Overview:

This article discusses the use of Next.js with TypeScript, MongoDB, HttpReact, TailwindCSS, and DaisyUI. It describes a template that can be used to quickly bootstrap a new Next.js project with a serverless backend using MongoDB. The article also provides instructions on how to install the theme and includes an example using TypeScript with Mongoose models in the API handlers.

Features:

• Next.js with TypeScript
• Serverless backend using MongoDB
• Template for quick project bootstrapping
• TailwindCSS and DaisyUI configured with Postcss
• Example usage of TypeScript with Mongoose models in API handlers
• React hooks for data fetching with http-react
• TypeScript-ready React hooks with react-kuh
• Validation of HTTP requests inside Next.js API endpoints with next-api-validation

Installation:

To use this template, follow these steps:

1. Clone or download the repository.
2. Run npm install or yarn install to install the dependencies.
3. When starting the dev server, pass an environment variable with the URI for the MongoDB connection. Use the command MONGO_URI="my-mongodb-uri" npm run dev.
4. Alternatively, you can place the MongoDB connection URI inside a .ENV file and add it to your .gitignore file.
5. Since serverless doesn’t save variables after an API call, you need to create the connection inside each request if it’s not already created. You can do this by calling the connectToDatabase function inside the utils folder.
6. After completing the above steps, you are ready to start using the template.

Summary:

This article provides an overview of using Next.js with TypeScript, MongoDB, HttpReact, TailwindCSS, and DaisyUI. It introduces a template for quickly bootstrapping new Next.js projects with a serverless backend using MongoDB. The article includes instructions on installation and demonstrates an example usage of TypeScript with Mongoose models in the API handlers. Additionally, it introduces three libraries - http-react, react-kuh, and next-api-validation - that provide useful hooks for data fetching, TypeScript-ready React hooks, and validation of HTTP requests respectively.