Introducing an Alternative to NEXT.js

// pages/index.tsx

const IndexPage = ({ articles }) => {
  return (
    <ul>
      {articles.map((article, index) => (
        <li key={index}>{article.title}</li>
      ))}
    </ul>
  );
};

// we must use `getInitialProps()` to enable SSR correctly
IndexPage.getInitialProps = async ({ req, query }) => {
  const isServer = !!req;

  // and we have to check a process is a server or not
  let articles;
  if (isServer) {
    // if the server side, we can receive data from the server directly
    articles = query.articles;
  } else {
    // if the client side, we must fetch data from the API server
    articles = await http.get('api/articles');
  }

  // finally, we can use data in the `IndexPage` component like above
  return {
    articles,
  };
};

// server.js

const express = require('express');

const app = express();

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  const message = 'Hello World!';
  res.render('index', { message });
});

app.listen(3000, () => {
  console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000');
});

// views/index.jsx

export default function IndexPage{ message }) {
  return <p>{message}</p>;
}

// server.js

const posts = [
  { id: 1, body: 'This is a first post.' },
  { id: 2, body: 'This is a second post.' },
  { id: 3, body: 'This is a last post.' },
];

app.get('/', (req, res) => {
  res.render('index', { posts });
});

app.get('/posts/:postId', (req, res) => {
  const { postId } = req.params;
  const post = findById(postId);
  res.render('post', { post });
});

// views/index.jsx

import React from 'react';

const IndexPage = ({ posts }) => {
  return (
    <React.Fragment>
      {posts.map((post, index) => {
        return (
          <p key={index}>
            <a href={'/posts/' + post.id}>{post.body}</a>
          </p>
        );
      })}
    </React.Fragment>
  );
};

export default IndexPage;

// views/post.jsx

import React from 'react';

const PostPage = ({ post }) => {
  return (
    <React.Fragment>
      <p>{post.body}</p>
    </React.Fragment>
  );
};

export default PostPage;

$ npm install --save @react-ssr/core @react-ssr/express express react react-dom

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "node server.js"
  }
}

{
  "presets": [
    "@react-ssr/express/babel"
  ]
}

const express = require('express');
const register = require('@react-ssr/express/register');

const app = express();

(async () => {
  // register `.jsx` as a view template engine
  await register(app);

  app.get('/', (req, res) => {
    const message = 'Hello World!';
    res.render('index', { message });
  });

  app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000');
  });
})();

export default function IndexPage({ message }) {
  return <p>{message}</p>;
}

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "ts-node server.ts"
  }
}

import express, { Request, Response } from 'express';
import register from '@react-ssr/express/register';

const app = express();

(async () => {
  // register `.tsx` as a view template engine
  await register(app);

  app.get('/', (req: Request, res: Response) => {
    const message = 'Hello World!';
    res.render('index', { message });
  });

  app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('> Ready on http://localhost:3000');
  });
})();

interface IndexPageProps {
  message: string;
}

export default function IndexPage({ message }: IndexPageProps) {
  return <p>{message}</p>;
}

# install NestJS dependencies
$ npm install --save @nestjs/core @nestjs/common @nestjs/platform-express

# install @react-ssr/nestjs-express
$ npm install --save @react-ssr/core @react-ssr/nestjs-express react react-dom

{
  "scripts": {
    "start": "ts-node --project tsconfig.server.json server/main.ts"
  }
}

{
  "presets": [
    "@react-ssr/nestjs-express/babel"
  ]
}

{
  "compilerOptions": {
    "target": "esnext",
    "module": "esnext",
    "moduleResolution": "node",
    "jsx": "preserve",
    "lib": [
      "dom",
      "dom.iterable",
      "esnext"
    ],
    "strict": true,
    "allowJs": true,
    "skipLibCheck": true,
    "esModuleInterop": true
  },
  "exclude": [
    "node_modules",
    "ssr.config.js",
    ".ssr"
  ]
}

{
  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
  "compilerOptions": {
    "module": "commonjs"
  },
  "include": [
    "server"
  ]
}

import { NestFactory } from '@nestjs/core';
import { NestExpressApplication } from '@nestjs/platform-express';
import register from '@react-ssr/nestjs-express/register';
import { AppModule } from './app.module';

(async () => {
  const app = await NestFactory.create<NestExpressApplication>(AppModule);

  // register `.tsx` as a view template engine
  await register(app);

  app.listen(3000, async () => {
    console.log(`> Ready on http://localhost:3000`);
  });
})();

import { Module } from '@nestjs/common';
import { AppController } from './app.controller';

@Module({
  controllers: [
    AppController,
  ],
})
export class AppModule {}

import {
  Controller,
  Get,
  Render,
} from '@nestjs/common';

@Controller()
export class AppController {
  @Get()
  @Render('index') // this will render `views/index.tsx`
  public showHome() {
    const user = { name: 'NestJS' };
    return { user };
  }
}

interface IndexPageProps {
  user: any;
}

const IndexPage = ({ user }: IndexPageProps) => {
  return <p>Hello {user.name}!</p>;
};

export default IndexPage;