carlosrangel17/multi-zones

This app is for demonstrating the Multi Zone feature from Nextjs.

Multi Zones

08-28-2022

• Sample Multi Zone App, powered by Vercel

TABLE OF CONTENT

• Using multiple zones
• Resources

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Using multiple zones

With Next.js you can use multiple apps as a single app using its multi-zones feature. This is a custom example using the boiler-nextjs app that shows how to use it.

• All pages should be unique across zones. For example, the home app should not have a pages/blog/index.tsx page.
• The home app is the main app and therefore it includes the rewrites that map to the blog app in next.config.js
• The blog app sets basePath to /blog so that generated pages, Next.js assets and public assets are within the /blog subfolder.

How to use

With multi zones you have multiple Next.js apps over a single app, therefore every app has its own dependencies and it runs independently.

To start the /home run the following commands from the root directory:

cd home
npm install && npm run dev
# or
cd home
yarn && yarn dev

The /home app should be up and running in http://localhost:3000!

Starting the /blog app follows a very similar process. In a new terminal, run the following commands from the root directory :

cd blog
npm install && npm run dev
# or
cd blog
yarn && yarn dev

The blog app should be up and running in http://localhost:4000!

Deploy on Vercel

You can deploy this app to the cloud with Vercel (Documentation).

Deploy Your Local Project

To deploy the apps to Vercel, we'll use monorepos support to create a new project for each app.

To get started, push the example to GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket and import your repo to Vercel. We're not interested in the root directory, so make sure to select the blog directory (do not start with home):

Import flow for blog app

Click continue and finish the import process. After that's done copy the domain URL that was assigned to your project, paste it on home/.env, and push the change to your repo:

# Replace this URL with the URL of your blog app
BLOG_URL="https://multi-zones-blog.vercel.app"

Now we'll go over the import flow again using the same repo but this time select the home directory instead:

Import flow for home app

With the home app deployed you should now be able to see both apps running under the same domain!

Any future commits to the repo will trigger a deployment to the connected Vercel projects. See the blog post about monorepos to learn more.

Resources

NextJS - Multi Zones

• https://nextjs.org/docs/advanced-features/multi-zones
• https://www.techomoro.com/multi-zones-combine-multiple-next-js-apps/

The Evolution of SaaS Architecture - Monoliths, Micro Front-End, Jamstack

• https://frontegg.com/guides/saas-architecture/the-evolution-of-saas-architecture

Micro-frontend with React and Next.js

• https://blog.logrocket.com/micro-frontend-react-next-js/#advantages-micro-frontends

Micro-Frontends

• https://www.novafutur.com/post/micro-frontends-solving-the-monolith-issue
• https://www.novafutur.com/post/micro-frontends-solving-the-monolith-issue-part-2
• https://blog.logrocket.com/taming-the-front-end-monolith-dbaede402c39/
• https://levelup.gitconnected.com/micro-frontend-architecture-replacing-a-monolith-from-the-inside-out-61f60d2e14c1
• https://martinfowler.com/articles/micro-frontends.html