I don't *want* to use React Native

React Native doesn't build the best apps, but I would choose it over building 2 apps with Swift/Kotlin for iOS/Android store.

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[james]

I don't want to use React Native(as a millionaire)

[theTweak]

"There are some developers out there that will write you an app in assembly and it just comes out slower than a python interpreter"

[Manivelarino]

I feel like developer experience is severely underrated. The power of having a single codebase way outweights any performance or size costs you add imo. Especially in 2020 when everyone is dropping support for any device more than 10 years old.

[indycinema]

"It's the way things are, life sucks" - New React Native Slogan.

[bapple]

I think that native development should be done just to know what react native is abstracting, but I feel like in a year react native will be able to create apps that can contend with native development

[hououinkyouma]

I just recently built my first app in React Native and this video makes me very happy

[linusjoensson]

One of the better 30 second intros I´ve seen on Youtube. Well done.

[lxghtless]

I’m a WET programmer. It’s so much easier.

[MarvinTurner]

What I’ve been hearing that interests me is companies making apps that are native but utilize React Native for specific views (like a profile view, or a view that fetches and displays rows of data).

I believe I read that Airbnb is one of the proponents of this approach.

[ReadTheCommentFirst]

Probably worth revisiting now that Flutter for web is production ready.

[NeekOW]

4:11 this totally opened my eyes to why I absolutely need to use React and React Native for my personal project. This alone saves so much time and work for solo devs.

[TheGains]

As a flutter dev I have to say that the code sharing between native apps and web is actually very easy now. Flutter web is still in beta so it has some quirks that you have to account for but for the most part it's a very smooth experience between mobile and web (I would argue that more so than with react native and web). Obviously for companies it's much easier to find react devs and put them to work with react native with very small amount of time needed for adjustment which is probably react native's biggest asset right now compared to competition.

[dataluchs]

thanks for that, I share your opinion, I think many developers are also just missing the business side of code and digital tech in general - just beeing able to move to the market faster with a smaller team and a shared codebase enables organizations to stay more flexible, especially in highly uncertain market environments, which is a huge benefit for me from a business innovation and transformation perspective.

[rohankapur]

Honestly I prefer Flutter over React Native but I see why people choose RN.

[eunicebeji]

You just made my day better Ben !
Love from Nigeria.

[bru]

The first part gave me enough motivation to continue watching.

[paulkre]

I just found this channel and it’s my favorite now.

[Proloyable]

I 100% agree. It is not about native vs hybrid or kotlin/swift vs react native/flutter it is about having a common standard for a common app. And after all this time we still do not have that that's what crazy.

[casualcomputing]

If you do Flutter you can make the website in the time you saved using Flutter. I have made two production apps using RN, and am now about halfway in my first Flutter app. My impression so far is that if developing an app natively for iOS and Android is 2, then React Native is about 1.5. Flutter feels more like 0.8 so far.

As long as you develop CRUD apps with mostly just forms and standard widgets you'll probably be OK with either, but when it is time for slippy maps and video playback I had serious headaches with RN, especially on the Android side.

[davidbasil]

This guy looks like he's always smiling or about to laugh