# Next.js over plain React!

Next.js is a framework created by Vercel ,an open-source based on Node js. Web technologies has came across server-side rendering using PHP then Client-side rendering using React and now back to its origin phase using Next js which provides the best of Both client-side and server-side rendering world.  

### why Next js?

React gave us the option for rendering your application on the client-side, but for that, It also requires more processing power on the client-side. Now to solve this Next js came into the scene which provides server-side rendering, static export, pre-rendering, and has many more nice features.

Next comes with its inbuilt page routing setup. which makes it more convenient to use. As if you want to create a page in react, you have to make a component and then add it to the router whereas in next you can simply add the page to the pages folder created by default for you.

### Launch of Next.js 12

Vercel has launched Next's new version Next.js 12, which comes with a lot of cool features like:

- Rust compiler: 3x faster refresh and 5x faster builds
- React 18 Support: Next js12 supports new API in React18 such as suspense.
- `<Image/>` component: auto resize and 20% smaller image size.
- React Server component

### Conclusion

Next js apps are fast, thanks to static sites and server-side rendering. It is well documented, tiny and easy to learn also development cost is low. On top of that Vercel provides a great environment for hosting your next apps on their platform which provides a lot of features especially for nextjs. 
so, with the growing front end tech space its a great choice to use best of both server & client side rendering using Next js.