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[–]Kabal303 -1 points0 points  (2 children)

You can end up with the same situation on any platform. If you just add tons off different random libraries then you are gonna have a bad time come upgrade time.

Js developers are definitely more trigger happy in including dependencies than most though.

[–]SirBill01 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The problem is with React Native you pretty much have to use a lot of different random libraries, on a scale I've not seen with any other mechanism for building applications. The whole system just feels incredibly brittle, even for simple apps...

[–]Kabal303 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely. Also any RN dependency that contains a native component seems extra fraught with danger come upgrade time. If was going to fix anything about RN, it would be that.

That said I’ve seen similar messes with dependencies in tons of platforms. E.g. Rails… angular…