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Where do you see they only ported four screens? In the dashboard screenshot it clearly shows "RN Screen Count: 139/572", so they've ported 139 screens, right? T

Where do you see they only ported four screens? In the dashboard screenshot it clearly shows "RN Screen Count: 139/572", so they've ported 139 screens, right? The "four" figure you're referring to is the root navigation screens of the app which get a lot more traffic, hence why they prioritized those to uncover issues.

JimDabell 4y ago
This is what I was referring to: > Where We Are Now > Here’s a spoiler: Today, if you open the Shopify Mobile app, all four root screens are in React Native already! If you write “where we are now: we’ve ported all four root screens”, that’s what I’m going to hear. I’m not going to look through screenshots for contradictory figures. If they have actually ported 139 screens, maybe they should have said “where we are now: we’ve ported 139 screens”? As far as I can see they don’t say anything like that at all, are you inferring from screenshots alone? Regardless, my point still stands – if you need to set up a training programme and a facilitation team and it’s going to be a multi-year effort, and after all that you proudly tell people that they can’t tell the difference between the old version and the new version… this still does not sound compelling at all, even if you have got almost a quarter of the way through the project in three years.
- trevor-e 4y ago
  "root screens" have a specific meaning and significance on mobile so I can understand the confusion, I agree that the article was not clear.
  - hbn 4y ago
    They explained earlier in the article that root screens were larger, high-impact screens at the top level of the app. They even bolded "root screens" the first time it was used to highlight it as a key word. It seemed pretty clear to me.
    - secretsatan 4y ago
      I’m pretty sure they mean the root of navigation stacks. They have high impact as it’s the first thing a user will see and should contain all the most important features
- hajile 4y ago
  That depends on what parts got ported. I worked on a large app where just a couple payment screens too as long as most of the rest of the app because there were so many business rules to take care of. If they prioritize the most important and complex parts of the system, they may be a lot closer to finished than the numbers would seem to indicate.

JimDabell 4y ago

This is what I was referring to: > Where We Are Now > Here’s a spoiler: Today, if you open the Shopify Mobile app, all four root screens are in React Native already! If you write “where we are now: we’ve ported all four root screens”, that’s what I’m going to hear. I’m not going to look through screenshots for contradictory figures. If they have actually ported 139 screens, maybe they should have said “where we are now: we’ve ported 139 screens”? As far as I can see they don’t say anything like that at all, are you inferring from screenshots alone? Regardless, my point still stands – if you need to set up a training programme and a facilitation team and it’s going to be a multi-year effort, and after all that you proudly tell people that they can’t tell the difference between the old version and the new version… this still does not sound compelling at all, even if you have got almost a quarter of the way through the project in three years.

trevor-e 4y ago
"root screens" have a specific meaning and significance on mobile so I can understand the confusion, I agree that the article was not clear.
- hbn 4y ago
  They explained earlier in the article that root screens were larger, high-impact screens at the top level of the app. They even bolded "root screens" the first time it was used to highlight it as a key word. It seemed pretty clear to me.
  - secretsatan 4y ago
    I’m pretty sure they mean the root of navigation stacks. They have high impact as it’s the first thing a user will see and should contain all the most important features
hajile 4y ago
That depends on what parts got ported. I worked on a large app where just a couple payment screens too as long as most of the rest of the app because there were so many business rules to take care of. If they prioritize the most important and complex parts of the system, they may be a lot closer to finished than the numbers would seem to indicate.