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Create a Blog from Scratch with Next.js and Markdown

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

📝 Instructions

🌱 How to start this project?

This project does not have a 4Geeks starter repository. Instead, follow the official Next.js documentation to create a basic repository.

We recommend starting the project using Codespaces (recommended) or Gitpod. Alternatively, you can work locally if you have Node.js installed.

⚠ Make sure to install the necessary dependencies when starting your project with npm install.

📝 Instructions

Step 1: Set Up the Blog Foundation

1npx create-next-app@latest blog

Step 2: Basic Blog Structure

Step 3: Generate Blog Content with AI

Step 4: Render Blog Content

Example to read Markdown files (you should have a function similar to this):

1import fs from 'fs'; 2import path from 'path'; 3import matter from 'gray-matter'; 4 5export async function getStaticProps() { 6 const filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), 'posts', 'example.md'); 7 const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8'); 8 const { data, content } = matter(fileContent); 9 10 return { 11 props: { 12 data, 13 content, 14 }, 15 }; 16}

Step 5: Design and Improve the Interface

Step 6: Advanced Features (Optional)

Bonus: Publish Your Blog

Explore different ways to enhance your blog to make it more complete and functional.

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  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

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Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

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Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

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Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

Difficulty

  • intermediate

Average duration

4 hrs

Technologies

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