What is the difference between Next.js and Create React App?

plumb_pete

I'm trying to figure out the difference between Next.js and Create React App (CRA). I know both are there to make our life easier while developing our front-end applications using React . After exploring some articles on Google, I found that the main difference is Next.js provides server-side rendering (SSR) while Create React App provides client-side rendering (CSR) and SSR improves the performance of application loading. But what about other...

Originally asked by DevLoverUmar on Stack Exchange (stackoverflow) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

I've used both NextJs and CRA. Both these frameworks can be used to get started quickly and provide a good developer experience. However, both of these have use cases where either of them shines better. I'll try to compare them based on some of these factors. Feel free to suggest edits with additional points or comments Server Side Rendering CRA Next.js CRA doesn't support SSR out of the box. However, you can still configure it. It just takes more effort to setup SSR with your preferred server and configuration. The development team doesn't have plans to support this in the near future. They suggest other tools for this use case. NextJs has different types for SSR . It supports SSR out of...

Full answer by sudo bangbang: https://stackoverflow.stackexchange.com/a/62996148 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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