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Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by peterhunt » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:14 PM UTC

GantMan wrote: post #23

rpedela wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Using require instead of module imports shows me that this product is going to have trouble keeping pace with FB, Babel, ECMA speeds. What does that mean?

Facebook releases so fast. So when something is brand new and it's already not using the latest, I feel afraid. The example project doesn't use the import syntax, it's using require, and feels like it's coming from ECMA5 in a brand new video. I just worry, can they keep up? Facebook releases breaking changes often so it's a valid concern.

Facebook, as well as most of the code out there, is still using CommonJS, since there are very real issues with ES6 modules that are still unresolved[1]

[1] https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/692443162804092928

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by marknutter » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:15 PM UTC

I apologize that this comment is slightly off topic but does it worry anybody else that people are putting so many of their eggs in the React basket? Considering how fickle the world of front-end libraries can be..

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by daverecycles » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC

skrowl wrote: post #30

The screenshots seem to indicate full Apple walled garden. Will this work on Windows?

Currently OS X only, but we built it to be cross platform so keep an eye out for Windows version.

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by daverecycles » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:16 PM UTC

idle_zealot wrote: post #29

I couldn't find anything about supported platforms on the site. Will this target Linux, or just OSX?

We built Deco to be cross platform so we will be able to support Linux in the future. Currently OS X only.

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by epberry » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:24 PM UTC

So I just started developing a react native Android app and a react desktop app in electron and it's actually been a very rewarding experience so far. Some thoughts I have on this:

1. I'd be interested to see the Android emulator and live reload in Deco. I'm using Genymotion and the live reload seems to work about half the time (as in I usually have to save the file twice to see my changes). It also sometimes can't connect to Chrome devtools. At some point I'll dive into webpack, genymotion, watchman, and devtools to see if I can fix these things but it'd be nice to have everything work smoothly out of the box.

2. Speaking of devtools, devtools! I could imagine some really nice UI that wraps devtools directly into Deco but I didn't see that in the video (admittedly I skipped around a little).

3. I love the built in styling bar. Right now styling for me involves having a color palette tab, a CSS reference, and an HTML/React native UI components reference tab open.

4. I have one more problem that could probably be solved with a 10 minute investment on my part: react with electron and react native require different nodejs versions. React native needs at least v4.0 and I believe electron only works with 0.12.9 and below. Currently I switch between them using "n". I suppose this problem is unique to my situation but this is also the kind of thing an IDE could handle with project settings.

Well this kind of devolved into me listing my pain points with React but I'm excited to try this editor and I just signed up for the waitlist!

EDIT: clarification on point #4

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by niftylettuce » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:30 PM UTC

As a HEAVILY involved React Native developer, I am strongly suggesting you to NOT use Deco Software. It's pointless. Get Vim or Atom editor if you want to build a React Native app. There are CLI tools anyways to make your life easier. Your hardest battle will be you needing to afford a new computer to be able to run both the iOS simulator and Android simulator (or Genymotion) all at the same time. HMR reloading is already in RN v0.18+ I believe. I'm on 0.20 and it's AWESOME. We even have pull to refresh in now. The RN docs are FINE. Don't use this IDE. Again, don't use it!!! You're better off learning on your own with GitHub. The environment changes so much, because its so new, and things break all the time, that you'll be left in the dust because of this IDE. Just look at my GitHub activity feed to see all the issues that spring up, not to mention all the ones I don't bother documenting because I want to keep moving so fast.

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by niftylettuce » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:33 PM UTC

This thing is a joke. Just learn to code dude.

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by niftylettuce » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:34 PM UTC

leesalminen wrote: post #10

I'm very excited to try this out. We've built one (very simple) React Native application so far and felt like the build chain could use some improvements. Do you plan on supporting imports instead of require?

What do you need differently about the build chain? It's so damn simple. Just use code push if you wanted to, then you only have to build & release & submit to app store once. https://microsoft.github.io/code-push/

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by niftylettuce » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

Yet another package registry? There are tons of awesome packages for RN on GitHub and on NPM. Just use Google, GitHub, and get involved.

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

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Post by lukasm » Wed, Feb 10, 2016, 8:35 PM UTC

niftylettuce wrote: post #36

As a HEAVILY involved React Native developer, I am strongly suggesting you to NOT use Deco Software. It's pointless. Get Vim or Atom editor if you want to build a React Native app. There are CLI tools anyways to make your life easier. Your hardest battle will be you needing to afford a new computer to be able to run both the iOS simulator and Android simulator (or Genymotion) all at the same time. HMR reloading is al…

>It's pointless

No, it's not. Prototyping.