Enhanced performance and speed
React's virtual DOM paired with Next.js server-side rendering delivers faster initial loads, smoother interactions and reduced latency — even during peak usage.
Product Upgrade Announcement
Migrate from Tapestry to React with Next.js
An optional, future-ready upgrade for your customer-facing onCourse website — faster, more scalable, and built on the modern web.
We're excited to introduce an optional upgrade for onCourse customers: the chance to move from our current Tapestry-based interface to a future-ready, React JS-powered experience, enhanced with server-side rendering through Next.js.
This upgrade applies exclusively to your customer-facing website, leaving your admin interface and internal tools unchanged. It lays the foundation for our long-term vision — delivering more features, faster performance, and a more intuitive, user-friendly experience.
React JS is one of the world's most trusted and widely adopted front-end libraries. By combining it with Next.js, we deliver server-side rendering (SSR), performance optimisation, and a modern development workflow — ensuring your platform is faster, more scalable, and ready for what's next.
This optional upgrade is available to current customers for an additional fee. It's ideal for organisations looking to invest in a more advanced, future-proof onCourse experience.
What you'll experience
- Market-leading speed and ultra-fast load times
- Enterprise-grade reliability and scalability
- Agile, rapid deployment of new features
- Future-ready compatibility for updates and integrations
Benefits
Why move to React + Next.js
Migrating the onCourse platform from Apache Tapestry to React with Next.js delivers measurable gains across user experience, performance, scalability and long-term sustainability.
Greater reliability and scalability
A modular React architecture plus Next.js's built-in performance tooling and routing scales reliably as your user base and feature surface grow.
Faster feature delivery
Reusable components and a clear page/layout structure shorten development cycles, reduce time to market and simplify ongoing maintenance.
Cross-platform consistency
Customers get a uniform experience across web and mobile devices, with responsive layouts that adapt to every screen.
Future-proofing and security
SSR for protected content, automatic static optimisation, enhanced caching and secure serverless endpoints keep your platform aligned with modern web standards.
SEO and accessibility improvements
Server-rendered HTML is easier for search engines to index and more compatible with assistive technologies — better discoverability and inclusivity.
Want help deciding if it's right for you?
Our team can walk you through the benefits, answer questions, and help you plan a smooth migration.
See how onCourse can revolutionise your business.
Book a guided tour with our team or try the demo from your browser.