This is from my talk "Why Designers should use React Native. And everyone else too" which I prepared for the React Native meet up in Vienna. The talk gives a brief introduction to React Native and why it's so great for mobile development. Inspired by the talk of Pieter De Baets

1. Why designers should
use React Native.
And everyone else too.

2. Val Scholz
@valscholz
CPO at ChatGrape
Founder
Mingel; WeGrove
Past
Swat.io; Mindmeister

3. the true entrepreneur is a
DOERnot a dreamerNolan Bushnell

4. Rapid
prototyping
is core to success

5. Easy in web, but
it sucks on mobile

6. Native Apps Hybrid Apps
Slow development cycle
Slow deployment cycle
Separate platform teams
Poor performance
Non-native feel
Hard to debug
Stateful, muteable UI
Hard to manage complexity
Hard to verify correctness
Hard to maintain / re-use

7. React Native

8. Slow development cycle
INSTANT RELOAD

9. Slow deployment cycle
OTA Updates*
*Apple said it’s ok

10. Separate platform teams
Code re-use between
Web, Android and iOS

11. Poor performance
Native UI Views

12. Imperative UI
Functional UI

13. Imperative UI
9 Transitions

14. Functional UI
3 States

15. Document Object Model
Virtual DOM
Next StatePrevious State Difference

16. Autoresizing vs Autolayout
Flexbox Layout
Flex Direction Justify Content Align Items

17. + =
Example

18. Official React Native Website
https://facebook.github.io/react-native/
React Native Blog
http://www.reactnative.com/