Next js 13 App Router + MUI v5 + TypeScript Boilerplate

Next js App Router + Material-UI (MUI) v5 + TypeScript Boilerplate

Boilerplate:

In software development, a "boilerplate" refers to a set of standardized code or project structure that serves as a starting point for creating new applications. It typically includes common functionalities, configurations, and best practices for a specific type of project. Boilerplate code helps developers save time and effort, as they don't have to set up everything from scratch every time they start a new project. For example, a boilerplate for a web application might include basic folder structures, configuration files, and initial code for handling common tasks like routing, authentication, and state management. Many frontend frameworks, like Next.js, come with their own official boilerplates to help developers get started quickly with the framework's best practices and conventions.

Next.js:

Next.js is a popular open-source React framework for building server-rendered, static, and hybrid web applications. It is developed and maintained by Vercel (formerly Zeit). Next.js simplifies the development process by providing an opinionated project structure and built-in features for handling routing, server-side rendering (SSR), static site generation (SSG), and more.

TypeScript:

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that adds optional static typing to the language. It allows developers to define types for variables, functions, and other entities, helping catch errors early in the development process and providing better tooling support for large codebases. Key features of TypeScript include:
  • Static Typing: TypeScript introduces static typing, allowing developers to specify the type of variables, function arguments, and return values. This helps identify type-related issues during development and provides better code documentation.
  • IDE Support: TypeScript provides better IntelliSense and code completion in modern code editors, improving developer productivity.
  • Type Inference: TypeScript infers types based on context, reducing the need for explicit type annotations while still providing strong typing.
  • Transpilation: TypeScript code is transpiled into regular JavaScript, allowing it to run in any JavaScript environment.
Next.js and TypeScript work well together, and many developers prefer using TypeScript with Next.js due to the benefits of static typing and enhanced developer experience. It provides additional safety and maintainability for large and complex projects while still leveraging the features and performance benefits of Next.js.

Highlights

This Boilerplate using Emotion Cache. In the context of Material-UI (MUI) and Emotion, "cache" refers to Emotion's style caching mechanism. Emotion is a popular CSS-in-JS library that Material-UI uses for styling components. Emotion's caching mechanism is designed to optimize the rendering performance of styled components. When using Emotion with Material-UI, the styling of components is done through Emotion's css or styled APIs. The styles are generated and applied to the components at runtime. However, generating styles dynamically for each component can be expensive in terms of performance, especially when rendering a large number of components. For example, you could clear the entire Emotion cache manually using @emotion/cache, which can be helpful in certain scenarios like server-side rendering (SSR) when you want to ensure that the cache is clean between requests. But keep in mind that manually managing the cache should be done with caution, as it may have unintended consequences on your application's performance and styles. In most cases, the default behavior of Emotion's cache system, as utilized by Material-UI, works efficiently and transparently, providing the benefits of optimized styling performance without the need for manual intervention.

Next js Boilerplate Features :

  • Next js 13+
  • MUI V5
  • TypeScript
  • MUI Theme Registry
  • Emotion Cache

How to get Boilerplate ?

Visit the given GitHub link, clone the repository, and follow the guidelines. Repo Link Demo App Link

How to use ?

Install dependencies and run:

# npm 
  npm install npm run dev
# yarn 
  yarn yarn dev 
# pnpm 
  pnpm install pnpm dev

Open http://localhost:3000 with your browser to see the result.

You can start editing the page by modifying src/app/page.tsx. The page auto-updates as you edit the file.

This example uses next/font/google to automatically optimize and load Roboto, a custom Google Font.

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