Website development on Next.js and React

React and Next.js development for businesses in Halifax and across West Yorkshire. Pages pre-rendered at build time, so there is nothing standing between a visitor and your content.

Why it matters

The technology behind your site decides how fast it loads, how well it ranks, and how much of your year gets spent patching it.

Next.js and React

Pages are pre-rendered at build time, so there is no database call standing between a visitor and your content. The page is already finished before anyone asks for it, which is where the speed comes from.

95+ PageSpeed scores

Every build targets 95 or above on Google PageSpeed Insights, measured on mobile rather than the flattering desktop number most agencies screenshot. Core Web Vitals are a ranking signal, so this is not decoration.

Secure by default

No plugins to patch and no database to breach. A static-first build has a fraction of the attack surface of a WordPress install, which is why the security work afterwards is proportionate rather than constant.

Built to extend

Need a booking system, payment integration or a CMS later? The codebase is clean, typed and modular, so adding a feature is adding a feature rather than starting again.

How the build runs

The order matters more than the tooling. Most of the cost overruns in this trade come from decisions made in the wrong stage.

  1. Decide what the site has to do

    Pages, forms, integrations and anything that needs to talk to a system you already run. The architecture follows from this, and getting it wrong here is what makes projects overrun later.

  2. Build it static-first

    Everything that can be rendered at build time is. Only the parts that genuinely need to be dynamic, like a form submission, run at request time. That decision is most of why these sites load the way they do.

  3. Hold it to a budget

    Performance and accessibility are checked as the build goes rather than audited at the end, when the expensive fixes have already been baked in. Lighthouse, keyboard navigation and contrast all get run against real pages.

  4. Deploy and hand over the keys

    Pushed live, sitemap submitted, analytics connected. You get the repository and the accounts. Nothing about the build requires you to keep paying anyone to keep it switched on.

The tech stack

Hand-coded with modern tools instead of WordPress, page builders or heavy themes, so the performance can be measured rather than claimed.

  • Next.js (App Router)
  • React Server Components
  • TypeScript
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Static site generation
  • Structured data and schema
  • API and webhook integrations
  • Automated deploys

Questions we get asked

Mostly about the stack, and about what happens if you ever want to leave.

Why not just use WordPress?
Because most of what makes a WordPress site slow and fragile is structural rather than fixable: a database call per page load, a theme you did not write, and a stack of plugins that each need patching. A pre-rendered site has none of that. The full comparison is here, including the cases where WordPress is genuinely the right answer.
What is the difference between design and development?
Design is what it looks like and how it is laid out. Website design covers that. Development is the code that turns it into a working site. On most projects here they are the same job by the same person, which is precisely why nothing gets lost between the two.
Will I be able to edit the site myself?
If you want to, yes. A CMS can be wired in so you can change text and images without touching code. Plenty of clients would rather send a message and have the change made for them, which is what website updates cover. Either way it is your choice rather than a limitation of the build.
Am I locked into you afterwards?
No. You get the code and the accounts, and the site is hosted somewhere you control. It is written with standard, widely used tools rather than anything proprietary, so another developer can pick it up. The intention is that you stay because it is working, not because leaving is difficult.
Can you work on a site somebody else built?
Sometimes. If it is a modern codebase, usually yes. If it is a WordPress install held together by fourteen plugins, the honest answer is often that rebuilding costs less than untangling it, and you will get that answer rather than an open-ended hourly quote.