Bridging React Native Back to its Roots
summary
Claims a native‑first port of React Native to the web that actually runs React in a web worker, uses the React Native bridge, and compiles Yoga to WebAssembly so layout, aspectRatio and layout animations behave like on mobile. Demos include a movie app and a ReactEurope schedule app with gestures and animated useNativeDriver working, powered by Metro as the bundler so no webpack. Project is experimental, single‑maintainer, functional but heavy (hello world ~500KB gzipped) and not yet production ready. react native dom
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Start
- 11:37What if React Native on the Web was "Native First"?
- 14:24Layout?
- 15:33Developer Experience?
- 16:42Introducing React Native DOM
- 24:21Make it work
- 24:56The Future
- 26:14Follow the Project
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