Next Build

[DaxSoft]

My doubt is the following one:
If my webapp is on production mode (online), and I need to commit a new change and by this, it will requires me to run the command 'next build'. My question is, if everytime that I hit 'next build', I would need to restart the webapp?

The origin of my doubt is:
Let's suppose that I have made a webapp using Next with a custom server. And let's imagine that my webapp has a 'Function', or 'Method', that somehow receives a new page to the folder page, with a brand new component that my original webapp doesn't have. So, by the all means, I would need to run 'next build' to make it effective. However, if I do it, my concern is if it will not 'break/crash' the on-going webapp that it's online.
Sure thing I can use the '/page/[:slug]', however, it's only effective if my webapp has all components/code for it. The origin point is that the 'Function/Method (mentioned previous)', will receive a new file for the folder page (doing it from the server, of course), with a code (component) that my webapp don't have originally.

[leerob]

I think you might be confusing two separate things.

• next build creates an optimized production build of your application.
• next start starts the application in production mode. You have to run next build first.

https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/cli

[DaxSoft]

No, no this case. Let me try to explain in another form;
Suppose that my structure is this:
server/
index.ts
server/routes/
function.ts

page/
index.tsx
page/test/
a.tsx (uses comp-a.tsx)

client/
client/components/
comp-a.tsx

Then, let's imagine that in the route 'function.ts', has the method to get a brand new file to the 'page folder'. So my page folder will receive another file on the 'folder' 'test/'; as well, on 'client'/component', will recever another file;
page/
index.tsx
page/test/
a.tsx (uses comp-a.tsx)
b.tsx (usex comp-b.tsx)
client/
client/components/
comp-a.tsx
comp-b.tsx

To get a optimized bundle, I would need to run the 'next-build'. My doubt is: if I do it, my webapp in produciton will crash/break and would need to restart?

[leerob]

I'm not gonna lie, I'm pretty confused 😆 Are you trying to dynamically create routes on the fly with a custom server? What is your use case - what are you trying to build?

[DaxSoft]

Use case: let's imagina that I have something like 'https://linktr.ee/', pretty sure they use the [slug], to their dynamic routes. However, it can be happen because they use "standard" options to customize the dynamic page. So the user itself, can just handle with their options and create a custom page the way he's like

Now, let's imagine the same case, however now, I receive a client that needs an totally new page that has new functions and it will require me to create a new code to create the page that my client needs. In this case, the [slug] it will not be useful, because my original webapp, doesn't have the correct component to handle the custom page. I would need to create a new file with the component, to the new page.

[leerob]

Could you share any code or any example?

[DaxSoft]

Unfortunally, no, I don't have any code at moment, sure thing I can create one, but only at sunday (I work hard tomorrow). It's more a concept.

Sure, we can imagine this as 'DLC for game' or 'plugin for system', however it's more like 'page + component for website'.