I started as an iOS obj-c developer but do web development stuff mostly these days. I found it extremely frustrating to go back to Xcode and swift. It’s not abo

I started as an iOS obj-c developer but do web development stuff mostly these days. I found it extremely frustrating to go back to Xcode and swift. It’s not about being able to write in JavaScript (or Typescript); in my opinion react native offers a significantly better developer experience around debugging, dependency management, interface building, iteration speed, testing, and sharing code. Hot reloading, npm, and “flex” layouts alone made react native more than worth it for me. I am only writing simple apps—not even cross platform ones—so I can’t speak to the pain points from this article. But I do hope that Apple learns a thing or two from react native. Once you realize how much better iOS development could be, it’s very hard to go back to Apple’s current developer story.