Next.js Project Structure
Explore the Next.js project structure by creating a new app and customizing configurations. Understand the roles of key directories like pages and public, how routing works, and how to organize components and utilities for scalable development.
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Now that we have some basic knowledge about Next.js use cases and the differences between client-side React and other frameworks, it’s time to look at the code. We’ll start by creating a new Next.js app and customizing its default webpack and Babel configurations. We’ll also see how to use TypeScript as the primary language for developing Next.js apps.
Default project structure
Getting started with Next.js is incredibly easy. The only system requirement is to have both Node.js and npm installed on our machine (or development environment). The Vercel team created and published the straightforward but powerful tool create-next-app for generating the boilerplate code for a basic Next.js app. The following command can be used to generate any application:
npx create-next-app <app-name>
It will install all the required ...