Deployment

Build Process

npm run build

This runs next build, producing an optimized production build. The build includes:

• Static pages generated at build time (via generateStaticParams)
• ISR pages with configurable revalidation intervals
• Server-side rendered pages
• API routes

Build Configuration

Key settings in next.config.ts:

• compress: true — Gzip compression enabled
• poweredByHeader: false — X-Powered-By header removed
• generateEtags: false — ETag generation disabled

Security Headers

All routes receive these headers:

• X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
• X-Frame-Options: DENY
• X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
• Referrer-Policy: origin-when-cross-origin

Image Domains

next.config.ts allowlists a large number of image domains for next/image, including CloudFront, S3 buckets, Rightmove, and various property listing services.

Hosting

The project is a standard Next.js 15 application. Given the use of:

• ISR (Incremental Static Regeneration) via revalidate in fetch options
• unstable_cache for server-side caching
• Server Actions
• Direct MySQL connections from server components

It requires a Node.js hosting environment that supports the full Next.js runtime (e.g., Vercel, or a self-hosted Node.js server).

Caching Strategy

Pre-Deployment Checklist

npm run type-check   # Ensure no TypeScript errors
npm run lint         # Ensure no ESLint violations
npm run build        # Verify production build succeeds