Comparing Next.js and WordPress Deployment Processes

Let's discuss the process of deploying Next.js applications using Vercel and explore the benefits of exploring different platforms and paradigms. We dive into the process of getting a project live with Vercel but discuss comparisons in the WordPress world, the complicated nature of deployment in WordPress, how different platforms handle them, and the role continuous integration plays into all of it. A full transcript of the episode is available on the website. Watch the video podcast on YouTube and subscribe to our channel and newsletter to hear about episodes (and more) first! Vercel – https://vercel.com/ What is utility-first CSS – https://heydonworks.com/article/what-is-utility-first-css/ Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:37 Familar tools are easier to wrap your head around 00:03:22 On Deployment in the WordPress space 00:09:02 First Look at Vercel Deployment 00:10:38 Environment Variables 00:12:56 Errors on first Vercel Deployment 00:13:31 Using Vercel CLI 00:16:16 How Deployments work 00:17:18 Thinking in PRs 00:17:57 Exploring the Deployment UI in Vercel 00:18:40 Deployment UIs around the web 00:19:15 Comparing to Netlify 00:20:21 Taking your Vercel Project live 00:22:56 Comparing to WordPress Deployments 00:24:56 Prebuilt Deployments with Vercel 00:25:26 Can you get to this level of deployment in 00:29:29 Continuous Integration 00:32:19 The Advantage of continuous integration tools 00:34:22 The value of not committing built files to the 00:35:29 Cross-pollination between WordPress and other 00:36:31 Web Development is more complicated now 00:37:13 The slow modernization of WordPress 00:37:50 Takeaways from the Next.js Series 00:41:09 CSS in JavaScript: a tangent 00:44:09 What's Next?