Kris Lis says attendees come to learn, meet people and grow. He frames the conference’s purpose as inspiring them to think differently and try something new.
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Kris Lis and Callstack Head of Technology Michał Pierzchała open React Universe Conf 2024 in Wrocław with a case for connecting React and React Native developers across platforms.
Michał Pierzchała describes how React Native EU grew into a conference for a broad React community. Kris Lis points to React Native’s reach across iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, visionOS, TVs and web, while noting that web developers use familiar HTML elements even when the underlying framework is React.
Kris Lis describes work on web-compatible events and DOM and styling libraries that more closely resemble CSS. He also mentions efforts to bring browser APIs such as Battery and WebGPU to React Native, and to support WebXR experiences beyond a browser window.
Kris Lis presents React Native as a way to use web skills on native platforms, and defines the React Universe as an ecosystem with React at its core. He argues that shared skills can help teams collaborate across web, mobile and TV, ship to more platforms, and reorganize as product needs change.
Kris Lis names Expo, React Native Web, React Strict DOM, and custom platform extensions through Metro or webpack as options for building across platforms. He closes by urging web and React Native developers to attend each other’s talks and share what they have learned.
Takeaways
- Treat web as one of the platforms a React Native team can support.
- Choose a cross-platform approach based on the platforms and workflow your product needs.
- Shared React skills can make collaboration across platform teams easier.
- Pair generalists who work across platforms with specialists who know each platform deeply.
- Encourage teams to learn from communities outside their primary platform.
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- role atMichał Pierzchała is principal engineer at
Callstack“a principal engineer at Callstack”
0:00inYour Android React Native App Is Big Because It's Missing This One SettingYouTube Verified5 sources· Talk
- featureCallstack: presentspresents
“Welcome to React Universe On Air, brought to you by Callstack”
0:06inReact Native FastIO: Nitro-Powered Performance BoostYouTube Verified2 sources· Talk
- featureCallstack: Software engineering consultancy
“Callstack, a total software engineering consultancy”
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- launched
“In 2013, Pete Hunt introduced us to React”
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- featureReact Native Web: Enables React Native code to cover web users
“thanks to the React Native Web library”
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- featureReact Native: Supports deployment to iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, visionOS, TVs, and web
“you can deploy this code, more or less, to not only iOS and Android, but also Windows, macOS, visionOS, and dozens of different TVs”
YouTube Unverified1 source· Talk
- featureReact Native: Can use web libraries such as Three.js and React Three Fiber
“so that we can access and use our favorite web libraries like Three.js or React Three Fiber”
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- usesReact Native uses WebGPU
“We’re also bringing other advanced web APIs to React Native, like WebGPU”
YouTube Unverified1 source· Talk
- featureExpo Modules: Managed solution for universal apps with support for iOS, Android, web, and partial macOS
“a managed solution with a great developer experience that supports iOS, Android, web, and partially macOS”
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