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Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

#42

Post by niftylettuce »

lukasm wrote: post #40
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.

Here's how you prototype:

npm install -g react-native

react-native init myproject

cd myproject

# open xcode simulator or android emulator

# make changes to index.ios.js and read the damn docs

# otherwise you end up dragging slides and dragging drop

# having no idea what actually goes on behind the scenes

# when if you learned what went on behind the scenes

# you could code so so much faster and have so much more control

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

#44

Post by niftylettuce »

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.

100% agree, read my comments that everyone seemed to downvote because they're a fanboy of this noob IDE

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

#47

Post by gorkemyurt »

niftylettuce wrote: post #42
lukasm wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>It's pointless No, it's not. Prototyping.

Here's how you prototype: npm install -g react-native react-native init myproject cd myproject # open xcode simulator or android emulator # make changes to index.ios.js and read the damn docs # otherwise you end up dragging slides and dragging drop # having no idea what actually goes on behind the scenes # when if you learned what went on behind the scenes # you could code so so much faster and have so much more cont…

so i need to learn IOS and Android development to learn what's going on behind the scenes as well? Ideally right? But that's definitely not a prerequisite of building RN apps. Abstractions are great if its done well..

Re: Deco Software – React Native IDE

#49

Post by niftylettuce »

loceng wrote: post #46
niftylettuce wrote: post #43

You guys are fools to use something like this. Just read the damn docs. This is like selling candy to kids, when the candy is actually bad for you.

Care to expand your thoughts?

I tried to below, but I continously get downvoted by friends of the OP here. This thing is a joke, the time you spend reading about it and trying to get it installed/setup you could have already read the docs for RN, installed the ACTUAL React Native CLI tools that Facebook THEMSELVES! This is for people that are lazy, don't actualy build a product that gets anywhere, or prototype something that is actually junk and needs rewritten because they had no idea what they were doing, because they didn't read the docs that the creators of RN put SO much effort into maintaining (WITH EXAMPLES!).

https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/getting-started...

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