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Wow. The 30 minutes you saved by using parse turns into a major headache. This makes me hesitant to use react and react-native.

rcchen 11y ago
Why? React and React Native are both pretty core to Facebook's main applications these days (all of Instagram is written in React, there's a smattering of components all over the main Facebook page, and multiple Facebook-written applications are written in React Native, including parts of the main Facebook app). In contrast, Parse was more of a dev-infrastructure product that didn't end up impacting developer relations as much as Facebook wanted it to (I'm guessing)
- grandalf 11y ago
  I love react and react-native ... this kind of announcement is scary though because Facebook is a big part of the ecosystem.
smt88 11y ago
I'd be hesitant to use anything released by a large company that they don't use themselves for their flagship product(s). Angular 1 comes to mind. I believe Facebook does use React for facebook.com, but not React Native for anything in production yet.
- nutate 11y ago
  React Native powers Groups and their ad manager: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/showcase.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/showcase.html
- sotojuan 11y ago
  Facebook uses RN for new apps—they're not going to rewrite their older apps because that takes too long and they work fine. They're also putting a lot of resources on it and hiring some smart people (Dan Abramov).
bdcravens 11y ago
Libraries can always be forked. Services not so much (though in this case you should be able to self-host, but that's not always the case)
hire_charts 11y ago
The major difference though is that react is a self-hosted open source library. Yes, Facebook could drop support for it, but there are enough people using it now that it would probably see community updates for quite a while.
WoodenChair 11y ago
The thing is it was not just 30 minutes. Between the built-in push notifications, admin console, great geo support, and easy scaling it was a complete godsend for building MVPs in a reasonable amount of time. It will be missed by many, many independent developers & consultants.

rcchen 11y ago

Why? React and React Native are both pretty core to Facebook's main applications these days (all of Instagram is written in React, there's a smattering of components all over the main Facebook page, and multiple Facebook-written applications are written in React Native, including parts of the main Facebook app). In contrast, Parse was more of a dev-infrastructure product that didn't end up impacting developer relations as much as Facebook wanted it to (I'm guessing)

grandalf 11y ago
I love react and react-native ... this kind of announcement is scary though because Facebook is a big part of the ecosystem.

smt88 11y ago

I'd be hesitant to use anything released by a large company that they don't use themselves for their flagship product(s). Angular 1 comes to mind. I believe Facebook does use React for facebook.com, but not React Native for anything in production yet.

nutate 11y ago
React Native powers Groups and their ad manager: https://facebook.github.io/react-native/showcase.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/showcase.html
sotojuan 11y ago
Facebook uses RN for new apps—they're not going to rewrite their older apps because that takes too long and they work fine. They're also putting a lot of resources on it and hiring some smart people (Dan Abramov).

bdcravens 11y ago

Libraries can always be forked. Services not so much (though in this case you should be able to self-host, but that's not always the case)

hire_charts 11y ago

The major difference though is that react is a self-hosted open source library. Yes, Facebook could drop support for it, but there are enough people using it now that it would probably see community updates for quite a while.

WoodenChair 11y ago

The thing is it was not just 30 minutes. Between the built-in push notifications, admin console, great geo support, and easy scaling it was a complete godsend for building MVPs in a reasonable amount of time. It will be missed by many, many independent developers & consultants.