[sph]

I'm not sure about that, Next.js' routing is very limited compared to React Router, so much so that I actually spent some time evaluating whether it was worth introducing react-router and skipping Next's half-arsed implementation of a router in a project at work.

I've been very vocal against Next multiple times recently, so I'm definitely biased, but I wouldn't use it for anything more than a basically static web app. Its whole API is very basic, and quite shallow and underdocumented when you need to go a little deeper than "compile this React component into a static html page" and filesystem-based routing.

Not that I'm a fan of React Router either, as they felt they needed to break their API contract five (!) times in a couple years of existence, but at least it presents some surface area and depth in its API if you need to build an slightly more complex app that's more than a static site.

[steve_adams_86]

Absolutely. Next’s router kind of kneecapped a feature we were building out recently and we had to adjust our implementation accordingly.

The router is so deeply entwined with getServerSideProps - we couldn’t find a way, including using shallow transitions, to push to the same path without triggering rebuilding the page due to a request to next/_data which returned the corresponding server side props.

Amongst other things. It’s a wonderful framework, there’s no question. The router is definitely not its strength though.

[leerob]

> Next.js' routing is very limited compared to React Router

What specifically do you find is lacking?

> I've been very vocal against Next multiple times recently, so I'm definitely biased, but I wouldn't use it for anything more than a basically static web app. Its whole API is very basic, and quite shallow and underdocumented when you need to go a little deeper than "compile this React component into a static html page" and filesystem-based routing.

Could you be more specific? Next.js was originally designed for server-rendered React apps, so I'm wondering how you landed to using it only for static web apps.

Especially would love to hear more about what you think is missing from the docs.

[wdb]

Wondering if Remix will be a good alternative for Next