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In this section we'll see how to publish

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our website to production.

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There are a few ways to deploy a Next.js app.

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We touched on this before, but

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if you only have static pages,

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like in our Reviews project at the moment,

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then you can do a Static Export.

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This will give you a folder with all

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the HTML and JavaScript files,

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that you can then upload to any web server.

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It could be your own server,

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or any of the myriad of hosting platforms

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that support static websites.

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So, a Static Export gives you

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the greatest flexibility

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when it comes to where you can publish your app.

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The alternative is to deploy

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your full Next.js project,

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with all the code running in a Node.js server.

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Again, you can set up your own server,

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or you can use one of a few platforms

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that support Next.js.

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Running the full app code is necessary

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if you want full-stack features

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such as server-side rendering.

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But even if you have a purely static website,

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like in our case,

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using a fully hosted solution like Vercel

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could still be the simplest option.

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That's why I'll show you this approach first,

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in the next video.

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If you want greater flexibility,

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we'll then see how to do a Static Export,

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and also how to upload the output

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to a hosting platform.

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We'll use Netlify for that, just as an example.

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If you want to run your own servers,

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that requires some system administration skills,

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and that's a bit outside the scope of this course

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so I won't show you how to do that,

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but I will provide you with an article with

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some useful links if you're interested.