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Microsoft are quietly merging Office code into their react-native-macos repo

6 pointsby LinguaBrowsealmost 7 years ago

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LinguaBrowsealmost 7 years ago
The commit in question, made on 16th July, uses the term &quot;OfficeISS&quot;. I can find no mention of this online. Is this a straightforward code-name for their project to re-write their major apps in React, mentioned in the following tweet? <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;TheLarkInn&#x2F;status&#x2F;1006746626617008128" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;TheLarkInn&#x2F;status&#x2F;1006746626617008128</a><p>I asked for clarification on how they were approaching macOS support in React Native, both:<p>1) in that Twitter thread (to no answer): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;LinguaBrowse&#x2F;status&#x2F;1006834843416657920" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;LinguaBrowse&#x2F;status&#x2F;1006834843416657920</a><p>2) and in the subsequent Reddit discussion: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;programming&#x2F;comments&#x2F;8qqhlz&#x2F;office_365_ms_teams_skype_code_and_the_edge_debug&#x2F;e0lr0k1&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;programming&#x2F;comments&#x2F;8qqhlz&#x2F;office_...</a> (to an answer ignoring the macOS part of my question).<p>Microsoft are clearly going all-in on React Native:<p>1) TypeScript 3 has plenty of oddly React-specific features (e.g. defaultProps and PropTypes support): <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;typescript&#x2F;2018&#x2F;07&#x2F;30&#x2F;announcing-typescript-3-0&#x2F;#default-props-support" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blogs.msdn.microsoft.com&#x2F;typescript&#x2F;2018&#x2F;07&#x2F;30&#x2F;annou...</a><p>2) react-native-windows is thriving: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;react-native-windows" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;react-native-windows</a><p>3) WinObjC is looking formidable: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;WinObjC" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Microsoft&#x2F;WinObjC</a><p>I think the future is bright for Microsoft, cross-platform development, and the React universe..!