I recently tried using Figma Sites to export a basic layout, and while my design looked clean, the code output was a complete mess. Everything was positioned with absolute values, the icons didn't render, and the structure was just a bunch of div blocks piled on top of each other. It lacked responsiveness and any sense of reuse. It honestly took me longer to fix than if I had just built it from scratch! I then tried using Anima for the same design, and got proper layout logic, readable classes, and working assets. I'm curious if anyone here is actually using Figma Sites' output in a production environment. If so, I'd love to hear how you make it work. Otherwise, it seems like it's still not quite up to par.
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Nope, not really. I don't see why anyone would use it; grid and flex layouts are so easy to work with these days. The trickier part really is creating custom components.
I checked out some of the code that Figma generates, and it reminded me of working with Dreamweaver. It’s just not good.
Honestly, it feels like Figma just added this feature to show they're doing something innovative, but it’s more of a gimmick reminiscent of Dreamweaver. It seems really outdated and not practical for most developers.
I just grab colors and font settings from the Figma export, but for everything else, it’s all manual work. Definitely not ready for full production use yet.
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