Next.js vs Encore.ts - When should you NOT use Next.js for Backend?

[@alimammadli6915]

Great job! 🤩 Thanks Encore team for such an absolutely incredible framework! 👏 It's a game changer for Javascript/Typescript backend! 🔥

[@encoredev]

Thanks, appreciate the support!

[@Disorrder]

performance chart looks so promising!

[@ibnurasikh]

Wow, this landed at exactly the time I needed it! Please make a video on deployment, especially for self-hosted deployments.

[@encoredev]

We'll take a look! For now here's the docs: encore.dev/docs/ts/self-host/build

[@JoseKoufalis]

I've only recently discovered encore, so far I'm impressed by what it has to offer. Looking forward to using it on a production app soon

[@encoredev]

If you need any help, join our Discord community: encore.dev/discord

[@kmmadhu1280]

I cannot wait to use this for building applications!!! 🔥🔥

[@encoredev]

Go for it!

[@fe_labs]

I hope in the future there will have videos that collab with Nuxt.js ♥ Great video btw!

[@encoredev]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@TSlova]

This is really helpful, thanks!

[@aghileslounis]

Incredible framework! The design choices to make a very easy to use paradigm without loosing scalability are very smart! The complete opposite to "EffectTS" library 😅which makes everything 100x harder

[@innovatorshome]

Hey i have a lot of my project's backend api built by the nextjs using the approuter, I recently find out Encore, How long does it takes to switch my all api to the encore. Is it worth doing so?. It will be great if encore team build some cli tool to migrate all this with in a second.

[@encoredev]

You could try using an LLM for that! We don't have a Nextjs guide yet, but here's one for Express -> Encore that could be helpful as a reference: encore.dev/docs/ts/migration/express-migration

[@hugodsa89]

Can we please get information on how the performance tests and charts are drawn?

[@filipniklas]

How does it work deploying this? Say I self-host nextjs using docker, will I need an additional container for Encore?

[@kaisian4940]

I tried Encore last weekend. Compared to t3-app, I found it quite tedious. For example, I struggled with client-side API calls, particularly with adding authentication tokens to request headers. Additionally, the TypeScript type definitions don't seem to be shared between Encore and Next.js.

[@encoredev]

Thanks for sharing! We're looking at making the frontend x backend integration more seamless. Did you use the `encore gen client` functionality to generate the api client for the frontend though? It will give you a type-safe api client to use: encore.dev/docs/ts/cli/client-generation

[@jatiquep5543]

The best news after payload 3.0 ..the future is brighter than i thought.... let me go and tell me friends who says I'm a fullstack dev but only frontend because i use nextjs 😂😂

[@devhims]

can we deploy encore backend on vercel? btw these videos are quite insightful.

[@encoredev]

Thank you 👍 No, deployments to Vercel are not possible. Vercel does not support deploying Docker images.

[@emirium]

I find Encore pretty robust and want to make it my default for pretty much any backend, but, I find development experience kinda difficult with local dashboard when I update services and handlers. Dashboard (API docs) doesn't update even if I restart app from terminal

[@encoredev]

Thanks for reporting, that's a bug! If you're able to share more details of your setup, please email us at [e-mail] or we can chat on Discord: encore.dev/discord

[@samuelopeyemi8377]

Does it support mongodb database?

[@encoredev]

Native support is on the roadmap, but you can still use mongodb as you would normally do. You just won't get any automated provisioning for local development.

[@haritssyah7434]

Where can I see the source code of this demo?, I don't find it in the description

[@encoredev]

I haven't uploaded this code anywhere yet but I recommend taking a look at our Encore + Next.js starter (github.com/encoredev/examples/tree/main/ts/nextjs-starter) and our Drizzle example (github.com/encoredev/examples/tree/main/ts/drizzle)

[@moneyfr]

Is there a chanel that provide Full course ?

[@encoredev]

There are a few tutorials in the docs: encore.dev/docs with more on the way!

[@NabinKhanal-ib3uc]

do we need to know node js to get started with encore?

[@encoredev]

No, not to get started. But to get the most out of it you probably want to learn a bit about how Node.js works (the event loop, npm libraries etc.) just like if you were using any other Node.js framework. You can also use the Go version of Encore if you like, that version does not use Node.js.

[@encoredev]

Also, you can join the Encore community on Discord if you want to get some help while getting started: encore.dev/discord

[@greendsnow]

I was using pocketbase. How do we handle oauth with this?

[@encoredev]

Encore has nice support for auth flows. To do anything related to auth with Encore you add an Auth handler to you application, which acts like a middleware. All requests to auth endpoints has to pass through the auth handler. We have a few auth examples, like integrating with Auth0 and Clerk. Read more in our docs: encore.dev/docs/ts/develop/auth

[@SR-zi1pw]

Can i put this in cloudflare we need less speed then 100ms latency

[@encoredev]

You can deploy anywhere that supports Docker images

[@stianmaurstad]

Nice!

[@wabathur]

How about NuxtJS

[@encoredev]

That works equally well with Encore!

[@fredzgredfred]

I am waiting for a websockets support!

[@encoredev]

No need to wait! Encore.ts now supports streaming APIs that use WebSockets. And when using the generated request client you even get type-safe WebSocket APIs on your frontend. Read more in our docs: encore.dev/docs/ts/primitives/streaming-apis

[@Channelcustomization832]

Unbelievable

[@codedusting]

Paid? I see the encore cloud

[@encoredev]

Encore.ts and Encore.go are completely open source and free. When you build your project you get a Docker image that you can deploy anywhere you want, like AWS or DigitalOcean. Encore Cloud is optional and helps you to fully automates your infrastructure and DevOps in AWS & GCP.

[@codedusting]

@encoredev thanks

[@godofwar8262]

Sir you came as god for me here i am currently building a youtube clone project in mern stack but want to learn things more in backend thank for introducing with term like cron job and all can you create a discord server please