What is NextJS?

NextJS is a backend framework for your React applications.

Why should I use it?

We love React. It has made UI development accessible in ways we never imagined before. It also can lead developers down some rough paths. Next.js offers a lightly opinionated, heavily optimized approach to creating a website using React. From routing to API definitions to image rendering, we trust Next.js to lead developers towards good decisions.

Pairing NextJS with Vercel makes developing and deploying websites possible in the simplest way possible. Their extremely generous free-tier and super intuitive interface provides a point and click solution to deploy your site (We ❤️ Vercel)

Get Static/Server Props

One of NextJS prime features is its data fetching capabilities. We highly recommend reading through the official documentation to understand how to use each method and how they differ. getServerSideProps is generally discouraged unless there is a good reason for it, due to the fact that it is a blocking call and will slow down your site. Incremental Static Regeneration is a great alternative to getServerSideProps when the data is dynamic and can be fetched incrementally.

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