Reflections on Using Next.js 14 for a Project
We recently migrated an internal project to Next.js 14. I was pleased to find that the introduction of server components was cleaner than expected.
However, the layout structure was different from the previous approach, so it took some time for team members to adapt. The official documentation had plenty of examples, which helped.
The performance improvement from streaming SSR was definitely noticeable, especially on pages with heavy data fetching.
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Agree, server components are really clean.
I'm also in the middle of migration, and getting the layout right is the toughest part ㅠㅠ
Is the streaming SSR speed difference for real? I haven't tried it yet.
But haven't server components made state management more complicated? I think that's the case.
Official documentation examples are nice, but applying them to a real project requires some digging.
The layout structure changed naturally as we transitioned to the app router, so I adapted to it.
Disagree. I've actually seen cases where Next.js 14 is slower. It's not always good.
I agree that streaming SSR is clearly noticeable on pages with a lot of data fetching. I've experienced that too.