Why You Should Consider React Native For Your Mobile App

Like many others, I was initially skeptical of Facebook and Instagram's React. Initial demos of React's JavaScript language extension, JSX, made many developers uneasy. For years we had worked to separate HTML and JavaScript, but React seemed to combine them. Many also questioned the need for yet another client-side library in an ocean full of them. As it turns out, React has proved tremendously successful, both on my own projects, and with many others around the web, including large companies like Netflix.

And now with React Native, the framework has been brought to mobile. React Native is a great option for creating performant iOS and Android apps that feel at home on their respective platforms, all while building on any previous web development experience. This article will explain why I think you should consider using React Native, by providing an overview of the framework and what I believe to be its best features.

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