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What is Next.js?

Next.js is a React framework for production designed to give the best developer experience with all the features needed for production: hybrid static & server rendering, TypeScript support, smart bundling, and route pre-fetching. Next.js is open source and free to use on the MIT license.

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Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Next.js allows for rapid web development server-side rendered pages React, typescript, and MDX encoded pages with an incredibly simple API setup. More than anything, Next.js has the absolute best dev-pipeline experience enabled via Vercel. Vercel, the parent company behind Next.js, allows for blazing fast deploy times, that make life an absolute breeze for solo developers and teams alike.

Pros

  • Serverless API integration
  • MDX (Markdown) Support
  • Ease of Deployment via Vercel
  • SSR React Pages

Cons

  • Window sizing makes handling SSR pages odd, at times
  • React can be easier to statically deploy
  • Somewhat of a learning curve

Most Important Features

  • Dev Environment
  • API + No Middleware Setup
  • Typescript Support out of the box
  • Thriving Dev Community

Return on Investment

  • It's free!
  • It saves me a lot of time when writing serverless code
  • Deployment, via Vercel, is fast, quick, and easy to debug

Alternatives Considered

React, Flutter, by Google, JQuery and AngularJS

Other Software Used

npm, React, Microsoft Visual Studio Code