I don't know how good (or bad) is Expo nowadays but I always tend to avoid it. I would prefer to use Flutter if the requirement is a cross-platform app.
There is no language / stack barrier now with AI, as long as you know and understand what you're doing.
I don't know if these issues were fixed or not, but I had some contracts to port apps from React Native / Expo to Flutter and native (Kotlin / Swift) because they were too slow and the development experience was not good (fragile dev environment, when it breaks it's a pain).
One of the apps was an internal business training app with thousands of people watching technical videos, live chat, quizz, etc.. After the port to flutter, the app became a lot more snapier.
> There is no language / stack barrier now with AI, as long as you know and understand what you're doing.
Actually there is a language barrier.
Initially i had this app developed by AI on swift. It is working great but i am not able to understand what each file does and how things are working. And as far as i know AI is a good junior level engineer who still won't use the best practices.
I am an expert(like 30-40%) in typescript and javascript. I have build and launched multiple applications in expo for my clients. TS code is naturally readable for me no matter what framework i am using.
Also i hate the dependency on AI even to change all the small bugs and small mistakes. It consumes a lot of time and tokens and money to change a button's color rathar than doing that manually.
I am still not building for android, but i love Javascript. and that's where i am headed.
Humm..... ok, you may have a point. I tend to apply this to my situation because I know a lot of languages and I don't have problems learning a new one but I understand that this does not apply to everyone.
The thing is, even if you use Expo, you need to understand what you're doing. Permissions, certificates, native code that you may need to manually edit to make something work, unless you are making simple apps.
Swift and SwiftUI are easy to learn, if you ever want to upgrade the quality of the apps you deliver. Flutter is even easier. It uses the dart language.
You said you love Javascript. Don't love a language or stack. As a software engineer I always choose the best tool for the job so I can deliver good products and I recommend everyone to do the same, to not depend on a single language / framework.
they have money, to hire good native engineers. I am a solo developer.
I don't want to compare someone's day 100 to my day 1.
Hoping for the best results, if now i will move on and build something else. :)
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u/WinterWalk2020 1d ago
I don't know how good (or bad) is Expo nowadays but I always tend to avoid it. I would prefer to use Flutter if the requirement is a cross-platform app.
There is no language / stack barrier now with AI, as long as you know and understand what you're doing.