From the course: Choosing a Cross-Platform Development Tool

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Tools and technologies

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Tools and technologies

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- [Instructor] React Native is an open source cross-platform Native app framework based on Facebook's popular React JavaScript library. React Native was invented because the engineers at Facebook weren't happy with the performance of their hybrid mobile app. React Native apps are initialized and compiled using a command line interface. React Native outputs Native Android and iOS apps built using JavaScript, ECMAScript, and JSX. React Native apps are built using React Native components instead of HTML elements. React Native components are compiled into platform-specific UI components via bridges between your JavaScript code and the underlying platform. In general, you'll write React Native apps using a combination of JavaScript, ECMAScript, a super set of JavaScript, and JSX, a language that allows you to embed XML inside JavaScript. The React Native framework is responsible for compiling your code into Native apps for…

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