Next.js Starter Template

Personal template to make life easier

Stack used

• Typescript
• Next.js
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• SWR for data fetching + caching
• Zustand for state management

Linter

• Husky + Lint Staged
• ESlint
• Prettier

Developing

A Node.js LTS setup with pnpm is recommended.

# install dependencies
pnpm

# serve with hot reload at localhost:3000
pnpm dev

# build for production
pnpm build

# run lint + type check
pnpm validate

# run unit tests
pnpm test

Architecture

Data fetching

We use Next.js API routes to wrap requests heading to the Random User API. Then we use SWR for our data-fetching logic, allowing for data fetches to be wrapped in a custom hook.

Directory structure

• components/ - UI/layout components that are used globally throughout project.
• hooks/ - Reusable hooks.
• utilities/ - Shared utility/helper functions.
• modules/ - Each feature and their business logic goes into this folder.
• pages/ - Next.js pages. Please read this page for more info about them.
  • api/ - Next.js API routes. This is where the application's API/backend goes.
• public/ - Next.js public directory, used for storing static assets.
• styles/ - Global CSS files.
• types/ - TypeScript types + interfaces that are used globally throughout the project.