Next.js Development Services

• An intuitive page-based routing system (with support for dynamic routes)
• Pre-rendering, both static generation (SSG) and server-side rendering (SSR) are supported on a per-page basis, and in fact can be combined. 
• Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) that allows you to add and update statically pre-rendered pages incrementally after build time.
• Automatic code splitting for faster page loads
• Client-side routing with optimized prefetching
• Built-in CSS and Sass support, and support for any CSS-in-JS library
• Development environment with Fast Refresh support
• API routes to build API endpoints with Serverless Functions
• Built-in Domain & Subdomain Routing and Automatic Language detection.
• Support for environment variables and preview mode.
• Fully extendable

Next.js Static Site Generation (SSG) is our preferred rendering approach wherever possible. With SSG, the entire front end is prebuilt into highly optimized static pages and assets during the build process and served from a CDN, reducing the cost, complexity and risk, of dynamic servers as critical infrastructure.

Next.js Server Side Rendering (SSR) is our preferred approach for building dynamic features that cannot be prebuilt. We often use Next.js SSR with NextAuth for developing personalized, secure portals for customers, partners, and employees.

The best part of Next.js is that you can combine SSG with SSR on different pages of your web application or even within the same page. And you can use Client Side Rendering (CSR) with SSG and SSR to make portions of a page dynamic on the client-side.

And if you have a large site, Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) enables you to use static-generation on a per-page basis, without needing to rebuild the entire site. This can help you scale SSG to LARGE sites with hundreds of thousands of pages. 

There are many choices to be made when you start a new Next.js development project.

• Choosing front-end development libraries—Tailwind CSS, MUI, DaisyUI, React JSON Schema Forms, GSAP, LottieFiles, and various other options.
• Choosing your API approach—REST vs GraphQL and how you will manage state in Next.js.
• Choosing your headless content management tool if you need one (consider Contentful), search (consider Algolia), translations (consider Smartling or Translations.com), and other tools that make up your digital experience tech stack.
• Choosing your Next.js app deployment/hosting provider—Vercel, Netlify, AWS, Azure, or Heroku.

The main reason why companies may need to hire a Next.js development company is that setting up your Next.js project for success involves making a number of key architecture and development methodology decisions and making educated decisions requires Next.js expertise that comes with real world project implementation experience. And making educated decisions involves trade-offs based on your specific needs, your technology landscape, your team size and process preferences, and more.

While it is important to make the right choices, we also strongly believe that it is just as important, if not more, to understand the why behind the what. And this is where XTIVIA excels. We are Thinkers and Doers, and strongly believe in conveying viable options with pros and cons, and the why behind decisions. 

Next.js websites and apps can be deployed to any hosting provider that supports Node.js. However, the most popular options in our experience are Vercel (creators of Next.js), Netlify, AWS Amplify, and Azure Static Web Apps.