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Re:Expo – open-source platform for making universal apps for... by siquick on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @05:38AM (#36875081)
Would it be fair to say that Expo is to RN what Next.js is to React?
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Re:Expo – open-source platform for making universal apps for... by chainwax on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:21AM (#36878197)
No I don't think so. Next.js adds a truckload of functionality to React, plus handles the server side, etc.

Expo aims to abstract away everything that a web developer wouldn't inherently understand when moving to mobile, i.e. the native stuff. Whether or not it succeeds in that mission, or if it's worth it, is up for debate.

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Re:Expo – open-source platform for making universal apps for... by Alifatisk on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @10:29AM (#36878331)
I think it’s a fair comparison in the sense that they are considered meta-frameworks
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Re:Expo – open-source platform for making universal apps for... by jameside on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @02:54PM (#36882985)
Expo and Next.js are both React frameworks and Expo also uses React Native. Expo, Next.js: frameworks, React, React Native: libraries.
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