React Native
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Pain points of UX experiment today
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Client side UX experiment is slow
- Requires app update even for small changes.
- Cost of release process eats away benefit if app is released too frequently.
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Expensive to conduct experiment on two platforms
- UX development on Android and iOS is completely different.
- Have to choose one platform at the expense of coverage due to resource constraint.
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Lack of control after experiment payload is distributed
- Not all users will update app on regular basis.
- Problem introduced in experiment cannot be quickly fixed.
- Cannot pause an active experiment.
React Native
- Cross platform
- Everything in JavaScript
- All about UI
- Not a Webview
- Apply to an existing App
- Productivity
- Open-Source
- Node.js eco-system
Why React Native?
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Cross platform
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Expensive to conduct experiment on two platforms
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Productivity
- Modularity, less code
- Hot reloading
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Flexible deployment mechanism
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Client side UX experiment is slow Lack of control after experiment payload is distributed
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Backed by Facebook and big dev community
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Skype is using React Native to build next generation experience with Cortana integrated.
- Opportunity to leverage work from Skype
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Skype is using React Native to build next generation experience with Cortana integrated.
Architecture
Engineering Process
- CortanaReactNative Repo is independently clone into CoA / CoI repo.
- Develop independently
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Packaged into ipa / apk in build time
- CortanaReactNative modules
- Image assets
- JS Bundle
Development
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