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Real-World Next.js

By : Michele Riva
Book Image

Real-World Next.js

By: Michele Riva

Overview of this book

Next.js is a scalable and high-performance React.js framework for modern web development and provides a large set of features, such as hybrid rendering, route prefetching, automatic image optimization, and internationalization, out of the box. If you are looking to create a blog, an e-commerce website, or a simple website, this book will show you how you can use the multipurpose Next.js framework to create an impressive user experience. Starting with the basics of Next.js, the book demonstrates how the framework can help you reach your development goals. You'll realize how versatile Next.js is as you build real-world applications with step-by-step explanations. This Next.js book will guide you in choosing the right rendering methodology for your website, securing it, and deploying it to different providers, all while focusing on performance and developer happiness. By the end of the book, you'll be able to design, build, and deploy modern architectures using Next.js with any headless CMS or data source.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction to Next.js
5
Part 2: Hands-On Next.js
14
Part 3: Next.js by Example

Chapter 12: Managing Authentication and User Sessions

In the previous chapters, we've seen how to work with some of the fundamental Next.js features. We learned how to choose between rendering strategies and how those can influence SEO and performance. We also learned how to style our application using built-in and external styling methods and libraries, managing the application state, integrating with external APIs, and many other valuable things.

Starting with this chapter, we will begin to learn and develop real-world applications by combining the lessons learned in the past sections with industry-standard strategies to keep our applications secure, performant, and highly optimized in every aspect.

In this chapter, we will see how to manage user session and authentication, an essential part of every highly dynamic web application.

We will cover the following topics in detail:

  • How to integrate our application with a custom authentication service
  • How to...