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Framer is an awesome prototyping tool (I use it), but I would've wanted to know up-front that "export to React" comes with two huge caveats: - There's nothing
by xyzzyrz 6y ago
Framer is an awesome prototyping tool (I use it), but I would've wanted to know up-front that "export to React" comes with two huge caveats:
- There's nothing stopping you from using it in production, but it isn't designed for this. What you create does not even use real layout, does not use normal HTML elements, etc.: see https://www.framer.com/support/using-framer/creating-real-apps/ https://www.framer.com/support/using-framer/creating-real-ap....
- Inevitably in any real-world project, various parts of the UI need to be changed/overridden from code. But you cannot iterate on the design once ejected, which is a significant limitation for any product that requires iteration.
For building prototypes, it works great, and it makes user-testing a "happy path" nice and breezy.
That said, would love to see/hear more about the projects you've shipped to production!
(Disclaimer: I work on https://www.plasmic.app https://www.plasmic.app.)
- andratwiro 6y agoAgreed on both points, the export is definitely a hackish way of using Framer. I'll be glad to share the project over DM, feel free to shoot me an email :) Also, Plasmic looks really interesting, I'm looking forward to try it out.
- rundmc 6y agoI'm testing and absolutely loving Plasmic right now. Sent you a dm
- xyzzyrz 6y agoThanks for the kind words, that's great to hear! We are in a very fortunate position financially (multiple years of runway), and I am YZ. :) We also have companies big and small relying on Plasmic in production. Lastly, you fully own the code that you generate, and can always eject with clean React.