Brains & Beards Show

BBS 4: Holy Grail or How to Share Code between Web and Mobile

Episode Summary

In this episode we discuss code sharing between web and mobile apps written using React. We talk about what can be shared and what can't, about different tools to do that, and workflows that various teams use. Finally, we share a secret technique that's much easier to implement that code sharing, but still gives you most of the benefits. Listen carefully!

Episode Notes

Useful links:

• react-native-web: https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-web
• Radek Pietruszewski on cross-platform development in Nozbe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxSwRHi4lHk
• A Better Routeplanner (example of a React Native application with heavy code-sharing between web and mobile): https://abetterrouteplanner.com/

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