Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-31 Thread Colin Fleming
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

Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-31 Thread Marc Fawzi
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

[ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-30 Thread Marc Fawzi
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

Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-30 Thread Lucas Bradstreet
Personally I see some of the cons as pros. Some examples: * JavaScript means we can use clojurescript, and also means live updating of applications that have been approved in the App Store. * Component based file structure: I'm not sure what this means within the context of react native, but

Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-30 Thread Mike Fikes
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

Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-30 Thread Marc Fawzi
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

Re: [ClojureScript] Good/Bad of React Native

2015-03-30 Thread Colin Fleming
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