Facebook already uses React Native to build some of its main apps: Facebook Groups, for example, uses React Native to render many of its views from React’s Javascript into native code.

React Native ensures near-native speed by utilizing a bridge method to connect JavaScript code with native components.

The JavaScript code that actually runs in the app is handled by Chakra. To support development of React Native apps, Microsoft has released the React Native extension for Visual Studio Code.

Given the choice between native code (e.g., iOS app) and Javascript, native code will win on CPU load/battery drain by a long way, if we're still talking a 2x performance penalty for Javascript.

Microsoft is revamping its TypeScript programming language with a native compiler and toolset. This effort seeks to address performance challenges, especially in large codebases, by porting the ...

Walmart is placing a big bet on React Native. With Electrode, the company's Walmart Labs division open sourced the React-based framework that powers ...