RRU 025: 2 Years of React Native at Artsy with Orta Therox

Panel: Nader DabitSia KaramalegosLucas Reis Special Guests: Orta Therox In this episode, the React Round Up panelists talk to Orta Therox about his 2 years of experience with React Native at Artsy. Orta has about 15 years of native Mac and iOS development experience and about 2 ½ years ago, his team decided to start writing their iOS app in React Native. They talk about the different popular blog posts about React Native, why his team decided to switch over to React Native, and the effects of team size on the success of the fit of React Native in each company’s app. They also touch on professional growth, how they have trained their employees, and more! In particular, we dive pretty deep on: Orta introReact Native and JavaScriptReact Native at Artsy blog postReact Native at Airbnb blog postSuspenseWeb engineeringTaking different approachesBeing a better way to build an iOS appAdoption coming from a native perspectiveDoes the size of the team matter?Product verticalsHow do you balance the need for professional development VS what’s needed at the moment?Vertically oriented teamsProfessional growth after the changeGraphQL APITraining everyone over multiple yearsReactAllowing anyone to contribute anywhere within their domainHow they describe their native engineersMore excited about React Native now than when it was releasedArtsy React Native ConferenceAnd much, much more! Links: ArtsyReact NativeJavaScriptReact Native at ArtsyReact Native at [email protected]’s GitHubArtsy Engineering Sponsors Kendo...