How Routing Works in Next.js: Pages, Layouts and Links Explained

Originally published on CodingCush. In Next.js, routing is based on your folder structure instead of a configuration file: every folder inside the app directory becomes part of the URL, a file called page.tsx inside that folder becomes the page visitors see, and a file called layout.tsx wraps pages with shared parts such as a header and footer. You do not install a router or register routes — you simply create folders and files, and Next.js turns them into web addresses. Routing Without a Router Library If you have used plain React, this feels pleasantly strange. In a React single-page app you
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