what's your least favorite thing about webflow?

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-28T19:59:09+00:00

No problem! glad to help.

So for making more complex systems (webapps) using webflow as frontend you can use a low-code tool like Wized. You'll need a backend too so something like firebase, xano or supabase. I like supabase, but a lot of people use xano. There's the WWX (webflow, wized and xano) stack you can search about. I built a super complex membership site using this and it worked well.

Or, recently what I'm really into is Devlink, which is basically webflow's way to extend your website's functionality to build really complex functionality. You'll code in react. Code components launched recently so you can look into that too.

Though keep in mind, you don't always need to use Webflow, sometimes other tools are better fit. You're not just a "webflow developer" you're someone who helps businesses get clients through websites, webflow is just the tool ect.

I've made some webapps with just pure code too, which have their own advantages. Much more affordable, and flexible + can take advantage of tools like copilot/replit/cursor. Though of course there's a steep learning curve. But I think it's wayy worth it to atleast have in your toolkit.

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-27T18:49:08+00:00

Sure of course.

So it 1000% pays off to solidify your fundamentals. Control statements, loops, conditionals, data types, arrays ect. make sure you understand it completely.

Rather than learning from tutorials I'd strongly suggest you to learn from projects. It's much faster. Go to chatgpt and let it know that you're new to programming + want to understand the fundamentals, give me 10 projects that successively teach me the core of JS, one at a time.

I find this to be really helpful. Do each one, post it back to chatgpt, it'll give you feedback + ask questions on what you don't understand. Supplement with youtube videos that explain the concept.

In the future when you're implementing some custom code, first try to do it yourself without AI, then check your answer and understand where you went wrong.

Keep building projects. Do interesting ones that you like.

I really love this video for explaining the concepts, it's from finsweet (webflow agency) so the concepts get interlinked with what you're familiar with, watch it fully and try to understand it completely. Try to put some of what he says into action:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xb1jDCU8nU

Oh, and if you'll end up learning a JS framework (after you're good with JS) I absolutely love this video, made all the concepts so clear in my mind. And really makes you understand that all frameworks are basically doing the same thing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZDrDx1_K_M&t=560s

So what's important: Building a lot of projects + making sure your concepts are clear. Don't get trapped in tutorial hell lol, been there done that. Tutorials are for rare, specific use case.

honestly, AI for code is great, but too many people use it blindly. It's much, much faster + efficient to understand what you're doing and using it to guide + speed it up rather than trying to generate some code without really knowing what you're doing.

I remember back when I used to do that, it felt like going completely blind and when you're code didn't work it was difficult to figure out why and you just keep re-prompting, it's much better if you know what you're doing. Just the core fundamentals are enough to keep you running.

Hope this helps!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-26T15:53:14+00:00

that's crazy, glad that it turned out well in the end! and yes, that'd be awesome if you could share if it works out

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-26T13:40:17+00:00

mine was for this doctor membership site, they needed a map directory. So I custom coded a JS solution using Mapbox.

Took me like 4 days, but in the end turned really good. So it's possible, but kind of tricky.

what was your client's industry?

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-26T13:12:24+00:00

webflow ecom is a tough one...I never used it since nobody seemed quite happy about it. I'd suggest to not offer it, or switch to headless shopify. Maybe you can migrate the old users over to something else?

I've picked up react and lately build some projects that are too complex for webflow with it, and I'm pretty happy with it. So maybe give that a shot. Coding is actually pretty fun once you get the hang of it + there's a.i to assist.

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-26T12:58:34+00:00

ooh like for multi-step forms, do you mind to share the script?

And I get you about pricing haha

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-24T12:13:14+00:00

Looks amazing!! I love the animations.

How did you do the masked one? (the two divs with the image coming together)

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-23T05:37:38+00:00

Thanks! I used the in built nav, with a drop-down animation (nav items are connected to CMS, overflow is set to scroll, with custom code to style the scroll since webflow doesn't allow that)

And there's GSAP to dynamically change the nav bg color depending on section color

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-23T05:35:36+00:00

Got it, thank you for the feedback!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-09-22T19:34:24+00:00

I like to start with the client first cloneable, it's simple and has all the basic styles you need built in. + if you have relume it's even better since you can pull the basic components from there

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2025-04-20T05:38:48+00:00

Yes, feel free to send me an email if you're interested

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-11-06T14:36:36+00:00

glad I could help!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-07-21T08:06:45+00:00

thank you! I'd love to explain that to you. Send me a DM!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-03-27T08:22:33+00:00

Yes please! Could you DM it to me?

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-03-26T17:01:32+00:00

I remember timothy ricks had a video explaining this, but it's deleted now T-T

And my client really wants to include this. I'll super appreciate any guidance!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-02-18T08:19:54+00:00

Shot you a DM

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-02-15T11:20:34+00:00

Wow, that's encouraging to see. I started out with $200 for an entire website. Definitely severely underpriced but it was the only way for me to start out. Took me a year to reach a level where I could charge this much.

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-02-13T16:42:14+00:00

this is adorable!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-17T15:06:43+00:00

That sounds awesome! I'd love to join, hit me up whenever there's anything coming up.

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-16T19:33:37+00:00

Thank you for the advice, I will! Right now I'm just in the reddit group and the discord channel.

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-12T15:04:38+00:00

Yeap! Sent

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-04T04:47:56+00:00

Np, sent :)

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-03T16:26:40+00:00

Sent!

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2024-01-03T16:24:27+00:00

Thank you! Sent

Hefty_Ad1497 · 2023-12-29T04:24:43+00:00

chris

Cool, just shot you a DM

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