Deploying a Static Next.js Site to Railway

This guide shows how to host a static Next.js site on Railway, a platform for hosting web apps. To get started, you need a GitHub account, a Railway account, and Node.js installed. Create a new Next.js app by installing react, react-dom, and next as npm dependencies and adding necessary scripts to the package.json file. Create an app folder with a layout.tsx and page.tsx file, and add a root layout and home page to these files. Run the development server and view the site at http://localhost:3000. To build the Next.js app, stop the server, add a static export configuration to next.config.js, and run the build command. This will produce an out folder with the HTML/CSS/JS assets for the application. To deploy to Railway, install the Railway CLI tool, login to your Railway account, create a new project, link the out folder to the project, and deploy the app. Once deployed, you can test the site and update it by rebuilding and redeploying the app.