Master Next.js: Elaborate Hands-On Web Development, React Basics, Advanced Next.js, and Deployment

Course details

Next.js simplifies the process of building modern web applications and enhances the development experience, making it easier to create performant and SEO-friendly applications. This comprehensive Next.js course introduces you to web development fundamentals and then progresses through React basics, advanced Next.js concepts, and real-world deployment strategies. Explore key topics such as server-side rendering (SSR), client-side rendering (CSR), static site generation (SSG), and incremental static regeneration (ISR). Build your proficiency with web development fundamentals, React essentials, and advanced Next.js concepts. Get hands-on experience with a final project that covers everything from structuring applications to optimizing for performance and SEO. Plus, master server-side rendering, client-side rendering, dynamic routing, and performance and scalability in real-world scenarios. The course’s modular format accommodates varying skill levels.

Learning objectives
Master SSR, CSR, and SSG for optimized web development.
Explore React basics and advanced component development in Next.js.
Implement Next.js best practices for efficient and scalable web applications.
Learn to create dynamic routes for versatile content handling.
Deploy fully functional applications using Vercel and Git/GitHub workflows.
Enhance applications for search engines and social platforms through metadata and SEO practices.
Work on projects involving the creation and deployment of a fully functional blog CMS application.

Concepts

Introduction

Course overview
What is Next.js and web development basics
What are the essentials of web development for beginners
Quick note on self-learning
What is React for complete beginners
What is Next.js exactly and its usefulness basics
How websites and HTML work for complete beginners

Build a Basic Website from Scratch

What is a text editor and how to get VSC
Deploy your first website with old-school HTML and JS for complete beginners
Manipulate the DOM with JavaScript web basics
Imperative versus declarative programming and web development

Build a React Project from Scratch

Convert website code to a React app manually with src pointing
Introduction to Babel and JSX

JavaScript Essentials for Mastering React

Download Node.js and what is Node.js
Setting up our learning environment
What are functions in JavaScript
Example of how functions work in JavaScript for complete beginners
What are function expressions in JavaScript
JavaScript interview question trick with function expressions and utility fun
What is function hoisting in JavaScript
How scope works in JavaScript
What are closures and an example with JavaScript explained
Advanced closure module pattern with data privacy encapsulation
What are arrow functions and usefulness in React
Destructuring with JavaScript

React Code Along from Scratch - Step-by-Step Learning React

How to write components in React
How the component tree structure in React works and nested components
How props work in React
Mapping through lists in React
What are React hooks and state in React

Introduction to Next.js for Professional Development

Migrating from React to Next.js

Higher-Level Next.js Core Concepts

Development environment and build versus production build with Next.js
Introduction to the Next.js compiler
Demystifying what is meant by Next.js 'compiler'
What is minification in Next.js
What is bundling in Next.js
What is code splitting in Next.js
Build-time versus run-time basics
What is the client and what is the server in web applications The basics
What is rendering in Next.js
What is pre-rendering in Next.js
What is CSR, client-side rendering with Next.js
How server-side rendering works as a deeper dive
What is SSG in Next.js
What are CDNs and the edge in Next.js and Vercel

Build a Next.js App from Scratch Bootcamp Code-Along - Zero to Hero

Introduction and quick note about the upcoming final project
How to start a Next.js template locally
Next.js template file structure overview
How pages work in Next.js
Prefetching and codesplitting with Link and CSN client-side navigation in Next.js

Working with Metadata and Assets in Next.js

Download the CSS starter kit project from Next.js official
How images optimize with Next.js
Scripts and header data and props with Next.js
CSS modules and Next.js optimizations with layout
Global styling with Next.js
Customizing utility styles with Next.js
Metadata for SEO and social media with Next.js
Writing dynamic layout components with Next.js
How to use children and props in React and Next.js

Pre-rendering and Data Fetching with Next.js

Pre-rendering tests with Next.js
What is static generation versus server-side rendering with Next.js
Static generation with data in Next.js
Concise basic algorithms for Next.js practice and data processing
Static generation and GetStaticProps with Next.js
When to use GetStaticPropsServer with Next.js
SSR versus CSR and GetServerSideProps with Next.js

Dynamic Routes with Next.js

How to create dynamic routes with Next.js
getStaticPaths with Next.js implementation
Mastering dynamic static rendering with Next.js
Rendering markdown and security vulnerabilities with injected HTML
Polishing the dynamic post pages
Polishing a Next.js component with styling
Fetching data and database querying plus ISR with Next.js
API routes with Next.js

How to Deploy a Next.js Application from Scratch

What is GitHub and how to get started with it
How to push your Next.js app to GitHub
Deploy your app to Vercel and commit changes with GitHub
Real-world multi-branch feature building on GitHub with React
Pull requests and merging code reviews with GitHub automatic Vercel deployment