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We'll discuss why React applications need servers and how to build them in Next.js without using a custom server.
I started my development career working with monolithic frameworks like Django (in Python) and Drupal (in PHP). Now, I'm paid almost entirely to build React applications. It was strange for me when I started this journey to properly understand that R...
In a previous post, I discussed why we need servers for our frontend applications. There are lots of reasons - security, performance and convenience being high on the list. The React developer is left open to choose for themselves whichever backend m...
Have you ever been tempted to hand over your car keys to a stranger? How about your Facebook login details? Your debit card PIN? Each of these are ridiculous scenarios - you wouldn't even contemplate them. When your application contacts other service...
With Next API routes serverless functions become much more accessible. But in a serverless world, maintaining a connection with a database isn't achieved in the same way. How did this work before? Previously we may have provisioned, maintained and b...
There is so much to say about authentication, right? Not only that but everyone seems to have very definite opinions about the perfect setup. Since most of my time is spent building rapid, digital prototypes - I tend to find myself leaning on 3rd pa...
