You can definitely take Mike's info on React Native as being well-informed :-)
On 1 April 2015 at 10:50, Marc Fawzi <marc.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks again Colin. I'm taking Mike Fikes assessment as the truth here, so > going back to exploring React Native. > > Here is something wonderful I just run across: > > https://github.com/ericvicenti/react-native-community/blob/master/README.md > > > > On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Colin Fleming < > colin.mailingl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Another option if you don't want to go the Swift route is RoboVM, which >> is actually a very impressive project. It would be great to see a >> React-style UI diff library for it. Apparently you can use Clojure with it, >> however I'm not sure it really plays to Clojure's strengths - everything >> must be AOT'ed and you have no REPL - perhaps it would work well with >> something like oxcart or skummet. Right now I think I'd use Kotlin or maybe >> just Java 8. It's worth a look, though. >> >> On 31 March 2015 at 03:32, Marc Fawzi <marc.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Lucas >>> >>> I totally agree with you on the components comment. >>> >>> Hi Mike: >>> >>> I'm watching your Ambly REPL project and Nolen's experiment with JSX ( >>> https://github.com/swannodette/jsx-fun) >>> >>> The part of the article that highlights my concern is: >>> >>> <<Unless you want to subclass an unhealthy amount of UIKit using >>> Objective-C (hint: I don’t), you will be rather restrained in what you can >>> do out-of-the-box.>> >>> >>> which is expected given the approach, no need to even use React Native >>> to arrive at this conclusion, but you seem to say that this is a temporary >>> issue and that Facebook and others will quickly fill the gap. If so, I hope >>> that the ClojureScript variant will be ready by the time React Native has a >>> fuller set of components and a wide ecosystem and fewer major bugs, at >>> which point it will probably be the leading choice for many mobile >>> development scenarios. >>> >>> I guess the sticky point is if we wish to do something which can't be >>> done with React Native out of the box we'd have to go back to Objective-C. >>> This will be a long lasting rule, imo, but then a ton of app scenarios can >>> be accomplished much more nimbly (or ambly) using React Native... wish they >>> would add Swift support .... >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 6:51 AM, Mike Fikes <mikefike...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> With respect to it being ready for prime time within a year or two: >>>> >>>> The Facebook Ads app is evidently written using React Native. >>>> >>>> There is a tremendous amount of interest in it (for example, the >>>> #reactnative IRC channel is very active). Facebook appears to be very >>>> responsive—my guess is that a healthy ecosystem will quickly evolve, >>>> leading to a high quality feature set. >>>> >>>> - Mike >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 30, 2015, at 9:25 AM, Marc Fawzi <marc.fa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> To start the conversation, >>>> >>>> >>>> http://unredacted.redalemeden.com/2015/initial-thoughts-about-react-native/ >>>> >>>> (via HN, #1 link right now) >>>> >>>> I've been thinking hard if I should keep my hopes up in React Native >>>> based on the potential for a ClojureScript version, but after reading this >>>> article (plus some intuition I had that the article confirmed) I'm more >>>> likely to pick up Swift than a CLJS version of React Native. From a >>>> technical point of view, I'm still very curious about the React Native >>>> approach to native development, but I can't tell if it will be ready for >>>> prime time in a year, two, or more? >>>> >>>> Any thoughts and/or speculations? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>>> your first post. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ClojureScript" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>>> your first post. >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "ClojureScript" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >>> your first post. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "ClojureScript" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. >>> >> >> -- >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ClojureScript" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. >> > > -- > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ClojureScript" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojurescript+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to clojurescript@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojurescript. > -- Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ClojureScript" group. 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