diff --git a/src/apis/AppRegistry/index.js b/src/apis/AppRegistry/index.js
index e6374288..0e9e9408 100644
--- a/src/apis/AppRegistry/index.js
+++ b/src/apis/AppRegistry/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import invariant from 'fbjs/lib/invariant';
 import { unmountComponentAtNode } from 'react/lib/ReactMount';
 import renderApplication, { getApplication } from './renderApplication';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
 const runnables = {};
 
 type ComponentProvider = () => Component<any, any, any>
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ class AppRegistry {
 
   static registerComponent(appKey: string, getComponentFunc: ComponentProvider): string {
     runnables[appKey] = {
-      getApplication: ({ initialProps } = {}) => getApplication(getComponentFunc(), initialProps),
-      run: ({ initialProps, rootTag }) => renderApplication(getComponentFunc(), initialProps, rootTag)
+      getApplication: ({ initialProps } = emptyObject) => getApplication(getComponentFunc(), initialProps),
+      run: ({ initialProps = emptyObject, rootTag }) => renderApplication(getComponentFunc(), initialProps, rootTag)
     };
     return appKey;
   }
diff --git a/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js b/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
index e28d783d..af57184d 100644
--- a/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
+++ b/src/apis/StyleSheet/i18nStyle.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import I18nManager from '../I18nManager';
 import multiplyStyleLengthValue from '../../modules/multiplyStyleLengthValue';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 /**
  * Map of property names to their BiDi equivalent.
  */
@@ -64,38 +66,40 @@ const swapLtrRtl = (value:String): String => {
   return value === 'ltr' ? 'rtl' : value === 'rtl' ? 'ltr' : value;
 };
 
-const i18nStyle = (style = {}) => {
+const i18nStyle = (style = emptyObject) => {
   const newStyle = {};
   for (const prop in style) {
-    if (style.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
-      const indexOfNoFlip = prop.indexOf('$noI18n');
+    if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(style, prop)) {
+      continue;
+    }
 
-      if (I18nManager.isRTL) {
-        if (PROPERTIES_TO_SWAP[prop]) {
-          const newProp = flipProperty(prop);
-          newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
-        } else if (PROPERTIES_SWAP_LEFT_RIGHT[prop]) {
-          newStyle[prop] = swapLeftRight(style[prop]);
-        } else if (PROPERTIES_SWAP_LTR_RTL[prop]) {
-          newStyle[prop] = swapLtrRtl(style[prop]);
-        } else if (prop === 'textShadowOffset') {
-          newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
-          newStyle[prop].width = additiveInverse(style[prop].width);
-        } else if (prop === 'transform') {
-          newStyle[prop] = style[prop].map(flipTransform);
-        } else if (indexOfNoFlip > -1) {
-          const newProp = prop.substring(0, indexOfNoFlip);
-          newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
-        } else {
-          newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
-        }
+    const indexOfNoFlip = prop.indexOf('$noI18n');
+
+    if (I18nManager.isRTL) {
+      if (PROPERTIES_TO_SWAP[prop]) {
+        const newProp = flipProperty(prop);
+        newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
+      } else if (PROPERTIES_SWAP_LEFT_RIGHT[prop]) {
+        newStyle[prop] = swapLeftRight(style[prop]);
+      } else if (PROPERTIES_SWAP_LTR_RTL[prop]) {
+        newStyle[prop] = swapLtrRtl(style[prop]);
+      } else if (prop === 'textShadowOffset') {
+        newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
+        newStyle[prop].width = additiveInverse(style[prop].width);
+      } else if (prop === 'transform') {
+        newStyle[prop] = style[prop].map(flipTransform);
+      } else if (indexOfNoFlip > -1) {
+        const newProp = prop.substring(0, indexOfNoFlip);
+        newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
       } else {
-        if (indexOfNoFlip > -1) {
-          const newProp = prop.substring(0, indexOfNoFlip);
-          newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
-        } else {
-          newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
-        }
+        newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
+      }
+    } else {
+      if (indexOfNoFlip > -1) {
+        const newProp = prop.substring(0, indexOfNoFlip);
+        newStyle[newProp] = style[prop];
+      } else {
+        newStyle[prop] = style[prop];
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/apis/UIManager/index.js b/src/apis/UIManager/index.js
index db5fe173..a11bbcb5 100644
--- a/src/apis/UIManager/index.js
+++ b/src/apis/UIManager/index.js
@@ -35,8 +35,11 @@ const UIManager = {
 
   updateView(node, props, component /* only needed to surpress React errors in development */) {
     for (const prop in props) {
-      const value = props[prop];
+      if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(props, prop)) {
+        continue;
+      }
 
