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Introduction to the Next.js compiler

Introduction to the Next.js compiler

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Introduction to the Next.js compiler

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Okay, so before we talk about what happens when we build our projects out, and then upload them to a server, and then serve out our applications to users, we need to talk a bit more about the Next.js compiler. We've mentioned the compiler in the beginning. Next.js basically handles much of the code transformations and underlying infrastructure to make it easier for applications to go to product. How does it actually work? It's not magic. Next.js basically has a compiler that was written in Rust. Rust is a great programming language, by the way. It's a low-level programming language, which I also teach, if you're interested in learning more about it. It's also built in SWC, a platform that can be used for compilation, minification, bundling, and more. So we got a taste of the compiler working previously. Hopefully you understand that there was that transition, which was what? Well, we don't need to use Babel anymore because when we brought in Next.js, our compiler is handling the…

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