App Router & server components
Modern Next.js with React Server Components, streaming, and the rendering strategy (SSR, SSG, or ISR) chosen per route.
Next.js development uses React with server rendering, static generation, route handlers, and the App Router to build websites and web applications. It is intended for teams whose product needs search-visible pages, server-rendered content, integrated backend logic, or content managed through a CMS.
What I build
What is included in Next.js development?
Technical SEO & Core Web Vitals
The Metadata API, JSON-LD, sitemaps, and next/image tuning — the same setup running on this site — so pages are crawlable and fast.
Full-stack with Route Handlers
Server actions and API route handlers so front end and back end ship in one deployable Next.js codebase.
Headless CMS & commerce
Sanity or Contentful for editable content, and headless commerce with ISR so content updates without a full rebuild.
Problems this solves
What problems can Next.js development solve?
- A React SPA that renders blank to Google and never ranks.
- A marketing site and an app living in two different stacks and repos.
- Slow time-to-first-byte and poor LCP hurting both SEO and conversions.
- Content edits that require a developer and a redeploy every time.
Example use cases
What does Next.js development look like in practice?
Content site that ranks
A Next.js marketing site + blog on Sanity with per-page metadata and JSON-LD, statically generated and served from the edge.
SaaS with server actions
A dashboard using server components and server actions for mutations, cutting client JS while keeping data fresh.
Headless storefront
Product pages with ISR so inventory and prices update on a schedule without redeploying the whole site.
Tech stack
What technologies power Next.js development?
Framework
- Next.js (App Router)
- React Server Components
- TypeScript
Rendering
- SSR
- SSG
- ISR
- Server Actions
Content
- Sanity
- Contentful
Deploy
- Vercel
- Edge runtime
Process
How does Next.js development work?
01
Architect
Pick rendering per route and map data sources.
02
Build
App Router pages, server components, and route handlers.
03
Optimize
Metadata, structured data, and Core Web Vitals.
04
Deploy
Ship to Vercel with preview deploys and analytics.
Next.js is how I deliver most full stack development projects. It builds on React for the UI, and when a project needs a heavier backend I pair it with a dedicated Node.js API.
Related services
React JS Development Services
React development creates browser-based interfaces such as dashboards, internal tools, and single-page applications using reusable components. It is intended for teams that need a new React interface, a component system, a legacy frontend migration, or performance work on an existing application.
Node.js Development Services
Node.js development provides the server-side APIs, real-time services, background jobs, and database access used by web and SaaS products. It is intended for teams building a new backend or improving an existing service that needs clearer architecture, authentication, queues, or live updates.
SaaS MVP Development
SaaS MVP development turns a defined product idea into an initial web application with the core features needed to test it with users. It is intended for founders and teams that need authentication, billing, tenant-aware data, deployment, and analytics in a deliberately limited first release.
FAQ
Questions, answered
- Why Next.js instead of plain React?
- Next.js adds server rendering, routing, image optimization, and SEO tooling that a plain React SPA lacks. For anything that needs to rank in Google or load fast on first visit, Next.js is the better base.
- Do you use the App Router or the Pages Router?
- The App Router with server components — the current recommended architecture — unless your existing project is pinned to the Pages Router, which I can also work in.
- Do your Next.js development services include SEO out of the box?
- My standard Next.js scope includes the Metadata API, relevant JSON-LD structured data, a sitemap, and Core Web Vitals review. The exact implementation depends on the routes and content types in the project.
- Can you add a backend, or do I need a separate API?
- Next.js can be the backend via server actions and route handlers, so many projects need no separate service. For heavier back ends I add a dedicated Node.js API.
- Do I need a Next.js development company, or is one developer enough?
- For most projects one experienced Next.js developer is plenty — you get the same modern architecture an agency would use, with direct communication and no markup.
Let's build it together
Email me with what you need — I'll reply with a clear plan and next steps. Prefer chat? WhatsApp works too.