How to choose the best IDE for React Native

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  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    VSCode is a free and open source code editor that comes with built-in support for JavaScript and multiple other languages and frameworks. New features are released monthly to give developers the best development experience.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • intellij-plugins

    Open-source plugins included in the distribution of IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate and other IDEs based on the IntelliJ Platform

    IntelliJ IDEA is an IDE for Java development and other JVM languages, like Kotlin. It is an intelligent IDE from JetBrains and has the same easy-to-use UI as WebStorm.

  • react-native

    A framework for building native applications using React

    Since React Native is written in JavaScript, you need an IDE that supports JavaScript to ensure it will support React Native as well. Support for JSX, a JavaScript syntax extension, is also paramount.

  • Atom

    Discontinued :atom: The hackable text editor

    Atom is a popular hackable text editor for JavaScript built by the team at GitHub. Like VSCode, Atom can work like an IDE for your React Native project, but you may need to install lots of packages to achieve the functionality you need.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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