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There is one side of me that wishes more things were Mobile Apps. On the other hand, it's hard to argue that worse is better here and that any founder should fo
by 0xCMP 8y ago
There is one side of me that wishes more things were Mobile Apps. On the other hand, it's hard to argue that worse is better here and that any founder should focus on Web unless it's not possible to do it on the web (yet).
I'd much prefer a native app (or actually feels native; Well done RN is good enough for me), but the cost of creating and maintaining one is often too high when you don't know what will work.
As a web developer (react, etc.) I kind of wish I could have more time to work on native apps instead.
- icebraining 8y agoIs it a matter of UI? I find it interesting that the "web app with native UI" model never took on. There were a few tries (e.g. XUL), and now Expo seems to be a version of that for RN (though focused on testing), yet for various - seemingly circumstantial - reasons it never became a fully fledged alternative to browser apps and installed apps.
- rimliu 8y agoBecause it solves no problems. Unless you consider “we want web tech everyhere” to be a valid problem. “Cross-platform” development may look like a problem worth solving, but the dolution is a lie. If you use native UI you will have to deal with a native tech to a degree. Is (cost + pain)/benefits worth it—that’s up to you. But seeing how RN stuggled with the thing that’s trivial in native—navigation stack—I’d stay away. Also these bridged technologies will always lag behind and can be really painful after significant updates to UIKit.