Web and Mobile are getting closer and closer in the React ecosystem. With the launch of Expo Router and React Strict DOM in the last year, the message is clear: Web and mobile can no longer be separated. The React Core Team and community have been working silently in the background on this project, and there have been RFCs to bring Web APIs to Native, and make the RN event loop closer to the web.This is great for developers - suddenly React devs can “learn once, write once, and run anywhere”, and can target web, iOS, and Android (and even more) from a single codebase. You might be thinking: is this just a pipe dream, and will the reality live up to the expectation of “writing once” for every platform? In this talk, we’ll share our real-world experiences of building universal React apps from a single codebase. We’ll look at the libraries and tools, cover some of the real-world challenges, and share with you a <List /> of what you can and can’t share across different platforms.
This talk has been presented at React Day Berlin 2024, check out the latest edition of this React Conference.
