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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

Summary

In this chapter, we've seen how using a third-party authentication provider can save us from many issues when dealing with complex and sensitive topics such as private data management and user sessions.

So, the final question could be: when does it make sense to implement a custom authentication strategy? In my humble opinion, we should avoid writing custom authentication mechanisms in almost any scenario, unless we're working with an expert team capable of detecting security flaws and identifying vulnerabilities in the whole authentication flow.

There are many good alternatives to Auth0 (NextAuth.js, Firebase, AWS Cognito, and so on), and it is just too risky to replicate their battle-tested features.

If you're not comfortable working with external providers, you can also use any web framework and its built-in authentication strategies. For example, suppose you feel comfortable using Ruby on Rails, Laravel, or Spring Boot. In that case, these are all...