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PayloadCMS: Open-Source, Fullstack Next.js Framework

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214 points stefankuehnel | 3 comments | 14 Oct 24 17:55 UTC | HN request time: 0.505s | source
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attah_ ◴[14 Oct 24 18:50 UTC] No.41840608[source]▶
So let me get this straight... PayloadCMS is a framework, for Next.js which is a framework for the React framework.

Yo dawg, i heard you like frameworks!

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mzronek ◴[14 Oct 24 19:49 UTC] No.41841176[source]▶
A common misconception. React is a library.

These are examples for React frameworks: https://react.dev/learn/start-a-new-react-project#production...

Next.js is a React framework.

If Payload is a framework or not is debatable. I think it's more like a data layer around a database for a any js app and an Admin Panel (that uses Next.js now). It might be called a framework for your own Headless CMS, because it is code first. So you basically code the panel and the data structure yourself.

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1. meiraleal ◴[14 Oct 24 21:35 UTC] No.41842287[source]▶
React was a library before hooks. Now it is a framework and decides when your code runs, not you. And now it is a terrible framework with server components.
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2. sneek_ ◴[14 Oct 24 23:40 UTC] No.41843397[source]▶
I think server components have been very badly marketed. They're totally opt-in, so I don't see how this would make React instantly a terrible framework. I for one think they represent a lot of value.

If you don't use them, then React is quite literally no different to you.

3. gloosx ◴[15 Oct 24 11:40 UTC] No.41847475[source]▶
Can you please guide me where this heresy is being spread?