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re-natal

Bootstrap ClojureScript React Native apps

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platform·Apr 26, 2020

How up-to-date is clojurescript+react-native workflow? I checked Re-natal as tool to manage build/debug workflow with clojurescript+react-native https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal But re-natal supports up to React native 0.59, which is quite far back, in the RN-release-years time units. Now React-native is 0.62.

In ClojureScript 1.10.741

iLemming·Aug 30, 2019

Have you seen/tried https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal ?

In Lisp as a Vehicle for Rapid Prototyping (1997)

yogthos·Jul 6, 2018

Clojure approach to mobile development is to piggy back on React Native. Using [re-natal](https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal) is pretty smooth nowadays, and you get some really nice benefits such as hot code loading, and being able to use re-frame for the UI. React Native works well enough for a lot of apps out there, and makes it relatively easy to write cross-platform apps. So, it's a pretty good platform to build on in my opinion.

In Rise of Kotlin: A Programming Language for the Next Generation

lilactown·Sep 20, 2017

I think if you (or your team) are not already comfortable with React and the JS ecosystem, ReasonML probably isn't for you right now. It's still a very leaky abstraction, with multiple layers. Often errors can occur that in order to decipher require knowledge of both Reason/OCaml, BuckleScript (the compiler), React and JavaScript. Adding React Native is another layer. The ReasonML team are pretty amazing, though, and I do believe that they will rectify these problems quickly. A lot of effort is being put into documentation, error messages, tooling and design. The vision that they have for the project and the way they want people to be able to develop software is one that I admire and support. I'm putting in my own spare time to help them out, in the small ways I can. Right now, though, I would honestly recommend ClojureScript before Reaso

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n. I do believe the maturity of that ecosystem really has hit the point where the gains (REPL, data-driven development, reagent + reframe + figwheel >>> react + redux + webpack, and CHANNELS!) outweigh the costs (unfamiliar language, unfamiliar ecosystem, additional layer of abstraction). I've built some internal tools using Electron + CLJS and it was great. Haven't messed around with using it and React Native yet but I know that the renatal [1] project has come a long way over a short period of time. Your note about reactive programming is similar to the ReasonML vs CLJS vs JS conversation; reactive programming is great for certain things! But it comes at a cost; the abstraction makes certain problems harder and introduces it's own set of bugs (lifecycle bugs/crashes and memory leaks being the biggest one I've encountered with RxJS & RxJava), and can make your app code harder to reason about. Is it better than using callbacks or promises and imperative programming? Probably! Is it always? Nope! Are there other alternatives? Yes (CHANNELS!) TL;DR: Not worth it right now; give it 6 months :D [1] https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Ask HN: Companies who adopted React Native over a year ago, do you regret it?

retrogradeorbit·May 18, 2017

https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Kotlin Is Better

MBlume·May 17, 2017

If you want to use Clojure on Android, I'd recommend Clojurescript and React Native https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Android now supports Kotlin

bschwindHN·Apr 21, 2017

This app uses re-natal, a wrapper of React Native for ClojureScript. It also uses a ClojureScript framework called "re-frame" for data flow and "reagent" for wrapping React. It's a pleasure to work with (most of the time, there are hiccups here and there) and you can develop for iOS and Android simultaneously. I highly recommend checking it out. https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal https://github.com/status-im/status-react/

In Status – A Mobile Ethereum OS

bschwindHN·Jan 27, 2017

Regarding con #1, ClojureScript is a good language to try with React Native. I'm still exploring it myself, but so far it's been a great experience. You can get a lot ton with so few lines of code while still retaining readability and ease of code modification. https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Introducing React Navigation for React Native

owebmaster·Jan 24, 2017

Looks good! For the clojurescript ecossystem, it would be a great base project for something like re-natal with broader platforms support: https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal I was thinking yesterday about fork it and add more platforms for my own use, now I try your project first and create a thin clojurescript layer over it, tks :)

In Show HN: Target almost all platforms at once with react native

dkersten·Jan 16, 2017

Its also worth noting that you can use re-frame with react-native to write apps with the re-natal project: https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Re-Frame: a Reagent Framework for Writing SPAs, in ClojureScript

bschwindHN·Dec 30, 2016

Yeah I'm talking about react native. I'm on mobile at the moment but look up "re-natal", it's built on top of react native with re-frame, it's superb. Edit: https://github.com/Day8/re-frame https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Why Clojure? (2010)

bschwindHN·Nov 10, 2016

Absolutely agree. And the cool thing is you can use re-frame and friends on mobile with React Native. The most pleasant developer experiences I've had were with the Clojure and ClojureScript ecosystems. https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In A small dive into, and rejection of, Elm

macco·Oct 13, 2016

I like Android development with React-Native and Clojure.[1] But this probably doesn't fit the bill for prof Android developers. [1] https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In It’s Been Real, Android: Why I’m Retiring from Android

vim-guru·Sep 28, 2016

You don't have to write JavaScript code to use React Native: https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Why I'm Not a React Native Developer

dvcrn·Sep 27, 2016

Check out re-natal [0] if you are interested in using react native with clojurescript. Re-frame (cljs's redux?) and reagent (cljs's react wrapper) are a joy to use and clojurescript with REPL is something I'd pick over plain JS almost any day. Give it a try! It's pretty solid. [0]: https://github.com/drapanjanas/re-natal

In Exponent – Build native apps in JS that work across both iOS and Android

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