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I'd love it if a series like this was made where a React website and React Native app were made in tandem. Suggestions for project layout and architecture would

I'd love it if a series like this was made where a React website and React Native app were made in tandem. Suggestions for project layout and architecture would show you how to reuse core business logic between both apps. Perhaps even the view layers could have some overlap? I currently work on a team that supports multiple native Android apps and an Angular 1.X web app. The ability to reuse code in this fashion is the biggest lure to React for me. I've seen a few blog articles that cover this topic at a shallow level. If anyone has resources they could share it would be much appreciated.

zackify 10y ago
Not OP, fyi If I only had more time... I'd love to write a guide on that. That really is a great idea! I recently copied the entire state management part (done with redux) to a react native app and it just worked. Was a really cool thing to see. If I had RN in mind when I first made the site, it could have even more reuse.
bauser 10y ago
@author here: What a great idea. I think that's something we can make happen in a future book.
- Zombieball 10y ago
  That'd be awesome! I'll keep an eye out.
fourstar 10y ago
https://github.com/este/este https://github.com/este/este is what you want Just git clone and start playing around with it. Great docs as well.
- Zombieball 10y ago
  Awesome, I gave it a quick glance. This line from Readme makes me happy: > code shared across platforms (browser, server, native mobile) I'll definitely have to take a closer look. Thanks!
  - Longhanks 10y ago
    As someone who appreciates apps that tailor to each specific platform and respect that platform's unique features and guidelines, this scares me.
    - sb8244 10y ago
      Is it possible for tooling to maintain a lot of these quirks and then implement additionally on top of areas it falls short?
    - vincentriemer 10y ago
      React Native doesn't make it so you share UI code between platforms (https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/platform-specific-code.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/platform-specif...). What you get to share is all the business logic between tailored UIs.
      - clay_to_n 10y ago
        You can share UI code between platforms if you want, though! At least Android + iOS. Some components are platform- specific but at least on a small simple app I've been successful sharing my UI code.
        acjohnson55 10y ago
        I haven't yet done any React Native, but it seems to me that hypothetically, you can share or not share as you go down the component tree. I can imagine dedicated layouts per platform, then shared widget clusters, then dedicated low-level widget implementations.
        Dibes 10y ago
        Yup, there is an entry point for both the Android and iOS app. You can point to the same root component or a separate one if you want separate layouts orwhat have you

zackify 10y ago

Not OP, fyi If I only had more time... I'd love to write a guide on that. That really is a great idea! I recently copied the entire state management part (done with redux) to a react native app and it just worked. Was a really cool thing to see. If I had RN in mind when I first made the site, it could have even more reuse.

bauser 10y ago

@author here: What a great idea. I think that's something we can make happen in a future book.

Zombieball 10y ago
That'd be awesome! I'll keep an eye out.

fourstar 10y ago

https://github.com/este/este https://github.com/este/este is what you want Just git clone and start playing around with it. Great docs as well.

Zombieball 10y ago
Awesome, I gave it a quick glance. This line from Readme makes me happy: > code shared across platforms (browser, server, native mobile) I'll definitely have to take a closer look. Thanks!
- Longhanks 10y ago
  As someone who appreciates apps that tailor to each specific platform and respect that platform's unique features and guidelines, this scares me.
  - sb8244 10y ago
    Is it possible for tooling to maintain a lot of these quirks and then implement additionally on top of areas it falls short?
  - vincentriemer 10y ago
    React Native doesn't make it so you share UI code between platforms (https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/platform-specific-code.html https://facebook.github.io/react-native/docs/platform-specif...). What you get to share is all the business logic between tailored UIs.
    - clay_to_n 10y ago
      You can share UI code between platforms if you want, though! At least Android + iOS. Some components are platform- specific but at least on a small simple app I've been successful sharing my UI code.
      - acjohnson55 10y ago
        I haven't yet done any React Native, but it seems to me that hypothetically, you can share or not share as you go down the component tree. I can imagine dedicated layouts per platform, then shared widget clusters, then dedicated low-level widget implementations.
        Dibes 10y ago
        Yup, there is an entry point for both the Android and iOS app. You can point to the same root component or a separate one if you want separate layouts orwhat have you