6 posts tagged with "Mobile Tools"

Firebase and Supabase are both strong backend choices for React Native apps, but they optimize for different teams. Firebase gives you a mature Google-backed app platform. Supabase gives you a PostgreSQL-centered backend with SQL, Row Level Security, and an open-source stack.

Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a popular code editor among React Native developers due to its rich features and extensive ecosystem. In this blog post, we will explore some valuable tips to enhance your React Native development workflow using VSCode.

React Native Debugger was a popular standalone debugger for older React Native apps. For modern projects, the recommended starting point is React Native DevTools, which is built into the React Native development workflow.

React Native debugging changed a lot since Flipper was the default answer. In modern React Native apps, the first tool to open is React Native DevTools. Use native tooling from Xcode and Android Studio when you need to debug the platform layer, and keep Flipper only for older apps or custom plugin workflows that still depend on it.

Hermes is a Javascript engine that is optimized for React Native and works for both Android and iOS. Hermes is an open source library that has been found to have potential upsides for performance in many apps such as improved start-up time, more efficient, hence reduced memory usage and a smaller app size. At the time of writing this Hermes still remains an opt-in feature and you have to make sure that the React Native version of your project is at least 0.60.4 otherwise you won’t be able to use this very resourceful library.

React Native tooling has changed. Older lists often recommended Flipper, Nuclide, standalone React Native Debugger, or remote Chrome debugging as the default workflow. Modern React Native apps should start with React Native DevTools, Metro, and the native tools that ship with Xcode and Android Studio.