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React Native Radio
RNR 310 - Nitro with Marc Rousavy
Oct 7, 2024
In a lively chat, Marc Rousavy, an Austrian full-stack developer and CEO of Margello, dives into the world of Nitro Modules, a groundbreaking tool designed to elevate React Native's performance. He explains how its object-oriented design simplifies native module creation and compares it to Turbo and Expo Modules. The conversation also ventures into the integration of C++ with React Native using TypeScript, while humorously acknowledging community contributions with a potato pun. Insights on Swift and Kotlin integration add to the wealth of knowledge shared!
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- Nitro Modules significantly enhance React Native by enabling efficient handling of complex native types with improved performance metrics compared to Turbo and Expo Modules.
- The transition to Nitro for library authors is simplified through a code generator called Nitrogen, promoting an easier development experience and better inter-component interactions.
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Introduction to Nitro Modules
Nitro Modules, developed by Mark Rusavi, enables the creation of high-performance C++, Swift, or Kotlin modules bridged to JavaScript. This approach addresses limitations associated with existing Turbo Modules and Expo Modules, particularly in handling complex C++ or Swift types via a bridge, which Turbo and Expo fail to accommodate effectively. Nitro allows developers to expose intricate native types to JavaScript, facilitating the efficient handling of large data, such as image frames in real-time processing applications. As a result, this framework enhances both the flexibility and maintainability of native modules in React Native apps.
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