Re:Apple acquires Buddybuild
by sebleon on Saturday January 06, 2018 @02:20AM
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> fb dropped patent stuff
Ah, thanks for the update, glad they did that
> are not needed that often
Right - statistically most apps are probably throwaway code for hackathons or demos. However, I'd venture to say that >50% of serious apps will end up needing performance boosts from native code.
> Building is not needed most of the time
You need to rebuild every time you make a change in native code (obj-c or swift). Hot reloading is cool for JS changes, but bloat from RN becomes a nightmare when debugging obj-c or swift issues.
Ah, thanks for the update, glad they did that
> are not needed that often
Right - statistically most apps are probably throwaway code for hackathons or demos. However, I'd venture to say that >50% of serious apps will end up needing performance boosts from native code.
> Building is not needed most of the time
You need to rebuild every time you make a change in native code (obj-c or swift). Hot reloading is cool for JS changes, but bloat from RN becomes a nightmare when debugging obj-c or swift issues.