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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs/_getting-started-linux-android.md
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<h3>Step 1: Start Metro</h3>

First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. Metro "takes in an entry file and various options, and returns a single JavaScript file that includes all your code and its dependencies."—[Metro Docs](https://facebook.github.io/metro/docs/concepts)

To start Metro, run following command inside your React Native project folder:
[**Metro**](https://facebook.github.io/metro/) is the JavaScript build tool for React Native. To start the Metro development server, run the following from your project folder:

<Tabs groupId="package-manager" queryString defaultValue={constants.defaultPackageManager} values={constants.packageManagers}>
<TabItem value="npm">
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</TabItem>
</Tabs>

> If you're familiar with web development, Metro is a lot like webpack—for React Native apps. Unlike Kotlin or Java, JavaScript isn't compiled—and neither is React Native. Bundling isn't the same as compiling, but it can help improve startup performance and translate some platform-specific JavaScript into more widely supported JavaScript.
:::note
If you're familiar with web development, Metro is similar to bundlers such as Vite and Webpack, but is designed end-to-end for React Native. For instance, Metro uses [Babel](https://babel.dev/) to transform syntax such as JSX into executable JavaScript.
:::

<h3>Step 2: Start your application</h3>

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<h3>Step 1: Start Metro</h3>

First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. Metro "takes in an entry file and various options, and returns a single JavaScript file that includes all your code and its dependencies."—[Metro Docs](https://facebook.github.io/metro/docs/concepts)

To start Metro, run following command inside your React Native project folder:
[**Metro**](https://facebook.github.io/metro/) is the JavaScript build tool for React Native. To start the Metro development server, run the following from your project folder:

<Tabs groupId="package-manager" queryString defaultValue={constants.defaultPackageManager} values={constants.packageManagers}>
<TabItem value="npm">
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</TabItem>
</Tabs>

> If you're familiar with web development, Metro is a lot like webpack—for React Native apps. Unlike Kotlin or Java, JavaScript isn't compiled—and neither is React Native. Bundling isn't the same as compiling, but it can help improve startup performance and translate some platform-specific JavaScript into more widely supported JavaScript.
:::note
If you're familiar with web development, Metro is similar to bundlers such as Vite and Webpack, but is designed end-to-end for React Native. For instance, Metro uses [Babel](https://babel.dev/) to transform syntax such as JSX into executable JavaScript.
:::

<h3>Step 2: Start your application</h3>

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### Step 1: Start Metro

First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. Metro "takes in an entry file and various options, and returns a single JavaScript file that includes all your code and its dependencies."—[Metro Docs](https://facebook.github.io/metro/docs/concepts)

To start Metro, run following command inside your React Native project folder:
[**Metro**](https://facebook.github.io/metro/) is the JavaScript build tool for React Native. To start the Metro development server, run the following from your project folder:

<Tabs groupId="package-manager" queryString defaultValue={constants.defaultPackageManager} values={constants.packageManagers}>
<TabItem value="npm">
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</TabItem>
</Tabs>

> If you're familiar with web development, Metro is a lot like webpack—for React Native apps. Unlike Swift or Objective-C, JavaScript isn't compiled—and neither is React Native. Bundling isn't the same as compiling, but it can help improve startup performance and translate some platform-specific JavaScript into more widely supported JavaScript.
:::note
If you're familiar with web development, Metro is similar to bundlers such as Vite and Webpack, but is designed end-to-end for React Native. For instance, Metro uses [Babel](https://babel.dev/) to transform syntax such as JSX into executable JavaScript.
:::

### Step 2: Start your application

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<h3>Step 1: Start Metro</h3>

First, you will need to start Metro, the JavaScript bundler that ships with React Native. Metro "takes in an entry file and various options, and returns a single JavaScript file that includes all your code and its dependencies."—[Metro Docs](https://facebook.github.io/metro/docs/concepts)

To start Metro, run following command inside your React Native project folder:
[**Metro**](https://facebook.github.io/metro/) is the JavaScript build tool for React Native. To start the Metro development server, run the following from your project folder:

<Tabs groupId="package-manager" queryString defaultValue={constants.defaultPackageManager} values={constants.packageManagers}>
<TabItem value="npm">
Expand All @@ -178,7 +176,9 @@ yarn start
</TabItem>
</Tabs>

> If you're familiar with web development, Metro is a lot like webpack—for React Native apps. Unlike Kotlin or Java, JavaScript isn't compiled—and neither is React Native. Bundling isn't the same as compiling, but it can help improve startup performance and translate some platform-specific JavaScript into more widely supported JavaScript.
:::note
If you're familiar with web development, Metro is similar to bundlers such as Vite and Webpack, but is designed end-to-end for React Native. For instance, Metro uses [Babel](https://babel.dev/) to transform syntax such as JSX into executable JavaScript.
:::

<h3>Step 2: Start your application</h3>

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