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there are few popular ones Slack, VSCode, Atom editor, etc...

nullandvoid 7y ago
The OP mentioned closed source electron products where the source code can be safely protected
pjmlp 7y ago
Given the React Native for Windows talk at BUILD 2019, and their comparisation how it beats Electron, how Office and other teams are now adopting it, I still hope VSCode will eventually join the party. They even did a nice graphic. With UWP C++ being the reference point of 100%, UWP C# gets also 100% (thanks .NET Native), React Native 180% and Electron goes sky high above 700%! https://youtu.be/TZnajQqqKV8?t=2919 https://youtu.be/TZnajQqqKV8?t=2919 This is how much everyone doing Electron apps is contributing to global warming, including VSCode team.
- calferreira 7y ago
  I'm surprised microsoft isn't pushing xamarin instead of React Native for cross platform.
  - pjmlp 7y ago
    They address that during BUILD. Xamarin for .NET devs, React Native for C++ devs (think Qt/QML).
- yboris 7y ago
  Seems like React Native is for Android, iOS and UWP (Windows), so no Mac or Linux, right? Doesn't seem like a direct competitor with Electron then. Right?
  - pjmlp 7y ago
    There is ongoing support for React Native for Mac. http://www.reactnative.com/build-os-x-desktop-apps-using-react-native/ http://www.reactnative.com/build-os-x-desktop-apps-using-rea... You got me there on GNU/Linux support, which doesn't mean it will not come later. They just need to decide which flavour of Linux desktop one is supposed to support in React Native.
    - AsyncAwait 7y ago
      You don't need to decide that much, since Qt works fine on GNOME and GTK works fine on KDE.
  - pvinis 7y ago
    Not sure for Linux, but Mac has a fork of react native, and things are a bit slower now until we see what happens with UXKit.
    - menckenjr 7y ago
      Kind of hoping UXKit sticks a fork in RN, myself. (just my opinion)
  - w-m 7y ago
    React Native will work on Mac through project Catalyst, Apple's way of supporting code written against iOS's UIKit to run natively on Macs. Some initial work was already done to make React Native compile for this target: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/25427 https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/25427

The OP mentioned closed source electron products where the source code can be safely protected

Given the React Native for Windows talk at BUILD 2019, and their comparisation how it beats Electron, how Office and other teams are now adopting it, I still hope VSCode will eventually join the party. They even did a nice graphic. With UWP C++ being the reference point of 100%, UWP C# gets also 100% (thanks .NET Native), React Native 180% and Electron goes sky high above 700%! https://youtu.be/TZnajQqqKV8?t=2919 https://youtu.be/TZnajQqqKV8?t=2919 This is how much everyone doing Electron apps is contributing to global warming, including VSCode team.

calferreira 7y ago
I'm surprised microsoft isn't pushing xamarin instead of React Native for cross platform.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  They address that during BUILD. Xamarin for .NET devs, React Native for C++ devs (think Qt/QML).
yboris 7y ago
Seems like React Native is for Android, iOS and UWP (Windows), so no Mac or Linux, right? Doesn't seem like a direct competitor with Electron then. Right?
- pjmlp 7y ago
  There is ongoing support for React Native for Mac. http://www.reactnative.com/build-os-x-desktop-apps-using-react-native/ http://www.reactnative.com/build-os-x-desktop-apps-using-rea... You got me there on GNU/Linux support, which doesn't mean it will not come later. They just need to decide which flavour of Linux desktop one is supposed to support in React Native.
  - AsyncAwait 7y ago
    You don't need to decide that much, since Qt works fine on GNOME and GTK works fine on KDE.
- pvinis 7y ago
  Not sure for Linux, but Mac has a fork of react native, and things are a bit slower now until we see what happens with UXKit.
  - menckenjr 7y ago
    Kind of hoping UXKit sticks a fork in RN, myself. (just my opinion)
- w-m 7y ago
  React Native will work on Mac through project Catalyst, Apple's way of supporting code written against iOS's UIKit to run natively on Macs. Some initial work was already done to make React Native compile for this target: https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/25427 https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/25427