Artsy x React Native Thoughts

I have attended Artsy x React Native conference at Facebook on July 9, 2018.
These are the slides for the internal presentation that I did at Pusher.

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2. Why? • To understand the technology • To make better decisions • Our customers use RN • To provide better support
3. What ¬ a "mobile web app", ¬ an "HTML5 app", or ¬ a "hybrid app"
4. RN at Facebook • ~10 people work on RN • They use RN in production - FB app • Works for them (team that does configuration) • Loads of requests, contributions welcome
6. RN at Artsy • Open source by default • Core contributors • OSS at work • Collaboration with the web team • Sharing knowledge • No silos • Transition was not easy for some people ( iOS team == nil )
10. •Dependencies, dependencies, dependencies … •Works well for apps that are JSON parsers. •It doesn’t work for VR •Gradual adoption in the codebase QA
11. •Treats from JS world •GraphQL, Relay, Redux, Jest •Hot reloading •Bypass App Store review, update on the fly •A/B tests? No need to wait for days •Components - decoupling, modular •Unidirectional architecture •Compilation times were slow in the early days of Swift
12. RN at Pusher
13. RN at Pusher
15. ~ fin