13 Reasons why you should use Next.js

Next.js is icing on the cake for React.js users. This extraordinary framework is built on top of React to boost web development and app development processes for developers. Next.js is a dynamic helping hand for developers and has features like Automatic Static Optimization which allows developers to build applications with the benefit of statically generated and server-rendered pages. All in all, Next.js allows developers to utilize all the features delivered by React.js and serve some extra features as well.

What makes Next.js special?

Next.js undoubtedly delivers a better feature range than React JS and hence guarantees an optimized performance as well. Next.js is a godly platform when thinking about search engine optimization(SEO). In laymen’s terms, a website built over Next.js has a higher probability of getting a better google ranking than a website built over any other platform.

But one can also not ignore the fact that not everybody should switch to Next js without ample knowledge because a lot depends on the type of website the developer is trying to build, suppose somebody desires to design a general static site with no API integrations then Next.js should not be their mandatory choice, even the React JS platform has sufficient features.

So, basically, we can narrow down to three basic features of using Next.js-

• The platform provides a top-notch user experience
• Delivers a better performance than many other competitors
• They develop features very frequently and have rapid feature execution

Next.js has been a one-stop platform for big companies like Uber or Netflix and many more and in most cases, Next.js is the best fitting framework.

Reasons why you should use Next.js

We simply use a platform because it helps us smoothen out the process and helps us save some problems, so let us list some of the major advantages of Next.js that help developers choose this platform.

1) Search Engine Optimisation through Server-side rendering by Next.js

The main disadvantage of Client-side rendering is that they have unsatisfactory SEO because they don’t allow any content on the HTML pages, all content is rendered by the Javascript. On the other hand, server-side rendering allows an indexable and crawlable website which is a must-have for search engine optimization and Next.js allows Server-side rendering.

Some other issues solved by server-side rendering are the problems of huge bundle size, blank page flickering, and many such issues.

2) Client-side rendering

Yes, you read it right! Next.js allows its users to do Client-side rendering as well as server-side rendering and not just that, Next.js allows you to combine three rendering systems. If somebody wants a single-page application, they can conveniently build it using Client-side rendering easily.

3) Image Optimisation

Images play a vital role in building your website’s image and are crucial for an enhanced user experience. Improper image optimization can also lead to slowing down your website speed and hence Next.js makes sure to optimize all the images being used. The Image component present in Next.js is a savior for its users and takes care of image optimization by-

• • Makes sure the images are responsive keeping in mind the screen width
  • Image sizes are set keeping in mind the best quality.

4) Static Site Generation

Static sites are the sites in which everything is present on the HTML or CSS and there’s no need to fetch data neither from the client-side nor the server-side and the browser barely just needs to parse them and nothing else. This is the reason that these static sites are faster because they merely have any tasks to complete. So, with Next.js developers can build static HTML conveniently on build time.

5) Built-in CSS support

Using Next.js users can directly import their CSS files and conveniently import styles from the node_modules directory. Using Next.js users can use any of the existing CSS-IN-JS solutions as well. Additionally, Next.js also supports styled-just out of the box.

6) Built-in Routing

Next.js features a built-in routing system and that too without the hassle of downloading any external package for the same, it’s all inbuilt.

7) Code Splitting

Next.js allows its users to split the code into different bundles of codes so it makes the codes load faster and avoid any type of lags.

8) API routes

This feature allows users to build their own API using the API routes and basically sorts the problem of setting up a server for its users. Using this the developers now can easily implement REST and GraphQL.

9) Internationalized Routing

Next.js has an internally built internationalized routing system that allows the audience on your website to view the website in the language they are comfortable in. For instance, if somebody from Japan views your website built using Next, they would want the website to be in Japanese and internationalized routing does exactly that.

10) Next.js promotes Data Security

Next.js makes sure that the websites built using that platform are static and that being said means that there is no direct link with the database and no sensitive information is directly connected which ensures data security in some forms.

11) Adaptability of the Next.js platform

Next.js makes it clear that a great user experience is paramount to them. It also makes sure that the websites built using Next.js can adapt to all screen sizes and devices easily. So, apps and websites built using Next are proven to provide a great user experience.

12) Highly Configurable

If you are familiar with using React then you might know that React doesn’t allow any change in the configuration and would request you to simply apply some hard to comprehend methods or just eject the whole project altogether. But with Next.js, you can configure your app with a single configuration file.

13) Widespread and renowned

Next.js is a fairly renowned platform among developers. This is the reason that it is easier to find help in terms of freelance developers and guides to help you in your website or application formation journey.

Conclusion

So, this was all about the reasons why you should choose Next.js to build your awesome websites. You can check out similar blogs here.

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