Skip to content

Next.js

Next.js is built on top of Node.js, which is a js runtime environment.

  • Node.js runs the Next.js dev server
  • Where Next.js transpiles your modern language code into older ES5+ (javascript 5)
    • Transpile - transforming code from one version/language into another

Runtime Environment

Node.js takes care of:

  • the management of application memory
  • how the program accesses variables
  • mechanisms for passing parameters between procedures
  • interfacing with the operating system (OS)

While, the compiler makes assumptions depending on the specific runtime system to generate correct code.

Runtime system will have some responsibility:

  • Setting up and managing the stack and heap
  • Other features
    • garbage collection,
    • threads, or
    • other dynamic features built into the language.

Installation

https://nextjs.org/docs/app/getting-started/installation

Via MacOS

First, need to install node package manager (npm)

brew install node

And through npm, you can install Next.js as a package. 

npm install next

Citations

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runtime_system