There are many ways to do something. When you think, oh that’s neat and then realize you have to think how it interacts with X Y Z.
WordPress is a plugin rabbithole. Using the API makes those plugins more useless. But clients need a CMS.
Building everything from scratch is a mess.
React/Next is the best option but need a headless CMS and then implementing some the things that WP does easily, like user permissions, security, sanitization now gets dropped I’m your lap.
Building simple, free things in React and Next is fairly easy. Implementing user auth and crud operations is alright. But we want e-commerce and membership options.
What am I complaining about? I don’t know exactly. Use Next and a CMS that’s not WordPress for simple editing.
Jumping stacks kills progress. What are paying clients paying to do: Brochure, E-commerce, Functionality.
TS or No TS? Styled-components or no styled-components?
HTML/CSS/JS
Node/Express/EJS
Node Back-end, Next Front-end, Static site
Node Back-end, Next Front-end, Non-Static site
Mono WP
Using the new @wordpress/scripts bundling workflow with Sass support and React built in.
WP Back-end Next Front-end Static
Can use Colby Fayock starter as a baseline. Can host anywhere.
WP Back-end Next Front-end Non-Static
Can use Colby Fayock starter as a baseline. Need to host on Vercel or Netlify.
Next.js/Firebase/Mongo/Amplify/MySql
Next with a database and use of internal API to call
Shopify/Next/TS
eincode YouTube channel has a course at academy.eincode.com
Shopify/Next/Builder.io
JS Mastery has a tutorial
Next.js and Markdown for CMS
Not for non-developer admin, or a lot of content
Next.js and BigCommerce
Alternative to BIgCommerce
Next.js and Snipcart
Snipcart is a sliver of what shopify provides