Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by arasmussen » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 1:03 AM UTC

Introducing React Native [video]
youtube.com

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by jessep » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 3:48 AM UTC

Here's the moment in the video where it's announced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVZ-P-ZI6W4#t=1341

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by solarexplorer » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:09 AM UTC

Am I getting this right: they use something like Display Postscript[1] instead of the virtual DOM? Are we back in the 80ties?

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_PostScript

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by jdub » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:11 AM UTC

solarexplorer wrote: post #3

Am I getting this right: they use something like Display Postscript[1] instead of the virtual DOM? Are we back in the 80ties? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Display_PostScript

No, React Native translates a declarative API into imperative calls. Just like React does in the browser (after going through the Virtual DOM as, essentially, an optimisation).

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by Touche » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:12 AM UTC

If I'm one of Reacts competitors I'm ecstatic that they're abandoning the web. It reminds me of when Angular wastes energy on angular.dart because of a Google mandate. Didn't help them much.

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by stanzheng » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:13 AM UTC

From the video, Facebook mentions that they are using the React native for the Facebook iOS groups application. Theres a live demo to demonstrate. Video starts at 24:05.

[1] http://youtu.be/KVZ-P-ZI6W4?t=24m5s [2] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/facebook-groups/id931735837?...

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by nkozyra » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:13 AM UTC

Touche wrote: post #5

If I'm one of Reacts competitors I'm ecstatic that they're abandoning the web. It reminds me of when Angular wastes energy on angular.dart because of a Google mandate. Didn't help them much.

Where was the web abandoned?

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by slashnull » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:15 AM UTC

Sorry, dumb question, don't feel like watching the video:

What platforms are targetted? Out of, say, iOS, Android, Linux/X11 desktop, Windows desktop, WinRT, OSX?

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by Touche » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:16 AM UTC

nkozyra wrote: post #7

Touche wrote: post #5

If I'm one of Reacts competitors I'm ecstatic that they're abandoning the web. It reminds me of when Angular wastes energy on angular.dart because of a Google mandate. Didn't help them much.

Where was the web abandoned?

React is no longer a web library, so today.

Re: Introducing React Native [video]

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Post by kenrose » Thu, Jan 29, 2015, 4:16 AM UTC

slashnull wrote: post #8

Sorry, dumb question, don't feel like watching the video: What platforms are targetted? Out of, say, iOS, Android, Linux/X11 desktop, Windows desktop, WinRT, OSX?

iOS and Android.