You're reading from Real-World Next.js Build scalable, high-performance, and modern web applications using Next.js, the React framework for production

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801073493

Length 366 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Typescript

Tools

Next.js

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Michele Riva

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Next.js

2. Chapter 1: A Brief Introduction to Next.js FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Different Rendering Strategies

4. Chapter 3: Next.js Basics and Built-In Components

5. Part 2: Hands-On Next.js

6. Chapter 4: Organizing the Code Base and Fetching Data in Next.js

7. Chapter 5: Managing Local and Global States in Next.js

8. Chapter 6: CSS and Built-In Styling Methods

9. Chapter 7: Using UI Frameworks

10. Chapter 8: Using a Custom Server

11. Chapter 9: Testing Next.js

12. Chapter 10: Working with SEO and Managing Performance

13. Chapter 11: Different Deployment Platforms

14. Part 3: Next.js by Example

15. Chapter 12: Managing Authentication and User Sessions

16. Chapter 13: Building an E-Commerce Website with Next.js and GraphCMS

17. Chapter 14: Example Projects and Next Steps for Learning More

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Summary

In this chapter, we've seen how to integrate Next.js with two of the most popular web frameworks for Node.js: Express.js and Fastify. It is possible to integrate Next.js with other web frameworks, and the implementation won't be different from what we've seen in the previous sections.

One thing to consider when using a custom server of any kind (be it Express.js, Fastify, or any other framework) is that we cannot deploy it to some providers, such as Vercel or Netlify.

Technically speaking, many providers (Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare, and so on) provide a great way to serve Node.js-powered applications: serverless functions. However, since this is quite an advanced topic, we will discuss it in depth in Chapter 11, Different Deployment Platforms.

As we'll see in Chapter 11, Different Deployment Platforms, Next.js is a framework highly optimized to run on Vercel, the infrastructure provided by the company behind the creation (and maintenance) of the...