+      const value = props[prop];
       switch (prop) {
         case 'style':
           // convert styles to DOM-styles
diff --git a/src/components/Image/index.js b/src/components/Image/index.js
index 57b9903e..38c4d52b 100644
--- a/src/components/Image/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Image/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import StyleSheetPropType from '../../propTypes/StyleSheetPropType';
 import View from '../View';
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 const STATUS_ERRORED = 'ERRORED';
 const STATUS_LOADED = 'LOADED';
 const STATUS_LOADING = 'LOADING';
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ class Image extends Component {
   };
 
   static defaultProps = {
-    style: {}
+    style: emptyObject
   };
 
   static resizeMode = ImageResizeMode;
diff --git a/src/components/ScrollView/index.js b/src/components/ScrollView/index.js
index 0e70e45b..c8f5bd87 100644
--- a/src/components/ScrollView/index.js
+++ b/src/components/ScrollView/index.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import View from '../View';
 import ViewStylePropTypes from '../View/ViewStylePropTypes';
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 /* eslint-disable react/prefer-es6-class */
 const ScrollView = React.createClass({
   propTypes: {
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ const ScrollView = React.createClass({
     if (typeof y === 'number') {
       console.warn('`scrollTo(y, x, animated)` is deprecated. Use `scrollTo({x: 5, y: 5, animated: true})` instead.');
     } else {
-      ({ x, y, animated } = y || {});
+      ({ x, y, animated } = y || emptyObject);
     }
 
     this.getScrollResponder().scrollResponderScrollTo({ x: x || 0, y: y || 0, animated: animated !== false });
diff --git a/src/components/Switch/index.js b/src/components/Switch/index.js
index 45ad85ef..dbde8071 100644
--- a/src/components/Switch/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Switch/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import UIManager from '../../apis/UIManager';
 import View from '../View';
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
 const thumbDefaultBoxShadow = '0px 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,0.5)';
 const thumbFocusedBoxShadow = `${thumbDefaultBoxShadow}, 0 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.1)`;
 
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class Switch extends Component {
     activeThumbColor: '#009688',
     activeTrackColor: '#A3D3CF',
     disabled: false,
-    style: {},
+    style: emptyObject,
     thumbColor: '#FAFAFA',
     trackColor: '#939393',
     value: false
diff --git a/src/components/Text/index.js b/src/components/Text/index.js
index 7c906fdc..91bbde1e 100644
--- a/src/components/Text/index.js
+++ b/src/components/Text/index.js
@@ -40,25 +40,24 @@ class Text extends Component {
       onLayout,
       suppressHighlighting,
       /* eslint-enable */
-      ...other
+      ...otherProps
     } = this.props;
 
     if (onPress) {
-      other.onClick = onPress;
-      other.onKeyDown = this._createEnterHandler(onPress);
-      other.tabIndex = 0;
+      otherProps.onClick = onPress;
+      otherProps.onKeyDown = this._createEnterHandler(onPress);
+      otherProps.tabIndex = 0;
     }
 
-    return createDOMElement('span', {
-      ...other,
-      style: [
-        styles.initial,
-        style,
-        !selectable && styles.notSelectable,
-        numberOfLines === 1 && styles.singleLineStyle,
-        onPress && styles.pressable
-      ]
-    });
+    otherProps.style = [
+      styles.initial,
+      style,
+      !selectable && styles.notSelectable,
+      numberOfLines === 1 && styles.singleLineStyle,
+      onPress && styles.pressable
+    ];
+
+    return createDOMElement('span', otherProps);
   }
 
   _createEnterHandler(fn) {
diff --git a/src/components/TextInput/index.js b/src/components/TextInput/index.js
index 4f0adcb7..2432b300 100644
--- a/src/components/TextInput/index.js
+++ b/src/components/TextInput/index.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ import UIManager from '../../apis/UIManager';
 import View from '../View';
 import { Component, PropTypes } from 'react';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 /**
  * React Native events differ from W3C events.
  */
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
     multiline: false,
     numberOfLines: 2,
     secureTextEntry: false,
-    style: {}
+    style: emptyObject
   };
 
   blur() {
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
       selectionColor,
       selectTextOnFocus,
       /* eslint-enable */
-      ...other
+      ...otherProps
     } = this.props;
 
     let type;
@@ -186,8 +188,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
 
     const component = multiline ? TextareaAutosize : 'input';
 
