Facebook released the code for Android Native React

Facebook released the code for Android Native React,

Facebook has announced the release of the source code for Android Native React on GitHub platform after earlier this year introduce React Native version for iOS. This will mean that developers and engineers of any company or organization may use Native React to reuse code developed for the implementation of a concrete platform and take it to the other major platforms. Thereby releases versions for major platforms speeds, while also reducing costs, among other advantages.

Facebook says it has been using internally React Native for more than a year, explaining the case of the development of the Ads Manager application, which has gone on to become the first Native React application and also available for multiple platforms, whose development has been half the time usually used in relation to the development of mobile versions of their applications.

The ad has been carried out in its annual conference calledScale before more than 1,800 executives and engineers from both Facebook itself as other companies such as Microsoft, Google, Twitter, Box, among others.

Native React uses JavaScript React , being a framework developed by Facebook for its engineers develop user interfaces of their Web and mobile applications for Android and iOS using the same code. This solution is now within any developer and engineer who wants it.

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Facebook helps teachers to view the progress of their students

Facebook helps teachers to view the progress of their students,

New technologies can be key to student learning at all educational levels, and Facebook has not been left behind, launching a new project to help teachers track the progress of their students.

This is the Personal Learning Plan, and is an initiative that comes to light after the work of the social network with American schools to improve the software used by teachers to monitor their students. Specifically, the company Mark Zuckerberg joined the nonprofit organization Summit Public Schools to build this software now offers for free.

This new software aims to track the work done by students to achieve their goals and targets within a given period, personalizing courses so that students can achieve.

This program also provides information to both teachers and teachers about student progress.

While last year Facebook collaborated with Summit for the creation and development of this software, this academic year will focus on the support of the organization so that this system can be part of other schools who want to join this system of personalized learning.

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