Concepts and Features of Next.js

Next.js is a react framework that is essentially made to help its users create web applications that are faster to navigate, easy to route the different pages that it may contain, gives a more satisfying user interface, and is generally easier to navigate.

In the development stage which involves the building and running of the applications that are being built. Next.js provides some built-in packages that help to improve the developers' experience packages that include:

1. ESLint integration- which is a tool that is used to identify and report patterns that are found in javascript code. It is used to make codes more fluent, proficient, and consistent, it is also used to reduce the events of bugs and errors in the code.

With ESLint you could add a plugin anytime during runtime as it is a pluggable tool.

1. it also uses AST which means (Abstract Syntax Tree) and it is seen as an object representation of the syntax of your code. It could be used to evaluate the patterns of your code and it uses Espree which is an EsLint Built in parser to parse javascript.

2. The Next.js also has as an added advantage its fast-refresh package as it quickly refreshes should there be any changes which building your codes.

In the Production stage, it involves deploying the application to make the transformed code more accessible, and here in the production the application has been completed and is now ready to be deployed.

SOME BASIC TERMINLOGIES AND CONCEPT IN NEXT.js

COMPILING:

This involves the transformation of written codes into versions that the browser can understand, while this transformation can happen by changing the language to a different language, it could also be done in the same language.

The next.js uses a compiler that is written in Rust , a low-level language, and also SWC which stands for Speedy Web Compiler which is an extensible Rust-based platform for the next generation of fast developer tools.

SWC is also used for compilation, minification, and bundling.

MINIFYING:

This is the reduction of written codes by removing unnecessary code formatting and comments without changing the functionality of the code and it is mainly geared at improving the performance of the application by decreasing the file size of the CSS and Javascript automatically.

BUNDLING:

This is the process of resolving the web of dependencies and merging the files into t optimized bundles and say groups, for the browser and it is mainly aimed at reducing the number of file requests.

CODE-SPLITTING:

This is the process of splitting the applications and bundle into smaller chunks aimed at reducing the amount of time it would take an application to load.

Conclusion

Next.js is aimed at improving functionality and performance for both the developers of the application and the end users using different features some of which are listed above. This, therefore, gives users an added advantage since they stand to gain from using the framework as a developer and as an end user too.