-    const props = {
-      ...other,
+    Object.assign(otherProps, {
       autoCorrect: autoCorrect ? 'on' : 'off',
       dir: 'auto',
       onBlur: normalizeEventHandler(this._handleBlur),
@@ -201,16 +202,16 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
         styles.initial,
         style
       ]
-    };
+    });
 
     if (multiline) {
-      props.maxRows = maxNumberOfLines || numberOfLines;
-      props.minRows = numberOfLines;
+      otherProps.maxRows = maxNumberOfLines || numberOfLines;
+      otherProps.minRows = numberOfLines;
     } else {
-      props.type = type;
+      otherProps.type = type;
     }
 
-    return createDOMElement(component, props);
+    return createDOMElement(component, otherProps);
   }
 
   _handleBlur = (e) => {
@@ -245,7 +246,7 @@ class TextInput extends Component {
   }
 
   _handleSelectionChange = (e) => {
-    const { onSelectionChange, selection = {} } = this.props;
+    const { onSelectionChange, selection = emptyObject } = this.props;
     if (onSelectionChange) {
       try {
         const node = e.target;
diff --git a/src/components/View/index.js b/src/components/View/index.js
index e330aea5..f021b7de 100644
--- a/src/components/View/index.js
+++ b/src/components/View/index.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class View extends Component {
       onMagicTap,
       removeClippedSubviews,
       /* eslint-enable */
-      ...other
+      ...otherProps
     } = this.props;
 
     const flattenedStyle = StyleSheet.flatten(style);
@@ -107,27 +107,24 @@ class View extends Component {
     // 'View' needs to set 'flexShrink:0' only when there is no 'flex' or 'flexShrink' style provided
     const needsFlexReset = !flattenedStyle || (flattenedStyle.flex == null && flattenedStyle.flexShrink == null);
 
-    const normalizedEventHandlers = eventHandlerNames.reduce((handlerProps, handlerName) => {
+    const component = this.context.isInAButtonView ? 'span' : 'div';
+
+    eventHandlerNames.reduce((props, handlerName) => {
       const handler = this.props[handlerName];
       if (typeof handler === 'function') {
-        handlerProps[handlerName] = this._normalizeEventForHandler(handler, handlerName);
+        props[handlerName] = this._normalizeEventForHandler(handler, handlerName);
       }
-      return handlerProps;
-    }, {});
+      return props;
+    }, otherProps);
 
-    const component = this.context.isInAButtonView ? 'span' : 'div';
-    const props = {
-      ...other,
-      ...normalizedEventHandlers,
-      style: [
-        styles.initial,
-        style,
-        needsFlexReset && styles.flexReset,
-        pointerEventsStyle
-      ]
-    };
+    otherProps.style = [
+      styles.initial,
+      style,
+      needsFlexReset && styles.flexReset,
+      pointerEventsStyle
+    ];
 
-    return createDOMElement(component, props);
+    return createDOMElement(component, otherProps);
   }
 
   _normalizeEventForHandler(handler, handlerName) {
diff --git a/src/modules/ScrollResponder/index.js b/src/modules/ScrollResponder/index.js
index 5f0bf100..8ff42b39 100644
--- a/src/modules/ScrollResponder/index.js
+++ b/src/modules/ScrollResponder/index.js
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ var warning = require('fbjs/lib/warning');
  *   this.props.onKeyboardDidHide
  */
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 var IS_ANIMATING_TOUCH_START_THRESHOLD_MS = 16;
 
 type State = {
@@ -378,7 +380,7 @@ var ScrollResponderMixin = {
     if (typeof x === 'number') {
       console.warn('`scrollResponderScrollTo(x, y, animated)` is deprecated. Use `scrollResponderScrollTo({x: 5, y: 5, animated: true})` instead.');
     } else {
-      ({x, y, animated} = x || {});
+      ({x, y, animated} = x || emptyObject);
     }
     const node = this.scrollResponderGetScrollableNode()
     node.scrollLeft = x || 0
diff --git a/src/modules/applyLayout/index.js b/src/modules/applyLayout/index.js
index 7213773a..48c88e30 100644
--- a/src/modules/applyLayout/index.js
+++ b/src/modules/applyLayout/index.js
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 
 import emptyFunction from 'fbjs/lib/emptyFunction';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 const applyLayout = (Component) => {
   const componentDidMount = Component.prototype.componentDidMount || emptyFunction;
   const componentDidUpdate = Component.prototype.componentDidUpdate || emptyFunction;
 
