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React Foundations: About React and Next.js | Next.js

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Next.js is a flexible React framework that gives you building blocks to create fast, full-stack web applications. But what exactly do we mean by this? Let's spend some time expanding on what React and Next.js are and how they can help you build web applications. There are a few things you need to consider when building modern applications. Such as: For each part of your application, you will need to decide whether you will build a solution yourself or use other tools, such as packages, libraries, and frameworks. React is a JavaScript library for building interactive user interfaces. By user interfaces (UI), we mean the elements that users see and interact with on-screen. By library, we mean React provides helpful functions (APIs) to build UI, but leaves it up to the developer where to use those functions in their application. Part of React's success is that it is relatively unopinionated about the other aspects of building applications. This has resulted in a flourishing ecosystem of

1 Chapter 1 About React and Next.js Next.js is a flexible React framework that gives you building blocks to create fast, full-stack web applications . But what exactly do we mean by this? Let's spend some time expanding on what React and Next.js are and how they can help you build web applications. Building blocks of a web application There are a few things you need to consider when building modern applications. Such as: User Interface - how users will consume and interact with your application. Routing - how users navigate between different parts of your application. Data Fetching - where you

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