ok thanks, that what I thought, but just want to be 100% before my friend starts changing setting's that could affect his business email

Since they have access to their DNS records via their domain registrar, they can set up the necessary MX records to make Gmail their mail exchange right? And then get rid of the web hosts email

ok thanks, that's very helpful.

thanks for the info, I've updated my posted with a bit more info and why we are asking on here

Thanks. This is good to know, I saw OVH getting a bit of bad press on reddit. but good to hear positive stories.

Do they offer WHOIS privacy for free?

true, but I don't think it's that alone, there are lot of other providers on there that don't get anywhere near the same number of bad reviews or intensity of reviews as CF. There are people really hating on CF there.

Yes, the price and eventually I would like to get a reseller account to host more sites.

Whats the best alternative that you know?

Where did you learn TDD. I mean I know the concept, but are there good courses for how to implement it into modern web stacks like React, Svelte etc