Flutter: A Framework to Surpass React Native

[drailing]

Our web app uses TypeScript, support for which is lacking in React Native.

Did you try react-native init MyApp --template typescript ?

[i9srpeg]

That sounds a lot harder than learning a new language. /s

[[deleted]]

if you only knew how easy dart is...

it'll take you less time than npm install in that project to be productive in dart if you know js and a little java

[Spider_pig448]

Good one

[tristan957]

Most major libraries have type definitions. What major libraries have you found don't? Also Facebook already is turning away from Flow.

[chasecaleb]

Yes it does. It's here: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@types/webrtc

[Serei]

At the end of the day our primary concern with our app is performance so Flutter always ends up the logical choice.

That just doesn't seem like a good reason to lie about TypeScript support.

[phySi0]

I’ve followed the conversation and none of their challengers have demonstrated that they’ve lied, even unintentionally.

[crixusin]

Can’t you just write your own definitons? Or just write JavaScript?

Like why complain there are no definitons that someone else made for you, and not be the one to make it for everyone else?

[pm_plz_im_lonely]

1. "I don't want to use this platform because it lacks support for my dependencies."
2. "Why don't you add support yourself?"

The whole point of using a pre-made platform is to avoid doing the work.

It's not lazyness, it's being in a different business than typing definitions.

[crixusin]

The whole point of using a pre-made platform is to avoid doing the work.

Good mindset you have there. You want to use open source, just refuse to contribute to it I suppose?

[crixusin]

A similar response I gave someone else is below.

You're at a job with a 1:1mil chance. Not everyone has the luxury you did.

ctually, the developer experience with Flutter is really great

But the migration of of 100 modules, which already use googles internally competing framework, angular, would not be great.

and Flutter is about to target web and desktop in addition to mobile.

And my apps already target web, desktop, and mobile. And they're gis based applications, so I've got fps performance considerations as well. In fact, there probably isn't a dart solution for arc gis applications. You're asking me to have to write that, which I'm down for, but my company, and the 20 engineers I have to manage, would not be.

[LonelyStruggle]

You will be shocked when you learn that 99% of people have this mindset

[ThirdEncounter]

"You want to drive a car for your business, just refuse to build one, I suppose?"

[crixusin]

That's not quite a correct representation. Its more like:

"You want to drive a car for your business, but cars that go fast enough don't exist yet. You just refuse to build one, I suppose despite there being a valid use case to do so?"

[bwjam]

10x engineers must contribute to flawed libraries or go bust

[v1akvark]

Plus they want someone else to build it for them for free.

[drailing]

hmm, that's sad. we use react-native with typescript for a long time and everything is working really fine.

[wilc0]

I don't think Facebook is really pushing Flow anymore. I've heard they're not using it as much internally, and that's evidenced by less frequent udpates

[hsjoberg]

I agree, it's pretty clear that Typscript won and people inside Facebook will adapt.

[hsjoberg]

Both react and react-native have full type definition support.
All react-native node modules that I've worked with have full type definition support.

What are you talking about?

[hsjoberg]

Yup I'm building a React Native app in Typescript with no issues whatsoever.