react-native-sqlite-2 VS nodejs-mobile

Oscar Franco created a great SQLite driver react-native-quick-sqlite, which provides a low-level API to execute SQL queries, fast bindings via JSI. JSI has a smaller overhead than the traditional RN bridge's. So, this is much faster than react-native-sqlite-2, which I made to get PouchDB to work on RN before.

This issue forces me to escape \0 characters to store blob data in my module called react-native-sqlite-2 like this:

“This isn't as straight forward as it seems. Porting NodeJS and its underlying JavaScript engine to iOS is challenging and currently we rely on https://github.com/JaneaSystems/nodejs-mobile which is no longer actively maintained. Codesandbox's Play.js uses a modified version of it but it's still at 12.19.0.

The React Native community is not focusing on providing solid APIs for binary data, unlike NodeJS. They are working on improving it as a front-end framework instead. And they would rely on extensions for other things like platform-dependent features. There is a project called nodejs-mobile which allows you to integrate NodeJS into your app. While it'd be fun for hobby projects, it's scary to rely on such a minor framework for my app focusing on its longevity. In fact, this library looks inactive these days.