When we shipped hybrid mobile support in JOPS 1.0.13, we said the next step was to examine how JOPS and Next.js could work together. With jops-core 1.1.0 , that work is done: a complete JOPS single-page app can now run inside a page of a Next.js app, next to React, with Next.js Route Handlers as its backend.

This isn't JOPS competing with React. Next.js keeps everything it does best: server rendering, data fetching, routing and the React ecosystem. JOPS adds class-based views with an Android-style lifecycle on the pages that need them. One codebase, two models, each where it fits.

Why bring classes into a Next.js app

Object-oriented design is how most backend and mobile developers think: Java, C#, Kotlin, Swift, Android and UIKit are all built around classes. Modern React has moved the other way. Server Components are async functions, and React's newest features are built for function components.…