Going Native — React Native Lore For JavaScript Devs
If you were born on the planet JavaScript, you must learn the ways of the planet Native to survive. You see, Native is a harsh land, but it’s the only place in the universe where you can gather “mobile power.”
The 70% south of the planet is inhabited by a man-machine tribe called the “Androids,” crafted by the ancient House of Java from the relics of the Dotcom Wars. Rumor has it, though, that they might be switching suppliers to the trendy House of Kotlin.
Travel north and you’ll find yourself under proprietary clouds that cover 30% of the planet. Here stands the temple of the legendary God Emperor Steve “The Keeper of Employments” I, who first harnessed mobile power with a little help from the industrious “iOS” tribe, known for their swift and objective methods.
In the year 2015 of The Zucc, the Metaverse House devised a bold plan. Inspired by the success of their “React Jihad,” which took over most of JavaScript, they open-sourced a spin-off religion, “React Native”, meant to tap directly into the mobile power of both iOS and Android.
This put them in direct conflict with the Flutter Instrumentality Project, a novel approach by Mentat Sundar Pichai, to gain control of Native by removing layers of abstraction and digging deep into the planet’s core.
Meanwhile, the “Progressive” wing of the Web App mercenaries is battling a blockade that the cunning Emperor Timothy II has cooked up for them. Should they breach this barrier, the scales of power could tip dramatically.
Despite the crowded field, “React Native” has gained a foothold, and many JavaScript inhabitants are being initiated.
As time went on, a great schism emerged in “React Native.” React claims to be “learn once, write anywhere,” but the higher you go in the “React Native” ranks, the more you must learn the ways of the Native tribes.
The “Expo Reformation” cried to heaven about this and is currently building the largest Command Line Interface in the universe to hide away these complexities.
Expo is considered by some to be the “Lisan al Gaib” — an off-world prophet or messiah who will unify the Native tribes. Yet, similar claims were once made about Xamarin and Cordova, now mere relics buried beneath the Native sands.
Everyone, from the Great Houses of FAANG to the Start-up Tribes are keeping a close eye on the fight for mobile power. Only time will tell who will emerge victorious.
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