App Router vs Pages Router

page.js Needs a Default Export

App Router vs Pages Router Data Fetching

Placement of 'use client'

Importing the Link Component

Next.js Handles Rendering For You

Defining a Page Title with Metadata

Route Groups Use Parentheses

Scaffolding a New Project

Folders Define Route Segments

Naming a Special File

Destructuring the children Prop

Hooks Need a Client Component

Root Layout Requires html and body

Nested Layout Must Render Children

Where App Router Routes Live

Next.js Project Folder Structure

Creating a Project with create-next-app

Why Developers Choose Next.js

What Next.js Is and Its Relationship to React

Navigating with the Link Component

The Root Layout Requirement

Nested Routes via Folder Structure

The layout.js File and Shared Layouts

The page.js File and Routes

File-Based Routing in the App Directory

Running the Next.js Dev Server

Running the Dev Server

The App Directory

What Next.js Is

Key Benefits of Next.js

Root Layout Requirement

Creating a Next.js Project

The layout File

Default Project Files

File-Based Routing Basics

Server Components by Default

The page File

App Router vs Pages Router

Special Files Overview

Running the Dev Server

File-Based Routing

What Next.js Is

App Router vs Pages Router

Creating a Project

The app Directory

Server Components by Default

The page.js File

Benefits Over Plain React

Nested Routes

The Root Layout

The layout.js File

Project Folder Structure