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React + Next.js in 2025: What’s Next for Modern Web Development?

Adhithi Ravichandran
4 min readJan 20, 2025

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The web development landscape continues to evolve, and as we move through 2025, Next.js and React are setting new standards for modern applications. With the release of Next.js 15, the frontend dev landscape is changing yet again, offering developers tools to build scalable, high-performance applications faster and smarter.

Let’s dive into the most exciting updates and what they mean for developers.

1. React Server Components at Scale

Server Components are the future of efficient rendering. They allow developers to shift heavy lifting to the server while delivering faster and lighter client-side experiences.

Here’s a quick example of a React Server Component in Next.js.

Server Component (ProductList.server.tsx)

This component fetches product data on the server, ensuring the client receives only the rendered HTML without any unnecessary JavaScript.

// app/components/ProductList.server.tsx
import { fetchProducts } from '@/lib/api'; // Helper function for API requests.

export default async function ProductList() {
const products = await fetchProducts();

return (
<div>
<h2>Available Products</h2>
<ul>…

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Adhithi Ravichandran
Adhithi Ravichandran

Written by Adhithi Ravichandran

Software Consultant, Author, Speaker, React|Next.js|React Native |GraphQL|Cypress|Playwright Dev & Indian Classical Musician

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