Getting Started with Optimizely SaaS Core and Next.js Integration: Deploying to Vercel

This article illustrates the benefits of Vercel as a quick and convenient platform for deploying Next.js applications. It guides through the process of creating a Vercel account, connecting to GitHub, importing a repository, and configuring it for deployment. On successful deployment, Vercel assigns a public domain name, automatically updated with any changes pushed to GitHub.

Getting Started with Optimizely SaaS Core and Next.js Integration: Content Areas and Blocks

The blog guide elaborates on improving content rendering by exploring content areas and blocks within the Optimizely CMS. It walks through setting up a ContentArea, creating blocks, populating content, and integrating these blocks in Next.js. The guide also discusses creating a helper class, a Content Area Factory class, and finally incorporating the factory into the Content Page. This allows dynamic rendering of different block types without extensive modifications.

Getting Started with Optimizely SaaS Core and Next.js Integration: Creating Content Pages

The blog post discusses the creation of additional page types with Next.js and Optimizely SaaS Core. It provides a step-by-step guide on how to create content pages, query content, and build pages in Next.js. The post also explains how dynamic routing and the implementation of a Factory class can streamline the creation process and enhance code maintainability.

Getting Started with Optimizely SaaS Core and Next.js Integration: Testing Content Updates

The blog post discusses the challenges of content updates on a website using Optimizely CMS, Next.js, and the Apollo Client due to Apollo's local caching feature. The local caching enhances application speed but fails to reflect real-time updates. A temporary solution used is the revalidate parameter set to revalidate the cache every 5 seconds, ensuring content updates are reflected. However, this is not ideal for long-term use, and more targeted cache updates are preferable in a production environment.