What is Next.Js?
Next.js is an open source JavaScript framework created by Vercel for developing single-page applications. Next.js is based on React and Node.js. and aims to help developers optimize UX performance and score great numbers in Core Web Vitals at audit time.
What can Next.js be used for?
- minimum viable products (MVP)
- SaaS products
- eCommerce websites
- interactive user interfaces
Benefits of using Next.js
Next.js applications are fast, especially if we are talking about server-side rendering (SSR) and static site generation. What’s more, the framework comes with configured code-splitting per route and lazy loading. It offers easy optimization of images, fonts, and improving loading performance by Image component, First Contentful Paint and Largest Contentful Paint, and Script optimization, respectively. Next.js gives the option of choosing a preferred way of styling (CSS modules, CSS in JS). This framework also has a fast compiler written in Rust. This compiler gives better developer experience and faster build time than the average babel-compiled application.
