nextjs-bootstrap-boilerplate VS goldstack

Next.js offers an option to generate a static HTML export for Next.js applications. Such an export can be uploaded as is to an S3 bucket configured as suggested here to serve a Next.js application through AWS. This is the approach I have used for the Next.js + Bootstrap and Next.js templates.

Thus, I have created a Next.js 12 + Bootstrap boilerplate project on GitHub. This project is automatically generated from the base Goldstack template, so when the template is updated, the boilerplate will automatically be updated as well.

I don't want to spend a lot of time discussing his specific example, except to say that if you are worried about "extensive configuration," and you deploy your serverless apps with Terraform or raw CloudFormation, you are going to have a bad time. If you use an IaC generator like Serverless Framework, you can have a serverless app running in production in an hour.

Infrastructure Complexity: Serverless computing emerged as a simplified approach to application development, but the infrastructure it requires can be unexpectedly complex. Tasks like setting up an API gateway with Lambdas can result in extensive configuration, increasing brittleness and the learning curve for developers.

I completed the upgrade and released this in version 0.5.0 of Goldstack.

If you have any question or comments, please reach out or raise an issue 🤗.

Thus, I started the process of developing a server-side rendering friendly template a few months ago. I released this template a while ago and have since also completed the implementation of the new version of my blog. This post contains my experiences and learnings from this process.

For any suggestions, ideas and comments, please be welcome to head to GitHub and create an issue 🤗.

See a full source code example here: lambdaCompression.ts

The above template and boilerplate are regularly updated and automatically tested (project install & standing up infrastructure). If you nonetheless encounter any problems, please raise an issue on GitHub.

Consider helping out making this template better for others by raising an issue in GitHub if you encounter any problems or have questions or ideas.

The above assumes that there is a local .aws/config and/or .aws/credentials file present. Note that the AWS credentials in awsUser can be initialised in many different ways, see the file awsUserUtils.ts for reference or the AWS documentation on Setting SDK Credentials in Node.js.