5 Lessons Learned From Taking Next.js App Router to Production

Next.js 13 introduced the App Router, which offers new features such as Nested Layouts, Server Components, and Streaming. The Inngest Dashboard recently redesigned using Next.js 13 and the App Router. Some key lessons learned from taking the App Router to production include understanding the two caches, leveraging streaming for improved page loading experience, handling URL search parameters in layout server components, utilizing the opinionated file structure, and learning new technologies with limited resources. The Next.js team has done an excellent job with their documentation, but as a relatively new technology, developers may need to be patient and persistent in seeking solutions.