react-native-monorepo-tools VS react-native-windows

Second app with bare RN. Similar story. It doesn't work. I googled and found this https://github.com/mmazzarolo/react-native-monorepo-tools . But still doesn't work... I found some random example https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-sdk-js-tests/blob/main/packages/react-native/metro.config.js and wow it works. I skip the confusion with tsconfig.json, setting path etc.

Install CRACO and react-native-monorepo-tools:

Last but not least, use react-native-monorepo-tools to make metro compatible with Yarn Workspaces:

To do so, install react-native-monorepo-tools, a set of utilities for making metro compatible with Yarn workspaces based on our nohoist list.

Microsoft is using React Native for Windows [0] for their Office applications [1]. As a fan of RN this would be the first avenue I’d explore if I had to develop something for Windows.

[0] https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/

There's also MAUI (.NET) and React Native desktop.

Sometimes yeah they can become a real pain in the a$$. With RN you can make good looking and dynamic layouts with minimum effort. On the other hand when trying to implement logic my main and continuous issues I am facing is with the async parts . Apart from I am all in for RN . I am going to give it a try for a windows app with https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows .And if it works fine (which means you get your self away from C#) it will be a really powerful tool for me .

You can read more about it here: https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/

at Microsoft, it's used a lot for brownfield scenarios, similar to react-native-windows: https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-windows

you sound more like a zealot than someone trying to make a point. you can deploy to desktop with react native and have been able to for years now, courtesy of Microsoft: https://microsoft.github.io/react-native-windows/