Is WordPress the Best Option in the Agency World?

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Should agencies consider building marketing sites with js frameworks or as wordpress the best option here a bit of a rant but i'm sick of wordpress and i'm ready to transition in the react world thanks for everything. Next question from joe mendez says agency lifetime tracking i hate it should agencies consider building Marketing sites withjs frameworks or asWordpress the best options? next-turn could that one day be on an advisory board with wicks like shel shelter is looking into something called Wicks Advisory Board, which would allow clients to track their online activity over time.

In this potluck episode, Scott and Wes talk home electicity, and then answer your questions about native web components, JS class mixins, JavaScript for marketers, managing application secrets, and more!

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00:10 Welcome
01:09 Sponsor: Sentry
02:18 Electrical house update
Klien Wirestrippers
07:45 Custom Syntax podcast browser
Custom Syntax browser
09:29 When using browser native web components (i.e. extends HTMLElement), should the whole application be wrapped in a component tree similar to how React apps do it?
Deno
Using Web Components with Next or any SSR Framework
16:12 Should I avoid JS/TS class mixins?
21:07 Is it acceptable to have any string value as a value for a CSS custom property?
26:48 Should agencies consider building marketing sites with JS frameworks or is Wordpress still the best option here?
33:56 What are the main things to think about when laying the foundations for an app or project that will hopefully grow into something big?
41:24 Will Javascript skills give me an edge over other local digital marketers?
WordPress
Ghost
46:00 What tool, if any, do you use for publishing packages?
50:19 Do you have any suggestions on how I can find time to code more?
Bit
54:17 how do you both manage your application secrets (API keys, database credentials etc) when deploying to Digital Ocean or Linode?
58:52 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××