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NotCodes

An offline-first visual IDE for React Native that parses the codebase directly into an AST and applies surgical updates to project files, avoiding rigid templates and unmaintainable generated code. Available for Windows and Linux.

Last shared For React Native developers who want to build apps visually without template-generated or unmaintainable code
01 / The problem

What it addresses

Template-based and code-generation approaches to React Native development produce rigid, unmaintainable spaghetti code.

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  1. NotCodes

    An offline-first visual IDE for React Native that parses the codebase directly into an AST and applies surgical updates to project files, avoiding rigid templates and unmaintainable generated code. Available for Windows and Linux.

    Problem: Template-based and code-generation approaches to React Native development produce rigid, unmaintainable spaghetti code.

    Audience: React Native developers who want to build apps visually without template-generated or unmaintainable code

    Posted by @kayra1881 · Original comment ↗

    “Working solo on NotCodes, an offline-first visual IDE for React Native. Instead of relying on rigid templates or generating unmaintainable spaghetti code, it parses the codebase directly into an AST and applies surgical updates to project files. Just shipped the Linux build alongside Windows.”