About Next.JS
Next.js is an open-source React framework created by Vercel for building server-side rendered (SSR) and statically generated web applications. It simplifies the development process by providing built-in features like automatic code splitting, server-side rendering, and route pre-fetching. Next.js also offers a wide range of plugins and a powerful API for extending its functionality.
About building a Youtube clone app with api.video
By encapsulating the front-end and backend inside a Next.JS app, it is possible to quickly develop and deploy a Youtube-like application.
YouTube’s core functionality is the display of a video library. With api.video, you have all the elements to build a public catalog of videos for your product.
To sum things up, here are the important steps to build a Youtube clone:
- Setting up the Application
- Configurating the Application
- Fetching data
- Displaying a list of videos
- Filtering videos with tags
- Using the player from api.video
