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Gain insights into building ultra-fast React apps with Next.js. Delve into static optimization, SEO practices, and deploying a giphy search app using the giphy.com API.

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React is an amazing framework that allows you to build front-ends that are unmatched in speed, functionality, and ease of use. Where React falls short though is its ability to optimize for search engines. That’s where Next.js comes in. In this course, you will learn to build a giphy search app using the giphy.com API. To kick things off, you’ll learn how to statically optimize a Next.js page, creating an ultra fast loading experience for users. You’ll then dive into the inner workings of creating your giphy search app. In the back half of the course, you will learn how to optimize for SEO, and how to deploy your application. By the end, you will have a great new framework to add to your resume and a new shiny application to add to your portfolio.

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31 Lessons6 Quizzes

Introduction

4 Lessons

Get familiar with Next.js for enhancing React, optimizing SEO, and improving rendering methods.

Next.js is a React Framework

Client-Side Rendering vs. Server-Side Rendering

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Core Features Quiz

Getting Started

5 Lessons

Get started with building and deploying Next.js projects through practical, step-by-step applications.

Giphy Search App Preview

Bootstrap a New Project

Making Your First Change

Making Next.js Easier to Use

Running Next.js and First Steps Quiz

Development Tools & Pre-Rendering

3 Lessons

Examine development tools and pre-rendering techniques like static generation and server-side rendering.

Static Optimization Indicator

Types of Pre-Rendering

Pre-Rendering Knowledge Quiz

Application Development

10 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of creating static and dynamic pages, API data fetching, forms, and routing.

Statically Generated Page with No Data

Giphy API and Fetching Data

Statically Generated Page with Data

Handling Forms

Getting Data After a Page is Loaded

Dynamic Routes

Server Side Rendered Page with Data

Links

Components

Are you ready to build out your application quiz?

SEO

3 Lessons

Solve problems in optimizing <Head> tags and images for better SEO and performance.

Head and Meta Optimization

Image Optimization

Next.js SEO Quiz

Deployment and CI/CD

5 Lessons

Follow the process of deploying Next.js apps using Vercel, Git, environments, and custom domains.

Vercel Hosting

Git for Version Control and Deployment

Development, Preview and Production Environments

Custom Domains

Vercel Deployment Quiz

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Build on the official Next.js and React documentation to enhance application development skills.

Where to from here?

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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Eric Wallen

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