nextjs-appdir-embed-testing
What This Repository Is
This is a small example project showing how to embed custom HTML and JavaScript code directly into a Next.js 13 application. If you're building a website with Next.js and need to include third-party widgets, tracking scripts, or custom interactive components, this repo demonstrates one way to do it.
How It Works
Next.js 13 introduced a new "app directory" structure that changed how developers organize and build pages. This project shows you where to put your embedded code—specifically in two files: page.tsx (which contains the main page content) and head.tsx (which contains code that goes in the page's header section). The code examples in these files show the patterns you'd follow to safely include external HTML and JavaScript without breaking your application.
Who Would Use This
You'd look at this repo if you're a developer building with Next.js 13 and need to integrate things like analytics services (Google Analytics, Mixpanel), chat widgets (Intercom, Drift), payment buttons, or other embeddable tools. The tricky part is that Next.js has its own way of handling code, and you can't always just paste in external scripts the old-fashioned way. This repo is essentially a minimal recipe showing "here's how to do it correctly."
The project is intentionally small—it's not a full application, just the essential example code. If you're new to Next.js or switching to its newer app directory structure, this could save you time figuring out the mechanics before you implement your own embeds.