Re:Imba: A new programming language for web apps
by marknutter on Thursday January 14, 2016 @02:15PM
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The React core team themselves admit that React Native is not about code-reuse, but instead what they call "learn-once-read-everywhere" To require that all javaScript web frameworks compile down to native app code is ridiculous.
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Re:Imba: A new programming language for web apps
by estefan on Thursday January 14, 2016 @05:57PM
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It might not be about code reuse, but there will be things that can be ported, just not the DOM stuff (e.g. redux/flux logic, other UI-independent business logic).
I get the whole "because it's fun" reason - just make it clear that that's the motivation, and don't give the impression it's a serious React competitor if it has major shortcomings.
I'm fatigued by the continual "x times faster than React" libraries, as if that really matters. As with all the language/framework debates it comes down to the ecosystem. Raw speed just doesn't cut it for me.