1. React
  2. React Alicante
  3. 2017
  4. Beyond JavaScript: The Real Benefit of React Native

Beyond JavaScript: The Real Benefit of React Native

Wojciech Ogrodowczyk at React Alicante 2017

React Native, although still a really small part of the mobile development ecosystem, is growing really fast. A lot of "real native" developers dismiss it, because of their previous experiences with JavaScript - a language not easy to love. However, they're missing an important point - it's so much more than JS. In this talk I will show how we can create React Native applications with various alternative languages. Starting with a typed version of JS: TypeScript, going through a dynamic functional language Clojure, up till statically typed options with 20-year old OCaml and 5-year old Elm. Expect fast pace, code, and weird syntax. But, most importantly, we'll talk about why this freedom is so important and why this can make your applications better.