In the past, we advised all web developers not to stop learning at
“JavaScript and jQuery”, but to continue learning one of the popular
frameworks like React and Vue. Now, we advise everyone on the
importance of not stopping at React and continuing to learn Next.js.
So what is Next.js? Next.js is simply a framework for React. React is a JavaScript library used to build user interfaces. What does it mean that Next.js is a framework for React? It means that Next.js adds some features and introduces some useful concepts in development that are not found in React itself.
The first main feature of Next.js is the Router. In React, you need to load an additional library to handle routing. In Next.js, the router is built-in and is not only that, but the router relies on the files you create in the project (File-based Router).
The Pre-rendering is another feature of Next.js. In React, the HTML file sent from the server has minimal content (or empty), and all content displayed to the user is loaded via JavaScript in the browser. This means that the rendering from JavaScript to displayed content happens in the browser and is called client-side rendering (CSR). This can slow down the performance of the website. However, in Next.js, the rendering process happens on the server and the HTML file is sent with the content ready to be displayed in the browser so that JavaScript files are not processed in the browser (except for the files required for interactivity). This process is called server-side rendering (SSR). Pre-rendering in Next.js can happen either at build time, which is called static site generation (SSG). This usually happens for elements with static content or content that changes infrequently on the site. This improves the performance of the site by not converting JavaScript to HTML content repeatedly and with the same results. Or it can happen when requests are sent to the server to update the data, which is what we discussed earlier and is called SSR.
The most interesting feature of Next.js is the API endpoints. With Next.js we have the ability to create API endpoints in a Next.js project and interact with databases directly from it. In the past, when working with React, we had to build a backend with API endpoints using Express or another framework. This means that we can create a full-stack web application using Next.js.
Next.js also includes many other features, such as improving the performance of loading and displaying images and fonts on the site. It also performs better in terms of SEO and more. We have reached the end of the post. Your opinion on the way the information is presented is important to me.
So what is Next.js? Next.js is simply a framework for React. React is a JavaScript library used to build user interfaces. What does it mean that Next.js is a framework for React? It means that Next.js adds some features and introduces some useful concepts in development that are not found in React itself.
The first main feature of Next.js is the Router. In React, you need to load an additional library to handle routing. In Next.js, the router is built-in and is not only that, but the router relies on the files you create in the project (File-based Router).
The Pre-rendering is another feature of Next.js. In React, the HTML file sent from the server has minimal content (or empty), and all content displayed to the user is loaded via JavaScript in the browser. This means that the rendering from JavaScript to displayed content happens in the browser and is called client-side rendering (CSR). This can slow down the performance of the website. However, in Next.js, the rendering process happens on the server and the HTML file is sent with the content ready to be displayed in the browser so that JavaScript files are not processed in the browser (except for the files required for interactivity). This process is called server-side rendering (SSR). Pre-rendering in Next.js can happen either at build time, which is called static site generation (SSG). This usually happens for elements with static content or content that changes infrequently on the site. This improves the performance of the site by not converting JavaScript to HTML content repeatedly and with the same results. Or it can happen when requests are sent to the server to update the data, which is what we discussed earlier and is called SSR.
The most interesting feature of Next.js is the API endpoints. With Next.js we have the ability to create API endpoints in a Next.js project and interact with databases directly from it. In the past, when working with React, we had to build a backend with API endpoints using Express or another framework. This means that we can create a full-stack web application using Next.js.
Next.js also includes many other features, such as improving the performance of loading and displaying images and fonts on the site. It also performs better in terms of SEO and more. We have reached the end of the post. Your opinion on the way the information is presented is important to me.