Production Builds & Vercel Deployment

▲ Next.js Lesson 15 Advanced

Building your Next.js application optimizes files for production, preparing assets for hosting on serverless platforms like Vercel.

1 next build, production compile steps and deployment hosting

Getting your app ready for users involves these compile stages:

Build Optimization (next build): Compresses CSS, minifies JavaScript, bundles packages, and generates static HTML files, saving assets to the hidden .next/ directory.
Vercel Integration: Next.js is optimized out-of-the-box for Vercel, featuring seamless support for serverless functions, globally cached static assets, and instant preview builds from GitHub.

2 Production Scripts

Run these build scripts to compile and preview your production builds locally:

Terminal — Build Commands

# 1. Compile production build
npm run build

# 2. Start production server locally
npm run start

3 Code Challenge

Challenge: Research Vercel deployments. Connect your GitHub repository to Vercel, trigger an automatic deployment build, and inspect the build output logs in the dashboard.