three-stdlib VS Next.js

We have forked parts of the three core stuff to minimise breaks. drei for instance uses https://github.com/pmndrs/three-stdlib not examples/jsm. The threejs version you install can still pull the rug but pmndrs works against that with conditionals, shaders for instance are made to function despite three breaking stuff. You can generally rely on it and Fiber + eco system has semantic versioning.

React Three Fiber has been a fantastic way to quickly prototype 3D apps and games, and even efficient enough to carry them through to production. The problem? It’s can be a lot of setup. Just from that last paragraph, you see the string of dependencies R3F uses, and it gets even more complicated from there when you familiarize yourself with the current ThreeJS ecosystem (see: three-stdlib).

three doesn't play well with node and node based environments. poimandres has been building out three's reach more and more, for instance https://github.com/pmndrs/three-stdlib this will all run under next/nuxt or whatever without workarounds.

three is harder to use in next because it doesn't run under node. with three-fiber we have begun to fork some parts of it: https://github.com/pmndrs/three-stdlib that will make it easier to use it under next, even if you use "vanilla" three, stdlib's GLTFLoader will run fine whereas there/jsm won't (without workarounds). is there any reason why you would not want to use react for three though? you're using it for the dom already, r3f is the exact same thing as react-dom, a renderer, it doesn't wrap three.

Same, the pmndrs folks at least pulled some of the examples stuff into https://github.com/pmndrs/three-stdlib which is ESM

you can use the same tools that react users use because we face the same problems. for instance, next/nuxt are running under node, which doesn't understand what "import" means, so you'll not be able to use anything from three/examples/jsm/ (loaders, controls, etc). but we have made solutions for that. for instance https://github.com/pmndrs/three-stdlib generally there is lots on the poimandres github org that is equally valid for vanilla, react, vue and anything else.

don't mix three and react. take an hour to read through react-three-fiber docs and port it. you will be so much better off, 95% of that code will just vanish. poimandres also takes care of all the other parts, for instance three/examples/jsm/* is not node compatible, you can't easily use it in next. but there exists three-stdlib now and many other things that make your life easier.

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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