Next.js App Router

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

A React framework's file-system-based router built on Server Components — letting you build both your frontend UI and backend API routes in a single, unified codebase.

How to Learn This

1Convert a page from your earlier React app into a Next.js route.
2Learn the special files: `page.tsx`, `layout.tsx`, `loading.tsx`.
3Notice how this collapses the 'two separate codebases' full-stack model into one.

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Server Components & Client Components

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