Cross-platform Mobile Development with React Native

Slides from a presentation I gave on BarcelonaJS meetup in Barcelona in April 2016.

It talks about React Native's ecosystem and developer experience and whether it's a valid way of developing real world mobile applications.

Transcript

1. ¡Hola!
2. Wojciech Brains & Beards
3. Cross-platform mobile development with React Native
4. Me.js
5. React
6. Facebook
7. Released » iOS: March 2015 » Android: September 2015
8. Does it work?
9. Cross-platform Android mobile development with React Native
10. Everything works, because computers
11. Using other people's code
12. Android support
13. Example
14. React Native Cordova Plugin Adapter (Android only)
15. The Good
16. Development experience » No IDE necessary » build times » hot reloading
17. Product teams vs Technology teams
18. Hiring
19. Code push
20. Existing React ecosystem
21. ECMAScript 6
22. Potentially good
23. React Native Desktop
24. cljsrn / re-natal
25. Cycle React Native Driver
26. Elm Native UI
27. Not so good
28. look & feel
29. extra abstraction layer
30. Mobile experience required
31. Who is React Native useful for?
32. How do I start? » React Native documentation » Egghead/ Udemy » Ray Wenderlich » React Native Radio
33. Can I gradually switch my application to React Native?
34. Summary
35. Koniec