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title: Learning Resources
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## Apps

[Gesture Handler Example App](https://github.com/kmagiera/react-native-gesture-handler/blob/master/Example) – official gesture handler "showcase" app.

[Gesture Handler Example on Expo](https://exp.host/@osdnk/gesturehandlerexample) – the official app you can install and play with using [Expo](https://expo.io).

## Talks and workshops

[Declarative future of gestures and animations in React Native](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdq4z2708VM) by by [Krzysztof Magiera](https://twitter.com/kzzzf) - talk that explains motivation behind creating gesture handler library. It also presents [react-native-reanimated](https://github.com/kmagiera/react-native-reanimated) and how and when it can be used with gesture handler.

[React Native workshop with Expo team @ReactEurope 2018](https://youtu.be/JSIoE_ReeDk?t=41m49s) by [Brent Vetne](https://twitter.com/notbrent) – great workshop explaining gesture handler in details and presenting a few exercises that will help get you started.

[Living in an async world of React Native](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Izgons3mec) by [Krzysztof Magiera](https://twitter.com/kzzzf) – talk which highlights some issue with the React Native's touch system Gesture Handler aims to address. Also the motivation for building this library is explained.

[React Native Touch & Gesture](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8maYc4R2G0) by [Krzysztof Magiera](https://twitter.com/kzzzf) - talk explaining JS responder system limitations and points out some of the core features of Gesture Handler.