Blogs and tutorials
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21 Oct 2021
TIL: How to use GraphQL variables to give my queries type safety
How can you make sure your GraphQL queries are safe from nasties? Let’s find out.
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10 Oct 2021
Next.js Dynamic Routes with Contentful's GraphQL API — with Jason Lengstorf
In this episode of Learn with Jason, I teach Jason how to use Contentful’s GraphQL API to power Next.js dynamic routes.
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4 Oct 2021
What is a REST API?
REST? API? What does it all mean? Let’s break it down.
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16 Sep 2021
Ecommerce and Next.js on the Jamstack — with Colby Fayock
I sat down with Colby Fayock to chat about Next.js and how all of its features help enable developers to build great experiences on the web.
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7 Sep 2021
How to build a personalized image social sharing app with Cloudinary and Next.js
Encourage your event attendees to share their tickets for your next virtual event!
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1 Sep 2021
Why I love building with Next.js — a fireside chat with Cassidy Williams of Netlify
I joined Cassidy Williams to talk about the performance benefits of Next.js, and how developers can make the most of the JavaScript framework.
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11 Aug 2021
What is an API?
Let's learn about application programming interfaces.
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4 Aug 2021
A Next.js complete beginner tutorial using the Spotify API
I'm joined by Ebonie (metalandcoffee_) where we set up a new Next.js and Spotify API project to curate music recommendations.
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11 Jul 2021
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.
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8 Jul 2021
How I set up my new Next.js projects with a handy bash script
After I create a new Next.js application I run this bash script to prepare my app for development — just the way I like it. Give it a try!
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1 Jul 2021
How to add Algolia InstantSearch to your Next.js application
Every content website needs a search box.
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14 Jun 2021
How to filter entries by linked references in GraphQL
Check out this quick guide that shows you how to get the data you need using the linkedFrom field in your query.
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27 May 2021
How to use GitHub actions and Contentful webhooks to show your latest blog posts on your GitHub README
Want to show your latest blog posts on your GitHub README? Here's how I do it using the power of GitHub actions and webhooks in Contentful.
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16 May 2021
How to make your font sizes accessible with CSS
Here's how to make sure your website respects font size preferences specified in browser settings using two important CSS concepts.
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10 May 2021
What is BEM in CSS?
Did you change CSS somewhere and something unexpected happened somewhere else? I have the solution for you.