With the release of React 16.8 in 2019, React Hooks have finally become available to use in our production applications. Hooks allow React developers to make functional components stateful and avoid Class Components.

The Next.js framework is based on the React framework. Next.js is a server-rendered React framework that requires little or no configuration. Next.js isn’t so much about performance as it is about improving the developer experience and making it easier to build full-fledged, SSR-friendly web applications.