Do you think it's a good idea to write React components with APIs somewhat mimic UIKit, such as UIView? Or is that possible? I'm new to web app. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for your advice. One of the reasons that make me think this way is it seems there are some attempts to pick up inline CSS. IME, I believe object-based (or thing-based, it does not have to be strictly related to one paradigm) system is easier to understand when I work on UI. I'm probably biased and lack of enough knowledge and experience to see it through. This is just my current guess.
OO is easier to grasp initially, but you have to keep track of lots of state, and that gets really hairy really quickly. The functional approach requires more forethought, but there's much less room for error because you aren't manually moving state around your application. It's a totally different way of thinking about UI, but it's worth it for the productivity you gain in the long run, in my opinion.
Yes, states always went messy when I made a visual module a bit complex (well, more than 50% was due to my unpolished skills though). The functional approach is better. My main mind-barrier as mentioned in the rely to hellofunk is not able to manipulate appearance through JS API. Perhaps I should stop thinking about it and just keep writing till I get used to it.
The React model of UI development is much much easier to work in than an OO model of UI. There are fewer wires between objects (often none at all), nearly zero state in each "object" or UI component (or none at all), no callbacks, just mostly one-way declarative setup. Apple should (and is) giving it some attention. Many former Apple UIKit developers as well as those working on things like ReactiveCocoa (which is a different paradigm) are enticed by what Facebook has done with the React paradigm.
I agree with you. I did not try ReactiveCocoa since I spent time on Swift instead. But I know the react way is way easier to manage the states all over the place. Any idea on the inline-CSS thing? Is operating directly on JS a better way to go? I guess I'm too used to doing things like UIView.alpha = 0.4 to manipulate the appearance of an visual object :) Thanks for being patient of answering my silly questions.
