Reactjs - Create A Personal Blog Site / Nextjs + Netlify-CMS

In this course, we’ll build a blogging website using a modern technology stack and then deploy it to the World on a free hosting platform. The purpose is to use an approach to building websites that can be used for many types of web development projects.

Wordpress is still king-of-the-hill in terms of the number of websites that use it. It is a totally integrated solution. However, a new architectural approach to web development separates the frontend presentational components from the backend content management.

In our project, we’ll use the Nextjs framework to construct a site’s frontend and then employ Netlify-CMS as ‘headless’ content creation and management system.

This will not be a beginner's programming class since there are quite a few pieces that have to be stitched together. So, some javascript programming knowledge will be needed. While we won’t be getting very sophisticated, the intent is to finish with a functional personal site, a grasp of the fundamentals, and a solid foundation for further learning.

Topics

Setup development environment & tooling
Git repository creation and management
Layout using CSS Grid & Flexbox + CSS styling
Introduction to Reactjs & Nextjs
Markdown content editing
Content creation with Netlify
Live Deployment

Zoom meets will start at 6.00 PM on Wednesdays. Meetings will be every week. How many classes? As many as necessary!
Zoom links will be provided before each meeting to those who RSVP.

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