
Explore the Next.js project structure, including the next folder, public assets, and src/app layout, and learn how npm run build creates production artifacts for deployment.
Explore how Next.js 16 auto-generates routes from page.js in the app directory, creating home, about, and profile pages. Build functional components and manage root layout and styling.
Learn to configure a Next.js app with a base path and environment variables. Use next.config.mjs and .env to load an API key securely, noting client vs server component considerations.
Learn to optimize fonts in a Next.js app by loading Google fonts (Roboto), configuring latin subset and weights (300, 400, 900), and applying a global font via a CSS variable.
Load google fonts and a local sunshine tropical font in a Next.js project by creating a fonts folder and defining a font variable for global styles.
Learn how to load external CDN scripts in a Next.js project by inserting a script tag in the main layout with a CDN src and verify it loads.
Build an AI-powered market research SaaS with Next.js 16, combining Google-trained data and the ChatGPT API, to validate niches, generate insights, and manage free and pro user dashboards.
Install Node.js to begin building an AI-powered market research SaaS with Next.js, following steps to download, install, and verify the Node.js version before proceeding to database setup.
Install MySQL with XAMPP, start Apache and MySQL, and create a niche database via phpMyAdmin on a local server for a market research SaaS.
Set up Visual Studio Code for a Next.js 16 project by installing essential extensions such as auto close tag, auto import es6, Tailwind CSS intelligence, and the Pisma extension.
Create a .env file to configure the database connection, next auth url, and open ai api key. This setup includes database name, auth secret, and development mode for local testing.
Push and synchronize your Pisma database schema with Next.js 16 by creating tables like user, account, session, verification token, subscription, report, and trending niches, then seed data.
Create an api route handler by organizing an auth and user folder, implementing a next-auth catch-all route with route.ts, and enabling post and get handlers for sign in and sessions.
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Next.js 16 App Router — Server components, client components, API routes, streaming, and Suspense
React 19 + TypeScript — Type-safe component design, interfaces, generics, and strict-mode best practices
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Tailwind CSS — Building beautiful, responsive, accessible UI components
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