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Re: ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps

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Post by roryisok » Sun, Apr 09, 2017, 8:36 PM UTC

Can_Not wrote: post #120

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I've heard react native is not very performant because it essentially operates through a webview?

You heard the opposite of reality. Here are the key facts: - React Native is faster than apps using a webview because it uses native UI components for their OS targets (e.g. Android and iOS). They also look more native. - React Native runs the JS code in a separate thread from the native UI components rendering. Webview apps will use the same thread for their app code and the DOM rendering.

Ok, that makes more sense

Re: ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps

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Post by i336_ » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 11:35 AM UTC

gfody wrote: post #104

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No, latest version for Win7.

ah, yeah that hasn't changed. I've been using Skype preview on Win10 and it's very nice. It's very much a native desktop app - certainly it's the successor to the old Delphi client.

Wow, they finally rewrote it.

Re: ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps

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Post by zura » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 2:25 PM UTC

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There are several React Native web players. One is used in their documentation site.

Is that really comparable though? You use that when you want to demo React Native on the web. This means you can actually code for both platforms.

Right, AFAIK none of the available players are advertised as official ways to run apps in production.

Re: ReactXP – A library for building cross-platform apps

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Post by cryptarch » Mon, Apr 10, 2017, 7:05 PM UTC

robertmwm1 wrote: post #68

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I wouldn't recommend Forms, I worked with it for about 4-5 months full time last summer and it was unstable and unperformant.

Last summer was a long time ago in Xamarin world. Works pretty well now.

Maybe it was Visual Studio Community that was making it worse, that thing was unstable as hell as well. So much time spent fixing project files...