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7 Sep 2021 Blog post

How to build a personalized image social sharing app with Cloudinary and Next.js

In this post, we’re going to build an app that generates a personalized image of a ticket to share on socials using Cloudinary and Next.js so you can encourage your event attendees to share their tickets for your next virtual event!

1 Sep 2021 Blog post

Why I love building with Next.js — a fireside chat with Cassidy Williams of Netlify

I joined Cassidy Williams of Netlify for a fireside chat to talk about the performance benefits of Next.js, and how developers can make the most of the JavaScript framework.

1 Sep 2021 Award

Microsoft MVP for Developer Technologies

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25 Aug 2021 Event

Building with Next.js | Cassidy Williams and Salma Alam-Naylor | Architecting with Next.js 2021

11 Aug 2021 Blog post

What is an API?

If you’ve read the Contentful docs, you’ll have seen that we provide a REST API and a GraphQL API to access and manage your content. But what is an API?

4 Aug 2021 Blog post

A Next.js complete beginner tutorial using the Spotify API

In this video I'm joined by Ebonie — web developer, Metal DJ and Twitch streamer — where we set up a new project in Next.js to curate music recommendations using the Spotify API.

3 Aug 2021 YouTube

Next.js + Spotify API beginner tutorial

In this video I'm joined by Ebonie — web developer, Metal DJ and Twitch streamer — where we set up a new project in Next.js to curate music recommendations using the Spotify API.

This video goes in-depth on the structure of a Next.js application, with some tips and tricks on how to make your project more accessible and improve the developer experience.

11 Jul 2021 Blog post

How to avoid using relative path imports in Next.js

Say goodbye to ../../../../really/long/and/silly/paths/to/components in your Next.js application and define absolute imports with a jsconfig.json file.

8 Jul 2021 Blog post

How I set up my new Next.js projects with a handy bash script

After I create a new Next.js application with npx create-next-app, I run this bash script to prepare my app for development — just the way I like it. And then I tell myself to have a nice day! Give it a try!

1 Jul 2021 Blog post

How to add Algolia InstantSearch to your Next.js application

By the time I had written 15 blog articles on my website, it was getting a little tricky to find what I was looking for in a hurry! So I set out to implement search functionality on my blog.