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The young people in my company made sure our webpage is a react app. I gave in because they are having fun and it looks good, but it could have been done in st
by ashildr 6y ago
The young people in my company made sure our webpage is a react app.
I gave in because they are having fun and it looks good, but it could have been done in static html (maybe using a generator) way more easily.
It hurts me everytime I‘m thinking about it.
- agustif 6y agoYou could suggest them to use React/NextJS, but publish a static export (yarn export) which is the buildtime compiled HTML+CSS+JS from react, but without needing anything else. Works well for static pages, this is what I did so II could use next/react and deploy to a boring LAMP server we have for our landing pages.
- bottled_poe 6y agoDon’t do this. I’ve just been through the process. Trust me. For a marketing website just use Wordpress and save your time for something more valuable.
- agustif 6y agoIt works for me, already shipped. A bit late for the advice I guess. Use what you know?
- cutemonster 6y agoWorks for me too -- for me, Gatsby or Hugo etc are quicker and simpler than WP Especially long term wrt security
- bottled_poe 6y agoAsk them how they’ve addressed SEO. I doubt there’s a good answer. In my experience you’re better off just using Wordpress for a marketing website. It already does the vast majority of what a marketing website needs. Now, a rich web portal/SaaS product is a different story. Choosing the right tool for the job only comes with experience.