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React Native is now open source

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Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by solarexplorer »

bkurtz13 wrote: post #48
HaloZero wrote: post #44

I'm curious, can somebody talk about the differences between using React Native vs ComponentsKit? It seems ComponentsKit is a very specific to iOS as opposed to React. https://github.com/facebook/componentkit

With React Native you write your apps in JavaScript, in a React.js style. My understanding is that ComponentsKit has you write your iOS apps with ObjC/Swift or whatever, but it gives you a way of structuring your apps that is similar to React.js

ComponentsKit is Objective-C++ only (no Swift).

Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by anfedorov »

matthewmacleod wrote: post #31
anfedorov wrote: post #28

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I am not a lawyer, but perhaps they could just skip the second paragraph? I understand the motivation behind discouraging people from suing you, but putting "you will not sue us for patent infringement" into a software license is a bit weird.

I've raised this many times before, but you shall not sue us is emphatically not part of the software license. It's a separate grant of patent rights.

Are you nitpicking legal semantics (including something in one agreement or another), or saying it's possible to legally use React-Native while suing Facebook for completely unrelated patent infringement?

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plorkyeran wrote: post #26

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Apache 2.0's license clause does not have an equivalent to "The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice, for anyone that makes any claim (including by filing any lawsuit, assertion or other action) alleging [...] that any right in any patent claim of Facebook is invalid or unenforceable."), which is the problematic part as it means that you can't even defend yourself if Facebook sue…

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Post by fredliu »

evv wrote: post #54
fredliu wrote: post #47

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Great! I guess it wouldn't be a problem for common operations like data creation and fetching, since underneath it's all implemented through REST APIs. But what about push notification? Parse's JS library doesn't support it, but its iOS library does support it through platform's push notification mechanism. Does this mean using Parse in React Native, I can't get Push Notification to work on iOS? or I still have to wr…

We built the F8 app with parse, including push notifications Take a look here: http://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/pushnotification...

Super! Hopefully React Native + Parse will become my "one ring to rule them all" for app development.

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Post by itsbits »

andybak wrote: post #11
Fishkins wrote: post #4

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"We are also working on an Android implementation which we will release later"

"Later" could be days or years! I'd love to hear even a very approximate ETA...

As per this link https://code.facebook.com/posts/1014532261909640/react-nativ..., wait can be longer.

Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by picardo »

arasmussen wrote: post #60
joslin01 wrote: post #56

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If you're learning iOS development, stick to learning iOS development. A framework, no matter how cool and neat it is, will not replace pure iOS development for serious apps. Also ask yourself a question, do you really think you can call yourself an iOS developer when the only way you truly know how to create apps is with React?

> for serious apps Like Facebook's Groups app and Ads Manager app, which both use React Native?

React Native is only the view layer. There is a ton more to an app than just the view layer.

Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by woah »

freyr wrote: post #50

Should someone learning iOS development stick to vanilla iOS while learning, or would it be feasible to use React Native from the outset? I already have some React experience, and I have some React-based web app that I'd like to turn into native iOS app.

I actually just completed an iOS course. I think that it's good to know how things are done, and there are some things that you'll want to do completely native. (Such as complex graphics). But the iOS interface building tools are utter crap compared the JS/HTML ecosystem. I would say, build a few small apps completely native, just to see what you're not missing out on and be ready to write swift or objc to do really complex or performance critical things.

Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by woah »

joslin01 wrote: post #56
freyr wrote: post #50

Should someone learning iOS development stick to vanilla iOS while learning, or would it be feasible to use React Native from the outset? I already have some React experience, and I have some React-based web app that I'd like to turn into native iOS app.

If you're learning iOS development, stick to learning iOS development. A framework, no matter how cool and neat it is, will not replace pure iOS development for serious apps. Also ask yourself a question, do you really think you can call yourself an iOS developer when the only way you truly know how to create apps is with React?

What is it about the "seriousness" of an app that would demand Apple's crappy interface builder?

Re: React Native is now open source

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Post by on_and_off »

freyr wrote: post #50

Should someone learning iOS development stick to vanilla iOS while learning, or would it be feasible to use React Native from the outset? I already have some React experience, and I have some React-based web app that I'd like to turn into native iOS app.

I think it is a better choice to start by getting accustomed with 'pure' iOS development. It will be easier to learn RN if you think it is useful to your projects with a good understanding of the platform.
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