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React Native Radio
RNR 319 - Shopify goes full throttle on React Native with Mustafa Ali
Jan 22, 2025
Mustafa Ali, Director of Engineering at Shopify, shares his insights on the company's full-scale migration to React Native. He discusses how this strategic move enhanced performance and streamlined development, transforming the mobile app experience. Mustafa dives into the challenges faced during integration with native teams, emphasizing collaboration and training. The conversation also highlights Shopify's commitment to open-source contributions, featuring innovations like the Top Hat tool and automated testing methods, setting a promising trajectory for future React Native projects.
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- Shopify's complete migration to React Native enhanced performance, improving screen load times by 59% and app launch times by 44%.
- The strategic shift to React Native fostered a collaborative culture, allowing engineers to transition skills while minimizing resistance and maximizing experimentation.
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Shopify's Transition to React Native
Shopify decided to rewrite its mobile app in React Native to streamline development and enhance team collaboration. The primary motivations included preventing redundant feature development for iOS and Android, enabling easier cross-platform work for engineers, and focusing more on delivering value to users rather than maintaining feature parity. By 2020, Shopify committed fully to React Native and began migrating all its applications, ensuring that the largest app, the Shopify mobile app, was ultimately transitioned last. This strategic decision allowed for a more manageable migration process, enabling teams to adopt React Native at their own pace.
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