nextjs

Next.js

In this example we will be deploying a simple "Hello World" example with Next.js.

Getting started with Next.js

• Create a pages folder with an index.js file with the following code:

import Link from "next/link";
import Header from "../components/header";

export default () => (
  <main>
    <Header />
    <section>
      <Link href="/about">
        <a>Go to About Me</a>
      </Link>
    </section>
  </main>
);

• Now lets create an about.js file inside the pages folder with the following code:

import { Component } from "react";
import Link from "next/link";
import Header from "../components/header";

class AboutPage extends Component {
  static getInitialProps() {
    const isServer = typeof window === "undefined";
    return { isServer };
  }

  render() {
    return (
      <main>
        <Header />
        <section>
          <p>
            This is another page of the SSR example, you accessed it{" "}
            <strong>{this.props.isServer ? "server" : "client"} side</strong>.
          </p>
          <p>
            You can reload to see how the page change.
          </p>
          <Link href="/">
            <a>Go to Home</a>
          </Link>
        </section>
      </main>
    );
  }
}

export default AboutPage;

• As you might noticed we have a component that is shared by both index.js and about.js files, let's create that one now. Create a folder named components with a file named header.js in it and add the following code:

export default () => (
  <header>
    <h1>Next.js Example</h1>
  </header>
);

• Finally in order for Next.js to be deployed we could either have a next.config.js or a package.json, for this example we are just going to create a next.config.js with the following code:

module.exports = {}

Deploy with Now

First we need to add a now.json file to specify we want to use our Platform V2.

By just adding the version key, we can specify which Now Platform to use. We also need to define which builders we would like to use, in this case we are going to use @now/next to build and deploy our Next.js application selecting the next.config.js as our entry point. We will also define a name for our project (optional).

{
    "version": 2,
    "name": "nextjs",
    "builds": [
        { "src": "next.config.js", "use": "@now/next" }
    ]
}

We are now ready to deploy the app.

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