99: Tim Neutkens - Building React Apps with Next.js

Topics include:

• How Next.js is different than using create-react-app
• How page-based routing works in Next.js vs. a traditional router
• The mechanics behind how components are server-side rendered and picked up by React on the client
• What it really means to server-render a React app and how it's different from a traditional server-rendered web app
• How to use "getInitialProps" to tell Next.js how to render a page on the server
• How dynamic routing works using page-based routing
• What's new in Next.js 7.0

Sponsors:

• Rollbar, sign up at https://rollbar.com/fullstackradio and install Rollbar in your app to receive a $100 gift card for Open Collective
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Links:

• VueConf TO Discount
• Next.js Documentation
• Learn Next.js, official guide
• Next.js Blog
• Next.js Examples on GitHub

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