Neither of them. Qt, Xamarin, PWA, C++ with native views would be my picks.
I mean this genuinely and without offense... are you serious or joking?
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Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#32Neither of them. Qt, Xamarin, PWA, C++ with native views would be my picks.
I swear to God, a feature I'd literally pay to have on HN is a verifiable tag on each username that provides info on how many years and in what domain a person has been working, because some of the shit in these comments is patently absurd. C++ with native views? Seriously?
I’m pretty sure they’re joking and it’s a good joke at that.
If serious, well then web dev deserves its reputation.
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#33I think if you are starting mobile app development, learn the basics of the 2 main native stacks (iOS, Android). Preferably learn one of them well. A couple of years ago I might have suggested web (PWA's) as a third kind of 'native' app, but that route seems to have lost traction. In my experience, you'll be a better x-platform developer if you know at least the basics of the native platforms you're targeting. This i…
PWAs are only getting better.
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#34I built an app in React native a few years ago, at the time it looked more mature than flutter. However I had a lot of issues regarding keyboard placement, I still had to write platform specific code, which wasn't too bad your could use .android.js or .ios.js. Android also felt like a second class target for React native. A lot of the css features wouldn't work. It could be a lot better now, but I haven't tried since. I very much believe it would be easier pursuing a PWA or writing native code for each platform.
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#35i would pick xamarin.
- if not part of the option, maybe react-native. and never flutter, last time i check, flutter allow a numeric value to be null.
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I swear to God, a feature I'd literally pay to have on HN is a verifiable tag on each username that provides info on how many years and in what domain a person has been working, because some of the shit in these comments is patently absurd. C++ with native views? Seriously?
I’m pretty sure they’re joking and it’s a good joke at that. If serious, well then web dev deserves its reputation.
I hope it's a joke and I'm being too sensitive, I really hope that's the case...
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#37I think if you are starting mobile app development, learn the basics of the 2 main native stacks (iOS, Android). Preferably learn one of them well. A couple of years ago I might have suggested web (PWA's) as a third kind of 'native' app, but that route seems to have lost traction. In my experience, you'll be a better x-platform developer if you know at least the basics of the native platforms you're targeting. This i…
PWAs are only getting better.
And? Is this related to my comment? [edit: I ask because I didn't construe the OP as asking for opinions on the merits of the different platforms, but rather what would be best for them to learn as a mobile app beginner. Of course everyone ignores the question and leaps on their own barrow, but that's the internet for you. I expressed no view regarding the web as a mobile platform]
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#38React Native. Not because of the framework, because they both work well, but hiring a JS dev is about a billion times easier than hiring a Dart dev so if you need someone to support you later things will go much better.
I dabbled with Dart for sometime, got an impression that a competent Java/C# developer can pick up Dart in no time, I think hiring shouldn't be an issue.
A language is pretty easy to pick up if you’re coming a similar class of languages. Ecosystems, tooling and patterns on the other hand...
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#39React Native. Not because of the framework, because they both work well, but hiring a JS dev is about a billion times easier than hiring a Dart dev so if you need someone to support you later things will go much better.
I dabbled with Dart for sometime, got an impression that a competent Java/C# developer can pick up Dart in no time, I think hiring shouldn't be an issue.
Even a Js dev can pick up Dart quite fast. At least the language is sane compared to Js.
Re: Ask HN: React Native or Flutter?
#40You will get better answers by giving more context.
- What are you building?
- Do you have short deadline?
- Are you building it for yourself or someone else?
- How big is your team?
- How many devs do you have to hire?
- Do you have time and budget for longer on-boarding if your new hires have to learn a technology?
- Are you refactoring or replacing an existing software?
- Is it just a MVP product?
Without context it is just a technology comparison which is somewhat polluted by someone’s experience or may be biased in some communities.