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narrowrail on Feb 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Deco Software – React Native IDE

>It is a big reason why React Native is such a huge success so far. You don't need an IDE...

Sorry if this a stupid question, but is this true if one is also targeting electron for the 'big 3' desktops for the HN crowd (rather than just mobile OSs)?

Edit: Clarifications made.

madeofpalk on Feb 11, 2016 [–]

React Native is a platform for building _native_ iOS and Android apps (with no DOM (HTML or CSS)). Electron is about web apps for the desktop. Different things.

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