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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 three different rendering strategies and why Next.js brings them to a whole new level with its hybrid rendering approach. We've also seen the benefits of these strategies, when we want to use them, and how they can affect the user experience or the server workload. We will always keep an eye on these rendering methodologies during the following chapters, adding more and more examples and use cases for each of them. They are the core concepts behind the choice of using Next.js as a framework.

In the next chapter, we're going to have a closer look at some of the most useful built-in Next.js components, its routing system, and how to manage metadata dynamically for improving both SEO and user experience.