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In a related matter: Has anyone built a production app with Exponent JS and lived to tell about the experience?

by danr4 10y ago

S4M 10y ago
Actually I was wondering what Exponent JS brings since its based on React JS which itself enables to make mobile apps in js/React.
- ccheever 10y ago
  You can think of it as kind of like Rails for React Native--Exponent takes care of a bunch of things for you that are a pain in the butt to setup, like push notifications. Facebook login, etc. Here's a 2 minute video that I think explains what we're doing pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQI9aUlouMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQI9aUlouMI
ccheever 10y ago
the biggest and best example right now is the Android version of Li.st. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=st.li.listapp&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=st.li.listapp&... In general, people have been really happy using Exponent so far. It doesn't work for all use cases yet since we are still beefing up the roster of native modules that are included, but you can do most of the stuff that most apps need already, and we're adding more every day.
- tnuwin 10y ago
  As a native android/ios engineer, that's great to see cross-platform tools like this create an app that's got decent traction. My biggest gripe though is there hasn't been a x-platform tool to get the native feel completely right. Obviously your SDK is going through its iterations to refine this, but actions such as the pull-to-refresh widget flicker twice on some screens. There'll be some screens w/ the ListView/RecyclerView where when you scroll to the bottom there'll be inconsistencies w/ the pull-effect (sometimes it will show, sometimes it won't). The alert-popups feel kind of awkward. I'm super picky when it comes to UI/UX which is why I still prefer native on both platforms. But keep up the good work!

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In a related matter: Has anyone built a production app with Exponent JS and lived to tell about the experience?

by danr4 10y ago

In a related matter: Has anyone built a production app with Exponent JS and lived to tell about the experience?

S4M 10y ago
Actually I was wondering what Exponent JS brings since its based on React JS which itself enables to make mobile apps in js/React.
- ccheever 10y ago
  You can think of it as kind of like Rails for React Native--Exponent takes care of a bunch of things for you that are a pain in the butt to setup, like push notifications. Facebook login, etc. Here's a 2 minute video that I think explains what we're doing pretty well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQI9aUlouMI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQI9aUlouMI
ccheever 10y ago
the biggest and best example right now is the Android version of Li.st. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=st.li.listapp&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=st.li.listapp&... In general, people have been really happy using Exponent so far. It doesn't work for all use cases yet since we are still beefing up the roster of native modules that are included, but you can do most of the stuff that most apps need already, and we're adding more every day.
- tnuwin 10y ago
  As a native android/ios engineer, that's great to see cross-platform tools like this create an app that's got decent traction. My biggest gripe though is there hasn't been a x-platform tool to get the native feel completely right. Obviously your SDK is going through its iterations to refine this, but actions such as the pull-to-refresh widget flicker twice on some screens. There'll be some screens w/ the ListView/RecyclerView where when you scroll to the bottom there'll be inconsistencies w/ the pull-effect (sometimes it will show, sometimes it won't). The alert-popups feel kind of awkward. I'm super picky when it comes to UI/UX which is why I still prefer native on both platforms. But keep up the good work!