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My dream is react native reimplementation (not just bindings but complete rework) with Kotlin. It could compile to Android, iOS, Browser as a native target without any need to bridge between JavaScript and native code, work faster and having first class sane language. I think that only big corporation could make it, Jetbrains, hear me :)

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Why not check Xamarin? It’s already on a modern language (C#), great cross platform capabilities (Xamarin Forms), but can also directly interop with native APIs when needed (they are always needed).

F# as well, Don Syme has even joined Xamarin.

I like Xamarin but I do not like the dev process yet for the frontend. I think if that would be leaner (more Core2 and potentially command line and reloading instead of recompile: only for dev ofcourse) it would be more popular. Now it is a very heavy process; thats not because of c# or f#; they can both be very dynamic. Not sure why not more work goes into making development smoother.

Having said that, I for one like working with Forms+renderers and a reactive framework a lot more than RN. I can go for years and have my code work fine after updates; I find npm such a nightmare and RN feels too driven (logically) by FB needs.

Check out Dart with Flutter. You get browser compatibility with Dart alone, iOS/Android through Flutter. Flutter isn't a JS bridge solution as RN is, alleviating some of the pain that RN exposes.

Definitely a great idea. This talk explores what that might look like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR4LjL1h6cE

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