app: This directory is the heart of your application, housing all the routes, components, and logic. It's where you'll spend most of your time building your application's core functionality;
app/lib: It contains essential functions used throughout your application. These functions serve various purposes, including utility functions that can be reused across different parts of your project and data fetching functions responsible for retrieving data;
app/ui: Here, you'll find all the UI components that make up the visual elements of your application, such as cards, tables, and forms. These components have been pre-styled to save time;
public: It stores static assets like images used in your application;
scripts: A seeding script in this directory will be useful for populating the database in a later chapter. This folder is not a natural Next.js feature but has been created specifically to work with the real database.

Feel free to explore these folders at your own pace. While you may not fully comprehend all the code immediately, this initial exploration sets the stage for a deeper understanding as you progress through the course.

Don't hesitate to delve into the code, and over time, the pieces will start to fall into place.

Everything was clear?

Section 2. Chapter 2

Course Content

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1. Introduction

Welcome Project Overview Course Prerequisites How the Course Works

2. Basic Concepts

Project Set Up Project File-Folder Strcture Styling Approaches Adding the Global CSS File Tailwind Styling CSS Modules Conditionally Applying Styles Custom Google Fonts Challenge: Adding Custom Google Font Images

3. Pages and Layouts

How Routing Works Challenge: Creating Page Creating a Common Layout Navigation Optimization Creating Active Links

4. Deployment and Database

Accounts Set Up Project Deployment Project Database Data Population

5. Working with Data

How to Fetch Data Working with the Dashboard Page Practice and Challenge: Retrieving Data Dynamic vs Static Rendering Loaders Specific Parts Loaders Challenge: Skeleton Loader Grouping Components for Loaders

6. Advanced Features

Invoices Page Search Functionality Pagination Server Actions Creating Item Updating Item Deleting Item Challenge: Form Validation

7. Authentication

Understanding Authentication Login Route NextAuth.js Authentication Configuration & Route Protection Password Hashing & Credentials Sign-in Functionality Connecting UI & Functionality Logout Functionality What's Next?

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Project File-Folder Strcture

Let's take some time to investigate the project.

app: This directory is the heart of your application, housing all the routes, components, and logic. It's where you'll spend most of your time building your application's core functionality;
app/lib: It contains essential functions used throughout your application. These functions serve various purposes, including utility functions that can be reused across different parts of your project and data fetching functions responsible for retrieving data;
app/ui: Here, you'll find all the UI components that make up the visual elements of your application, such as cards, tables, and forms. These components have been pre-styled to save time;
public: It stores static assets like images used in your application;
scripts: A seeding script in this directory will be useful for populating the database in a later chapter. This folder is not a natural Next.js feature but has been created specifically to work with the real database.

Everything was clear?

Section 2. Chapter 2