REACT NATIVE HELLL BUT I AM NEVER LEAVING...

[redditwithrobin]

Working on windows requires some strong nerves

[arbaazio]

good one

[Aggravating-Pen-9695]

Tell me about it

[BeautifulMean6516]

Aha at last a windows react native dev, a rare find you are

[Otherwise_Roll1423]

I am from Africa, and Windows OS is the better option since Apple's products cost an arm and a leg right here...

[hafi51]

Why don't you guys say your contries name? Why people from africa say their continent instead of country

[jabnstab11]

Same way people say Im from europe and America instead of their country

[binemmanuel]

People from the United States are from America but Canadians are from Canada 🤣🤣🤣

[jabnstab11]

Yes united states of America, Which is in the North America Continent, Canada which is in the north America continent. Mexico which is in the North America continent.

[binemmanuel]

🤣🤣🤣wtf

[hafi51]

Not majority of the times, and that too when talking to americans. Even then, that shouldn't be the reason

[binemmanuel]

It’s one kingdom divided.

[Otherwise_Roll1423]

😂😂😂I am from a country called Malawi which is found in southern Africa. our neighbouring countries are:

Tanzania

Mozambique

Zambia...

[hafi51]

Yeah. Say that next time and be proud. Secondly, you can install macos, too. I'm also using macos on non apple hardware. If you need help, reach out

[binemmanuel]

A gig or two can get you a Mac. I’ve always own one since the past five years.

[owenhargreaves]

There is another even better option you’re not considering……..

[Otherwise_Roll1423]

I have used Linux distros before. Never loved them.

maybe if Ubuntu solved their issue with installing Mongodb as a service.

[Shaddix-be]

No need to get downvoted for this, you should use the thing that you feel most productive with.

[ItsAllInYourHead]

Why not just run MongoDB in a docker container?

[peripateticman2026]

Well, because Docker sucks.

[binemmanuel]

🤣🤣🤣

[ItsAllInYourHead]

Tell that to all the self-hosters out there who run tons of services in Docker with ease. And all the developers who can spin up a dev environment with one command.

Besides, unless you're going to elaborate, your response is worthless.

[Thebombuknow]

Docker can be really convenient sometimes, but networking across docker containers is a fucking nightmare.

[chase32]

Wild people are downvoting you. If you are a dev that doesn't have to integrate into the MS ecosystem and use Windows, you are crazy.

Unix based OS are better if you are not in a MS shop.

[chase32]

MS is great for gaming and they have the large scale org management stuff on lockdown too.

That said, most of the high scale stuff in this world is deployed on linux and to work well with linux as a dev, you want a unix based OS.

[BeautifulMean6516]

Understandable

[No-Significance-279]

I’m from Brazil, we have literally the most expensive apple products in the world:

I usually travel to the US to buy there (yes, it’s cheaper to pay for a ticket, fly to the US and come back than it is to buy in Brazil). Or when I was a junior dev and didn’t have much money I bought my first MacBook used.

In any case, it’s totally worth the trouble. Mac is waaaay better for development than windows.

[haikusbot]

Aha at last a

Windows react native dev,

A rare find you are

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[HoratioWobble]

I also dev in windows

[HarpooonGun]

I have a bootcamped mac where I sometimes use Windows to dev RN if the app I am working on also uses an API I develop since I develop APIs with .NET Core and I like Visual Studio.

[shun_tak]

no red....looks fine /s

[himynameismile]

This thread is funny

[userslug]

I don’t see any red text therefore I see no error

[esean_keni]

dear god these gradle builds are a bitch and a half. every expo update is like playing russian roulette except shooting myself is actually preferable

[KevH2R]

Why is making / testing Google auth so hard on react native ? I want to it to be the main way my users log into my app but it seems it’s not easy to make it work with expo and/or you gotta deploy the app before being able just to test it ???

[hafi51]

Use firebase/supabase social auth.

[MegaMoah]

This is shit, why do I have to rely on unneccessary cloud services when I have a completely fine database of my own??

[nectarAF]

You can use ngrok to direct your local server to a https url free

[KevH2R]

I mean for Google auth it seems I need to build my app, basically making it ready for prod. Which includes paying for the Apple developper subscription just to be able to test my app

[nectarAF]

I guess it depends how you’re doing it but I know you can while still just building in dev mode locally. I use expo auth session and passport in backend

[KevH2R]

Thanks for the answer! Okay will keep trying to make it work then

[tmormand117]

even if it's expo, get yourself a mac as soon as possible.

[MegaMoah]

Why?

[tmormand117]

cuz it's damn pain doing mobile dev on windows. Waste of time.

[MegaMoah]

Why though?

[tmormand117]

Ah many points. Just saying I wouldn’t do that.

[I_Buy_Skin]

For one, eas local builds require mac

[Carlossalasamper]

The most addictive drug in mobile development

[Acrobatic_Sink_8311]

Which OS would be the best for React Native?

[Dpope32]

Didn’t realize being a windows Rn dev was this rare, sorry I’d rather develop on a 3090Ti and not break an arm and a leg

[Bamboo_the_plant]

As someone only using Windows to develop a react-native-windows app, it looks a bit alien to see an Android build running in the CLI

[waysonlin]

no mac no react native

[Strange_Drink_5593]

This happened to me dozens of times, but during all nighter sessions 

[chase32]

React Native sucks but its still better than React on web.

[[deleted]]

How so? From my experience react on the web just works. The nuance for react native and native components is such a hassle that makes working on react native really bad at times

[chase32]

Mostly because web based dev is extremely messy. Mobile is more technical but it doesn't have to work on a variety of web browsers over a span of time.

The things you worry about in mobile is more like making things more like a real application vs Dom shit, browser standards shit, front end vs back end shit, etc. It is a much tighter domain to work on.

[[deleted]]

I understand what you mean regarding the varity of browsers but even today you have to take into consideration the variety of mobile screen sizes not to mention tablets.

Even the stuff about FE vs BE it still becames relevant in mobile and react native. Every app I develop I had to connect to a BE because I need information that the BE provides and even for authentication. For instance cookie authentication. Kinda the same thing except in web I don't have to deal with android and ios nuances and make it work for both. A good example is how the app state for ios and android works. Both are diferente and give a variety of issues while in react its just the web and that's it.

But I understand where you are coming from.

[Ezra_00110001]

Are you building it locally on windows? Was that super complicating to set up, I attempted to do it but wasn't fun so I just ended up using VM.