[tlinton]

You can access the native objects and interact with them in javascript using Tint (essentially node.js + native-bridge + ease-of-use-wrapper). A little different then "run-in-a-webkit-with-C++-callbacks" mentality (e.g., phonegap, node-webkit), or facebook's "branded-programming" with react native.

[jaegerpicker]

How is react facebook "branded-programming"? Sure they released it but it's open source and is quickly becoming a extremely wide spread standard.