PM2 + NextJS + ExpressJS demo

This is a slightly less barebones version of nextjs_express_template.

It makes some more opinionated choices:

• Relying on pm2 as the launcher, so rolling zero-downtime deploys via cluster mode are possible
• It pulls in log4js - since it's tricky to integrate logging with pm2
• It makes an opinionated choice on launch setup for global functionality (e.g. database connections)

I've published an article explaining some of the features of this deployment with PM2.

See this article that explains the underlying NextJS+Express server structure and motivation.

This project shares all functionality with the basic NextJS+Express article - the only difference is the way it is launched, so a production-grade zero-downtime deploy process is possible.

The examples below showcase some common applications of a NextJS+Express setup.

• Preloading data into pages
• Loading data after page load
• Special routing
• Default/fallback NextJS routing