Are there any open source projects considered a gold standard?
Any great books/courses/videos?
What were your pitfalls when learning React Native?
The best to learn React Native is by developing mobile Apps using react native. React Native documentations is the best resource to start Learning and getting reference. Keep in mind please before Learning React Native consider getting a good insight into 1- JavaScript and Advance JavaScript ES6 2- React Js and Redux 3- API Data Consuming following is cool website for React Native resources https://reactnativeexample.com/
Tiaan
The awesome-react-native repo should be a good starting point for resources.