SMRTR ProgrammingApr 22, 2025Dev.to

Next.js Is Just Fancy PHP for People Who Fear Simplicity

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Next.js, praised as the future of web development, is essentially a rebranded version of PHP running on Node.js with React. It reintroduces the MVC pattern and file-based routing, concepts familiar from earlier web frameworks, while adding modern tooling and syntax but also increased complexity.

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