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what is different from site builders like wix, weebly etc.?

Thanks for the question! The big difference is that Builder works like a headless CMS - so you can easily hook it up to existing sites with an API.

This is most useful for existing sites or apps that have a lot of custom coded content, but you want non-devs to be able to make and manage landing pages and other content without relying on developers at all

If I start messing with a page in Builder, does that make it difficult to go back and start coding like normal again on it?

For instance, if I want to do the page layout first in Builder, then jump in and make one of the components into a messenger with sockets in the code, then tweak a component’s position and add a few more, then jump back into the code - is that a possible workflow?

Ideally I would want to use Typescript and React.

Not at all - you can easily balance your usage of Builder and your own code as much as you like. You can put Builder content within your code components, and you can easily use your code components within the Builder content.

Take a look at this for a real example you can play with on how you can have some pages powered by Builder and some fully in your react/typescript code https://codesandbox.io/s/github/BuilderIO/builder/tree/maste...

And then see this guide for how to use your own react/typescript components in the builder content https://builder.io/c/docs/custom-react-components

And don't hesitate to reach out if you have any more detailed questions about this - steve@builder.io

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