100% not true in my experience, but can't speak for any org other than the one I work in (which has been by far the best job, team, and management I've ever worked with).
One additional feature of AppSync is that you're not tied to any particular database implementation, you can use any database (or data source for that matter, including existing REST APIs & Lambda functions).
It's less about code reuse across a full featured web application and a mobile application. The value comes in that once you master React or React Native, you can easily switch across platforms and be just as efficient. If you learn the ins and outs of Vue and gain depth of best practices / domain knowledge, you are stuck building only for the web.
If you do the same with React, you are then able to take those skills and build VR, Web, iOS, Android, Windows, and soon TVOS ++ many more in the future.
This, along with what has already been stated, is the value of using React vs Vue imo.
Programmers are the only professionals in the world who complain about having to pay for quality tools. Can you imagine a dentist, truck driver, or doctor complaining about having to pay $2500 for a machine that would bring her hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next 5 years? Of course not.
I have a good relationship with the Microsoft team behind Code Push. After speaking with them about this exact topic multiple times, they are sure that not only are JavaScript updates allowed, but they will continue to be allowed, as it is stated in the Apple Developer Agreement [1].
There is also a growing ecosystem of open source projects and companies offering services that offer and facilitate over the air updates.
I agree, and for me it all comes down to the OS. I've tried using other computers and operating systems, but as a software developer, my income and livelihood depend on me being able to produce code and do so efficiently. I'm more than willing to spend $2500 on a computer, one that I will one day be able to sell for ~$1000 if my past experiences hold true in the future, that works smoothly without hiccups and has a pristine top of the line OS that works seamlessly with all of the programs I run.
I've tried Linux and like it, but some things just do not run the same as on my Mac.
I've also tried Windows recently and the OS just feels gross, slow, and buggy after working with macOS and Linux.
I've been building React Native apps since the platform was released. Exponent not only makes the process much easier and approachable, it makes it a breeze to share the final app with your clients or people who you want to test externally. The team at Exponent also contributes a ton to the RN ecosystem as core contributors to React Native and open sourcing a lot of awesome RN components. If you're looking at building cross platform mobile apps I highly recommend checking out Exponent!
This was an excellent read. I would be interested in hearing more about his specific skill set and also more info about the technical interviews he went through.
I personally have bought about a dozen apps over the past 12 months, some for myself and some for my kids. $.99 to a couple of dollars is really not that much to me or most people.
Just downloaded it, fyi it tries to get you to buy money with money literally at the very beginning of the first two games I tried, definitely don't recommend this game.