When you guys are working on websites for clients, are you getting into code, and using a VS Code and Github kinda workflow, or is it overkill for most projects?
I guess I did mean for a marketing site built in Webflow. At what point would you start bringing your code in via github (or other)?
Hey @Jack Designs I’m testing a workflow for when a client just needs a landing page I build it in webflow, export and import it to GitHub then host it with vercel. It’s fairly simple and free and you can also connect a custom domain for free as well as select Australian servers.
You loose the CMS and webflow forms. But if you just embed a lead capture form that’s no problem. Anyone else tried this? Thoughts?
@Aurelien Schibli very interesting and economical! What do you charge for something like that?
@Jack Designs I'm curious of this as well, sounds interesting. I love GitHub, I've been a member since 2008, used it for all kinds of things but I have not considered using it for Webflow. For external code, I've used Slater.app - helped me generate the code as well as editing/hosting it.
There are a few tutorials on youtube on how to set up vs code > github > Webflow. I followed along and got it set up, and once it's done, the workflow is nice.
@Jack Designs nice, in the past you weren't able to serve files from GitHub similar to a CDN so I wonder how that has changed or is worked around - mind sharing that youtube link?
@Matt this is probably the clearest tutorial for setting up a vs code > github > webflow workflow. A few steps I don't really understand, but I just followed them, and it's working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QjI2DRVWwI&ab_channel=CLCreative
Then, Web Bae has a tutorial, which adds an extra step to support Typescript as well as Javascript: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq0jw3_d5Ig&t=445s&ab_channel=WebBae
