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One anecdote that I find compelling here is looking at how each of the parent companies think of them. The majority of Google’s revenue is directly tied to the
by mhoad 4y ago
One anecdote that I find compelling here is looking at how each of the parent companies think of them.
The majority of Google’s revenue is directly tied to their Ads platform.
Their mobile app is written in Flutter and the web interface is written in Dart (not flutter as flutter web support is like around a year old).
Facebook uses React on the web and abandoned react native on mobile.
Both are responsible for billions of dollars but only one passed the test.
- hunterb123 4y ago> Facebook uses React on the web and abandoned react native on mobile. That's not true, FB very much still uses RN on mobile.
- mhoad 4y agoThe Facebook app is not written in React Native. They tried it and famously abandoned it no?
- hunterb123 4y agoThe Marketplace tab in the FB app is written in React Native. The Ads Manager app is written in React Native. The Instagram app is written in React Native. The entire FB app is not written in React Native yet, but overtime I'd expect more things to be. The statement that FB "abandoned react native on mobile" is demonstrably false.
- mhoad 4y agoIf I’m wrong then I’m happy to admit it. I don’t follow that ecosystem closely and was only going off a few old blog posts I remember and everyone making a big deal of it at the time.
- kllrnohj 4y agoIt seems unlikely that FB would give up on Litho, which is extremely performance focused, to use react native instead. Not for their bread & butter flagship news feed anyway https://fblitho.com/ https://fblitho.com/
- hunterb123 4y agoFirst, both Litho and React Native build on Yoga so there's a fair amount of code sharing. Second, they serve different purposes. Litho will be used for FB scale optimization of certain intensive views. React Native is used for fast developer productivity. I'd wager that RN will be used in most places and Litho is used in hot spots sparingly.
- toephu2 4y agoI don't think the entire Instagram app is written in React Native. Only parts of it. Someone currently on the Instagram team can correct me if I'm wrong.
- shroompasta 4y agoIf React Native is good enough for Discord, it's good enough for a lion's share of applications out there.
- robertoandred 4y agoNo, they abandoned the Facebook app written in html.