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Next Redux Starter

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An opinionated Next.js starter kit with Express, Redux Toolkit, styled-components, and react-testing-library.

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What is Next Redux Starter?

Next.js Redux Starter is an opinionated boilerplate project for building modern, universal React applications. It combines Next.js with Redux Toolkit, styled-components, and react-testing-library to provide a comprehensive foundation for developing complex single-page applications (SPAs) with server-side rendering. It solves the problem of manually integrating and configuring these common tools, offering a production-ready setup out of the box.

Target Audience

React developers and teams starting new Next.js projects who want a pre-configured stack with state management, styling, testing, and code quality tools already set up.

Value Proposition

Developers choose this starter kit because it provides a curated, opinionated stack that eliminates configuration overhead, ensures best practices, and includes essential features like Redux state management, CSS-in-JS styling, and testing utilities—all integrated and ready to use.

Overview

Next.js + Redux + styled-components + Express = 😇

Use Cases

Best For

  • Kickstarting new Next.js projects with Redux state management
  • Building universal React applications with server-side rendering
  • Teams needing a standardized, production-ready React boilerplate
  • Projects requiring integrated testing with react-testing-library
  • Applications using styled-components for CSS-in-JS styling
  • Developers who prefer an opinionated stack to avoid tooling decisions

Not Ideal For

  • Projects preferring lightweight state management without Redux or using alternatives like Context API
  • Teams committed to utility-first CSS frameworks like Tailwind CSS over styled-components
  • Developers requiring a TypeScript-first boilerplate out of the box
  • Applications targeting serverless deployments without Express server overhead

Pros & Cons

Pros

Integrated Redux Toolkit

Pre-configured state management using Redux Toolkit simplifies store setup and logic, as shown in the src/store.js and features directory, reducing boilerplate code.

Comprehensive Testing Setup

Includes react-testing-library for user-centric component testing, with a dedicated tests directory and test-utils.js file, ensuring robust unit testing from the start.

Code Quality Enforcement

Uses StandardJS for linting and pre-commit hooks to enforce code style on staged changes, promoting consistency without manual configuration.

Production-Ready Utilities

Bundles essential tools like react-helmet for head management, dotenv for environment variables, and an Express server for custom backend needs, offering a full-featured foundation.

Cons

Opinionated Linting Choice

Forces StandardJS for linting, which may conflict with teams using ESLint with custom rules or other code style preferences, limiting flexibility.

Missing TypeScript Support

Lacks built-in TypeScript configuration, a common requirement in modern React projects, requiring additional setup for type safety.

Express Server Dependency

Includes an Express server by default, adding complexity and potential deployment hurdles for projects optimized for serverless platforms like Vercel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Quick Stats

Stars375
Forks97
Contributors0
Open Issues3
Last commit3 years ago
CreatedSince 2018

Tags

#spa#react-testing-library#nextjs#boilerplate#styled-components#starter-kit#javascript#ssr#react#express#redux-toolkit#redux

Built With

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Redux Toolkit
N
Next.js
E
Express
S
Styled Components
R
React Testing Library

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