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Introduction to Next.js and project setup

Introduction to Next.js and project setup

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Introduction to Next.js and project setup

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Up until now, we've been working purely with client-side rendered React applications, meaning the browser downloaded our JavaScript and built everything on the client side. But what if we could render pages on the server, improve SEO, speed up initial page loads, and still enjoy React's component-based workflow? That's exactly what Next.js gives us. In this lecture, we will learn what Next.js is and how it enhances React. You will create a brand new Next.js project using Next.js version 16, explore the folder structure and understand what each part of the project does. By the end of this lecture, you'll have a clean Next.js app running locally, ready for exploring routing, layouts, server components, and data fetching. Now that we understand what Next.js offers, let's compare it directly with plain React. On the left, we have React. React is a client-side library for building UI components. It gives us fast, interactive interfaces, but by default, it relies on client-side rendering…

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