How to vibe codeWebstudio

Prerequisites

• Node.jsfree

  Required for running the local development environment, build tools, and package managers.

• GitHubfree

  Version control and source code repository management.

AI coding tools

• Claude Code

  Best-in-class terminal agent for scaffolding complex multi-file TypeScript architectures, AST compilers, and UI state managers.

• Cursor

  Essential for iterative UI development, debugging visual canvas components, and inspecting CSS grid rendering code.

Build guide

1. 01Project Scaffolding & Component Tree Data Model

   Initialize the React application with TypeScript and establish the recursive JSON tree structure representing DOM elements, styles, and attributes.

   Scaffold a new Next.js project with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and Radix UI primitives. Define a robust TypeScript data model for a visual website builder tree: create interfaces for `ElementNode` supporting IDs, HTML tag names, arbitrary CSS property maps, event handlers, and child node arrays. Implement a state manager using Immer or JSON Patches to handle hierarchical tree mutations, including node insertion, deletion, reordering, and deep property updates with full undo/redo history tracking. Ensure the data structure mirrors a virtual DOM representation suitable for serialization to disk.

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2. 02Visual Drag-and-Drop Canvas & Style Inspector

   Build the interactive canvas viewport and the sidebar style inspector panel for raw CSS property editing.

   Build a visual drag-and-drop canvas component in React that renders the recursive `ElementNode` tree inside an isolated iframe or interactive container. Implement selection state handling so clicking any canvas element highlights its bounding box and loads its properties into a sidebar Inspector. Create Inspector sub-panels for typography, spacing, flexbox/grid layout controls, and an all-CSS-properties text input key-value mapper. Ensure real-time updates propagate instantly from the inspector inputs into the node tree state without lagging.

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3. 03Expression Editor & Dynamic Data Binding

   Implement a UI expression editor for conditional rendering and external API resource bindings.

   Develop an expression editor component that allows users to write logical expressions and variable bindings directly inside the builder UI. Create a resource configuration modal supporting REST API endpoints, headers, and query parameters. Implement binding selectors that let users link incoming collection data fields (such as text content, image sources, and href attributes) to specific element node properties. Include a secure evaluation sandbox or parser function to resolve dynamic values during render time.

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4. 04Static and Dynamic Code Exporter Compiler

   Write an AST transformation compiler that packages the visual tree into clean static HTML/CSS or SSR bundles.

   Implement a code export compiler utility in TypeScript that takes the serialized `ElementNode` tree and compiles it into production-ready static HTML files accompanied by optimized CSS stylesheets and entry scripts. Ensure the compiler strips out builder-specific meta-attributes, generates clean semantic tags, handles responsive media query rules, and packages the output into a downloadable ZIP archive or prepares it for deployment to Cloudflare Pages.

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5. 05Project Persistence, Deployment, and Polish

   Connect the builder backend to Turso/SQLite, configure better-auth, and finalize deployment workflows.

   Wire up the application persistence layer using Turso (SQLite over HTTP) and Drizzle ORM to save, load, and version-control project trees. Integrate better-auth for user authentication and session management. Add a command palette (Command + K) for rapid navigation across pages and builder actions. Perform comprehensive debugging on canvas rendering edges, ensure smooth undo/redo performance, and prepare deployment scripts for Railway and Cloudflare.

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