• It's time to refactor some code!
  • EditEntryScreen and CreateEntryScreen share a lot of common code. I'll extract the common functionality into a separate component.
  • The StackNavigator in App.js contains some complex logic to create and handle events related to the edit and delete icons. I'll do some research to see how others have extracted logic from their navigators to make App.js cleaner.
  • I might create a theme context and wrap the app in a theme provider component.
• Make the app prettier!
• Persist app state in local storage.