This is a really good write up and I love how they were cautious not to feed the ongoing fanboyism in for and against React Native folks.
Say what you like but this is a very mature move from a young engineering organization.
Say what you like but this is a very mature move from a young engineering organization.
Airbnb is ten years old at this point, I'm not sure that really counts as young!
I get that it’ll have native performance and responsiveness, but still maybe just touch up your website and call it a day?
like HTML?
> which the client then renders into a native view.
A WebView?
RN isn’t just “HTML in a webview” like PhoneGap or Cordova: elements are actually rendered as native UI components. E.g., a <Text> element becomes a native UILabel on iOS and a TextView on Android.