Some basic questions as I consider using Wappler

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Hi @Mark
Welcome to Wappler Community.
I too come from a similar background where I coded everything using custom HTML/CSS/JS along with 3rd party tools for some of the more advanced controls/options.

@Mark

handcode websites (without using Bootstrap) and “drop in” pre-built elements

You can hand-code websites even with Wappler, but to use the App Connect framework & its various drag-drop elements etc, you absolutely need Bootstrap.
Bootstrap not only gives a nice UI, it takes care of all responsive stuff.. giving a good UX too.

This is was one of the biggest challenges when switching to Wappler. But once I got the hang of Bootstrap classes, everything became much-much faster and simpler.

@Mark

It isn’t easy to set your own break points.

There are options to change breakpoint widths in settings, but haven't used them. Following standard breakpoints has worked well for me so far.

@Mark

I use REM a lot.

Design panel allows for custom CSS units, so should not be a concern.

@Mark

I don’t like not being able to see the code.

Never been an issue with Wappler.

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