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Re:Figma to React by xyzzyrz on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:00PM (#26612551)
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-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.)

Re:Figma to React by rundmc on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:31PM (#26629112)
I'm testing and absolutely loving Plasmic right now. Sent you a dm
Re:Figma to React by xyzzyrz on Monday March 29, 2021 @06:50PM (#26629298)
Thanks 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.

Re:Figma to React by andratwiro on Sunday March 28, 2021 @05:14PM (#26614651)
Agreed 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.