Next.js is an open-source React framework built on top of Node.js. It enables developers to build super fast, optimized web sites and web apps. While traditional React apps are rendered on the client-side, Next.js gives you the option to also render your pages on the server-side. Its features like built-in router, per-page rendering options, and automatic static optimization, provide a best in class developer experience and rapid feature development. The React documentation lists Next.js as a "Recommended Toolchain" for building a server-side rendered React apps. It is originally built by Guillermo Rauch, and it is developed and maintained by Vercel.
NPM has a tool called npx used for executing NPM Package Binaries. You can install it by running npm install -g npx in your terminal. We can use the npx tool to execute packages like create-react-app and create-next-app that will scaffold our new project.
Create an empty Next.js TypeScript project using the create-next-app npx template. Because we want to use TypeScript, we need to provide an additional argument in the CLI command to tell create-next-app to create our project with TypeScript.
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