Overview:

The NextJS Starter Template is a monorepo boilerplate written in Next.js and managed by the pnpm package manager. It provides a clear structure and presents a lifecycle perspective for developers. It also demonstrates how to create and consume shared packages, locales, assets, and API types. The template comes fully configured with integrated tools and configs such as tsconfig, eslint, jest, cypress, tailwind, changelogs, versioning, codecov, codeclimate, sentry, and more. Using a monorepo offers advantages such as team cohesion, consistency, duplication management, refactorings, and atomic commits.

Features:

• Supporting NextJS 13.1.1+
• TypeScript support for static type checking
• Strict Mode for TypeScript and React 18
• ESLint for code linting with NextJS Recommended, NextJS Core Web Vitals, and Airbnb Style Guide presets
• Code formatting with Prettier
• Integrated with Tailwind CSS
• PostCSS for processing Tailwind CSS and CSSNANO for CSS optimization on production systems
• Support for HeroIcons out of the box
• Husky for modern native git hooks
• Lint-staged for running linters on Git staged files
• GitHub Actions support out of the box
• SEO metadata, JSON-LD, and Open Graph tags with Next SEO
• Sitemap support using next-sitemap
• Bundler Analyzer for visualizing the size of webpack output files
• Optimized Lighthouse performance score
• End-to-end testing with Cypress and Jest
• JS support for writing unit tests
• Package auto-updates for all workspace projects using npm-check-updates
• Keep package.json sorted using sort-package-json
• Client and server-side error reporting supported by @sentry/nextjs

Installation:

To install the NextJS Starter Template, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository.
2. Make sure you have pnpm installed globally:

npm install -g pnpm

3. Navigate into the cloned repository:

cd nextjs-starter-template

4. Install the dependencies using pnpm:

pnpm install

5. Start the development server:

pnpm run dev

6. You can now access the application at http://localhost:3000.

Summary:

The NextJS Starter Template is a comprehensive monorepo boilerplate for Next.js development. It provides a fully configured repository with integrated tools and configs to enhance developer experience and streamline development processes. By using this template, developers can establish a clear structure, create and consume shared resources, and leverage the advantages of a monorepo approach. It offers support for various tools and features such as TypeScript, ESLint, Tailwind CSS, SEO metadata, testing with Cypress and Jest, and more. Overall, the NextJS Starter Template is a valuable resource for developers looking to kickstart their Next.js projects.