Building High-Performance eCommerce with Next.js

Ahead of our upcoming Next.js Conf 2025, Next.js 16 is now available. This release provides the latest improvements to Turbopack, caching, and the Next.js architecture. Since the previous beta release, we added several new features and improvements: Cache Components: New model using Partial Pre-Rendering (PPR) and use cache for instant navigation. Next.js Devtools MCP: Model Context Protocol integration for improved debugging and workflow. Proxy: Middleware replaced by proxy.ts to clarify network boundary. DX: Improved logging for builds and development requests. For reminder, those features were available since the previous beta release: Turbopack (stable): Default bundler for all apps with up to 5-10x faster Fast Refresh, and 2-5x faster builds Turbopack File System Caching (beta): Even faster startup and compile times for the largest apps React Compiler Support (stable): Built-in integration for automatic memoization Build Adapters API (alpha): Create custom adapters to modify the build process Enhanced Routing: Optimized navigations and prefetching with layout deduplication and incremental prefetching Improved Caching APIs: New updateTag() and refined revalidateTag() React 19.2: View Transitions, useEffectEvent(), Breaking Changes: Async params, next/image defaults, and more