How to Deploy a Next.js App on Vercel (The Easiest Production Setup)

If you're building with Next.js, deploying it to Vercel is probably the smoothest workflow you can get. Vercel is actually built by the creators of Next.js, so everything from routing to serverless functions works almost automatically. In this post I'll walk through the simplest way to deploy a production-ready Next.js app. 1. Prepare Your Next.js Project First, make sure your project runs correctly locally. Create a new project if you don't already have one: npx create-next-app my-app cd my-app npm run dev You should see your project running at: http://localhost:3000 If everything works locally, you're ready for deployment. 2. Push Your Project to GitHub Vercel deploys directly from Git repositories. Initialize Git: git init git add . git commit -m "Initial commit" Push your project to GitHub. Example: git remote add origin https://github.com/yourusername/my-app.git git branch -M main git push -u origin main Once the code is on GitHub, the rest becomes extremely simple. 3. Import the