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Next.js 14 Mastery for Building Modern Web Apps

1. Introduction to Next.js

Welcome to the Course Project Overview Course Prerequisites How This Course Is Structured

2. Setting Up a Next.js Project

Setting Up the Next.js Project Understanding the Project File and Folder Structure Styling Approaches in Next.js Adding the Global CSS File Using Tailwind CSS for Styling Working with CSS Modules Applying Styles Conditionally Adding Custom Google Fonts Challenge: Implementing a Custom Google Font Handling Images in Next.js

3. Building Pages and Layouts in Next.js

How Next.js Routing Works Challenge: Creating a New Page Building a Common Layout Component Optimizing Navigation in Next.js Creating and Managing Active Links

4. Deploying a Next.js App and Setting Up a Database

Setting Up GitHub and Vercel Accounts Deploying the Next.js App to Vercel Setting Up a Project Database Populating the Database with Initial Data

5. Fetching and Displaying Data in Next.js

How to Fetch Data in Next.js Working with the Dashboard Page Challenge: Retrieving and Displaying Data Dynamic vs. Static Rendering in Next.js Understanding Loaders Implementing Specific Part Loaders Challenge: Create a Skeleton Loader Optimizing Loaders with Component Grouping

6. Advanced Next.js Features and Optimizations

Building the Invoices Page Developing the Search Functionality Adding Pagination to a Next.js App Using Server Actions in Next.js Creating a New Item in the Database Updating an Item in the Database Deleting an Item in the Database Challenge: Implementing Form Validation

7. Implementing Authentication in Next.js

Understanding Authentication Setting Up the Login Route Using NextAuth.js for Authentication Configuring Authentication and Protecting Routes Hashing Passwords and Managing Credentials Implementing Sign-In Functionality Connecting the UI with Authentication Logic Implementing Logout Functionality Final Thoughts and Next Steps

Adding Custom Google Fonts

Let's shift our attention towards the fonts to be used in the app.

The application's fonts are automatically optimized when we use the next/font module with Next.js. The font files are downloaded at build time and hosted with your other static assets. As a result, when a user visits your application, there are no additional network requests for fonts, which helps improve performance.

Back to the Project

Let's add the custom Poppins Google font for our app.

Create a new file called fonts.ts inside the app/ui folder;
Import the Poppins font from the next/font/google module;
We should also specify the font's weight and subsets.

We are ready to use the Poppins font in the app. Let's apply it to the body element in the app/layout.tsx.

As a result, the entire app uses the Poppins font.

In the next chapter, let's include additional fonts.

In Practice

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