React Native
Sergey Smyshlyaev / @sesm_
About me
1 year experience with React, big project from scratch
1 mo experience with React Native, joined existing project
For cutting edge tech it still counts as experience :)
Show of hands
React
ES6
Flexbox
Show of hands
Cordova/Phonegap/Ionic
Xamarin/RoboVM/other hybrid
Native iOS
Native Android
WebView
+ can use all the libs
- non-native look and feel
- gesture handling
- limited use of HW acceleration
- too much work for one JS thread
Scripting native
+ can use native widgets, APIs, gestures, etc
+ animation runs in native code
- challenging (see further)
Scripting native is hard
Sync calls between native and JS will block native execution, so need to run JS in separate thread
but...
- resource contention (i.e. accessing native element props), need to block
- calls between JS and native are costly.
React offers async rendering model, that solves both problems!
Architecture
JS thread: component lifecycle, JS libs
Bridge
Native UI thread: layout, animation, native component rendering
Native auxilary threads: image decoding, native API
Sharing experience, not code
Layout system is subset of web, but FlexBox only.
Styling similar to inline styles.
Running the same React as in web, using JSX for views.
Use React ecosystem (Redux with all middleware, etc).
Use JS libs, that are not browser or node.js specific.
Development experience
Actually pretty good!
[here comes the demo]
State of React Native
Needs community outside of FB
Become a contributor, low hangings fruits are waiting
Resources
React
React Native
Thanks!
Contact me (Qs about React/React Native welcome)
Twitter: @sesm_
E-mail: sergey.smyshlyaev@gmail.com
Telegram: @sergey_smyshlyaev
VK: vk.com/id115992
Questions?
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