client-ts VS Next.js

We’ve open-sourced @xata.io/importer our core code which parses CSV files - if you're interested in building on top of our importer, we invite you to contribute.

At Xata, we’re relying on the Postgres logical replication events quite a bit. Having a reliable stream with everything that has changed in the database is really useful in a number of cases, including data syncing to Elasticsearch, web-hooks, attachments clean-up, and more. One of the configuration parameters for logical replication is the so called “replica identity”:

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In this article, we are going to use Xata as a serverless database, think of Xata as a platform where we can create and access the database inside our application through API endpoints.

One of the key benefits of the JAMstack for frontend developers is the ability to focus on building user interfaces without the need for server-side rendering or complex backend logic. This allows for a more agile and efficient development process, as well as the ability to leverage a wide range of third-party APIs and services to build dynamic and engaging user experiences. They can use their favorite UI frameworks (Like React, Vue, Svelte). If there is a need for a custom backend API (other than a headless CMS), there are plenty of tools which makes this relatively simple like for example Heroku, Firebase, Xata, restdb.io and codehooks.io 😄

Not too long ago, Xata (spreadsheet-like database) reached out to me and got me the freedom to touch code from time to time, but mainly focus on product design and I was thrilled, it was my dream job and I could proudly put designer on my job title for the first time without feeling that I’m not good enough and I better do JavaScript, or Storybook, or estimations. I was working on developer tool, with developers, but doing designs and research!

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In this article, we will learn how to use Xata, a serverless, branch-able, scalable, consistent, highly available, searchable database to build a resume builder’s backend, and Cloudinary, a cloud-based asset management service, to manage all assets. At the same time, Next.js will be used to handle the front-end development.

https://github.com/vercel/next.js/discussions/27666 One of them said 'renaming folder to uppercase' might cause trouble. git might not recognize case-sensetive changes by default.

Next.js has long cemented itself as one of the front runners in the web framework world for JavaScript/TypeScript projects so we’re going to be using that. More specifically we’re going to be using V14 of Next.js which allows us to use some exciting new features like Server Actions and the App Router.

Web frameworks like Next.js will usually include this feature, but do check that they set the caching headers correctly!

Vite and Next.js are both top 5 modern development framework right now. They are both great depending on your use case so we’ll discuss 4 areas: Architecture, main features, developer experience and production readiness. After learning about these we’ll have a better idea of which one is best for your project.

> It’s important to be aware of what you are getting if you go with React, and what you are getting is a far cry from what a framework would offer, with all the corresponding pros and cons.

Would you like to elaborate on that?

In my experience, with something as great, size/ecosystem-wise as React, there will almost always be at least one "mainstream" package for whatever you might want to do with it, that integrates pretty well. Where a lot of things might come out of the box with a framework, with a library I often find myself just needing to install the "right" package, and from there it's pretty much the same.

For example, using https://angular.io/guide/i18n-overview or installing and using https://react.i18next.com/

Or something like https://angular.io/guide/form-validation out of the box, vs installing and using https://formik.org/

Or perhaps https://angular.io/guide/router vs https://reactrouter.com/en/main

Even adding something that's not there out of the box is pretty much the same, like https://primeng.org/ or https://primereact.org/

React will typically have more fragmentation and therefore also choice, but I don't see those two experiences as that different. Updates and version management/supply chain will inevitably be more of a mess with the library, admittedly.

Now, projects like Next https://nextjs.org/ exist and add what some might regard as the missing pieces and work well if you want something opinionated and with lots of features out of the box, but a lot of those features (like SSR) are actually pretty advanced and not always even necessary.

Next.js: For the website and the admin dashboard

Until the time of writing, there is no official example of how to enable runtime environmental variables in a Dockerized Next.js app, as utilizing unstable_noStore would only dynamically evaluate variables on the server (node.js runtime). There is also an interesting discussion regarding this topic on GitHub.

next.js is a very popular React framework. remix-adonisjs includes more functionality through the AdonisJS backend ecosystem, and should be easier to self-host and self-manage.

Cheryl Murphy is not only a dedicated full-stack web developer skilled in technologies like React, Next.js, and NestJs but also a community-driven professional who recently took on the role of volunteer project team lead at Web Dev Path. With a dual Bachelor's degree in Computing and Chemical Engineering from Monash University, Cheryl’s journey in tech is marked by a passion for building accessible solutions and a commitment to fostering community within tech.

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