On: It's not just you, Next.js is getting harder to us...

[pjmlp]

As long as it keeps being the closest to Spring and ASP.NET on node land, I am ok with where it is going.

[stepbeek → pjmlp]

I would have thought https://adonisjs.com/ was the equivalent? I've not used next.js for a few years but it doesn't seem to have an answer for anything on the back-end except rendering. That only covers a tiny part of what frameworks like Spring or ASP.NET offer.

[pjmlp → stepbeek]

You use API routes for the backend stuff, the typical controllers, what is now known as Backend For Frontend in marketing speak.

[alexhutcheson → pjmlp]

What makes it the closest to Spring and ASP.NET?

[pjmlp → alexhutcheson]

The mix of React components that can also be rendered server side (JSP tag libraries, Razor View Components), middleware (servlets, middleware), API routes (controllers).