   Component.prototype.componentDidMount = function () {
     componentDidMount.call(this);
-    this._layoutState = {};
+    this._layoutState = emptyObject;
     this._handleLayout();
   };
 
diff --git a/src/modules/createDOMElement/index.js b/src/modules/createDOMElement/index.js
index 86ad1faa..19565987 100644
--- a/src/modules/createDOMElement/index.js
+++ b/src/modules/createDOMElement/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import StyleSheet from '../../apis/StyleSheet';
 
+const emptyObject = {};
+
 const roleComponents = {
   article: 'article',
   banner: 'header',
@@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ const roleComponents = {
   region: 'section'
 };
 
-const createDOMElement = (component, rnProps = {}) => {
+const createDOMElement = (component, rnProps = emptyObject) => {
   const {
     accessibilityLabel,
     accessibilityLiveRegion,
@@ -25,15 +27,14 @@ const createDOMElement = (component, rnProps = {}) => {
     accessible = true,
     testID,
     type,
-    ...other
+    ...domProps
   } = rnProps;
 
   const accessibilityComponent = accessibilityRole && roleComponents[accessibilityRole];
   const Component = accessibilityComponent || component;
-  const domProps = {
-    ...other,
-    ...StyleSheet.resolve(other)
-  };
+
+  Object.assign(domProps, StyleSheet.resolve(domProps));
+
   if (!accessible) { domProps['aria-hidden'] = true; }
   if (accessibilityLabel) { domProps['aria-label'] = accessibilityLabel; }
   if (accessibilityLiveRegion) { domProps['aria-live'] = accessibilityLiveRegion; }
diff --git a/src/modules/normalizeNativeEvent.js b/src/modules/normalizeNativeEvent.js
index 446385a2..d70490b1 100644
--- a/src/modules/normalizeNativeEvent.js
+++ b/src/modules/normalizeNativeEvent.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+const emptyArray = [];
+
 // Mobile Safari re-uses touch objects, so we copy the properties we want and normalize the identifier
-const normalizeTouches = (touches = []) => Array.prototype.slice.call(touches).map((touch) => {
+const normalizeTouches = (touches = emptyArray) => Array.prototype.slice.call(touches).map((touch) => {
   const identifier = touch.identifier > 20 ? (touch.identifier % 20) : touch.identifier;
 
   const rect = touch.target && touch.target.getBoundingClientRect();
@@ -59,21 +61,23 @@ function normalizeTouchEvent(nativeEvent) {
 }
 
 function normalizeMouseEvent(nativeEvent) {
-  const touches = [ {
-    _normalized: true,
-    clientX: nativeEvent.clientX,
-    clientY: nativeEvent.clientY,
-    force: nativeEvent.force,
-    locationX: nativeEvent.clientX,
-    locationY: nativeEvent.clientY,
-    identifier: 0,
-    pageX: nativeEvent.pageX,
-    pageY: nativeEvent.pageY,
-    screenX: nativeEvent.screenX,
-    screenY: nativeEvent.screenY,
-    target: nativeEvent.target,
-    timestamp: Date.now()
-  } ];
+  const touches = [
+    {
+      _normalized: true,
+      clientX: nativeEvent.clientX,
+      clientY: nativeEvent.clientY,
+      force: nativeEvent.force,
+      locationX: nativeEvent.clientX,
+      locationY: nativeEvent.clientY,
+      identifier: 0,
+      pageX: nativeEvent.pageX,
+      pageY: nativeEvent.pageY,
+      screenX: nativeEvent.screenX,
+      screenY: nativeEvent.screenY,
+      target: nativeEvent.target,
+      timestamp: Date.now()
+    }
+  ];
   return {
     _normalized: true,
     changedTouches: touches,
@@ -87,7 +91,7 @@ function normalizeMouseEvent(nativeEvent) {
     stopPropagation: nativeEvent.stopPropagation.bind(nativeEvent),
     target: nativeEvent.target,
     timestamp: touches[0].timestamp,
-    touches: (nativeEvent.type === 'mouseup') ? [] : touches
+    touches: (nativeEvent.type === 'mouseup') ? emptyArray : touches
   };
 }