I get what you are trying to explain but this analogy is completely wrong. It would mean that the two subjects are complementary and are often used together which is clearly not the case.
While a JavaScript framework like React can be used to build a company website or CMS, it is often not a good idea to use React to do this.
Off course this is highly context specific and depends on the particular requirements of the "company website". Without a strict definition of what it is, it will be always a discussion about an ambiguous and moving target.
The choice also depends on the technical knowledge and experience. For someone with years of experience with Javascript and really an expert on it, it might be still a smart choice. Or maybe we are not talking about 1 developer but a team of 10 developers etc.
I was just trying to suggest that this is not often the case.
> The author is seriously suggesting Next.js to build a company website.
Hi, I'm the author :). I wanted to highlight this recommendation has the modifier "If you'd like to learn something new". This very subjective recommendation is solely based on the exciting mix of rendering options, the vast popularity, and my preference for JS and React.
You're spot-on when you emphasize that there are web applications that are a different beast anyway and websites that run perfectly fine with a CMS in the background.
That's exactly the point I see...? To build a website (as opposed to a web application) with mostly static content and maybe some interactive embedded content, do not use N*xt.js. Use a CMS or static site generator or whatever instead. Without any fancy client-side URL routing and whatnot. Just let the browser do its thing.
That being said, some frameworks support a SSR-only approach or even static site generation. That's also fine IMHO. Just use what you like! If you like Ruby on Rails, why not? Angular SSR? Gotcha.
I tried multiple tools like Jekyll and Hugo but found them terribly clunky. Then I found Astro and now I'm happy. Reasonably similar to SPA frameworks, but generates a static site.
