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Next.js Mastery Roadmap

This detailed roadmap will take you from beginner to expert in Next.js, covering fundamentals, API development, performance optimization, advanced features, full-stack development, and real-world projects.

Phase 1: Next.js Fundamentals

✅ Prerequisites (React & JavaScript Basics)

  • React Components, Hooks (useState, useEffect, useContext)

  • ES6+ Features (let, const, async/await, destructuring)

✅ Getting Started with Next.js

  • Installing Next.js (npx create-next-app@latest)

  • Project Structure (pages/, public/, styles/)

  • Creating Pages & Components

  • Linking Between Pages (next/link)

  • Adding CSS & Global Styles (styles/globals.css)

✅ Routing in Next.js

  • File-Based Routing (pages/index.js, pages/about.js)

  • Dynamic Routes (pages/blog/[id].js)

  • Catch-All Routes (pages/blog/[...slug].js)

📌 Mini Projects:

  • Simple Multi-Page Website

  • Blog with Dynamic Routes

Phase 2: Data Fetching & API Development

✅ Pre-Rendering & Data Fetching

  • Static Site Generation (SSG) (getStaticProps(), getStaticPaths())

  • Server-Side Rendering (SSR) (getServerSideProps())

  • Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)

✅ Working with APIs

  • Fetching Data from External APIs (fetch(), axios)

  • Creating API Routes (pages/api/hello.js)

  • Handling POST Requests & Middleware (express, next-connect)

✅ SEO & Performance Optimization

  • Using <Head> for Meta Tags & SEO (next/head)

  • Image Optimization (next/image)

  • Lazy Loading & Code Splitting

📌 Mini Projects:

  • Static Blog with Markdown (SSG + getStaticProps)

  • Real-Time Weather App (SSR + External API)

Phase 3: Authentication, State Management & Advanced Features

✅ Authentication in Next.js

  • JWT-Based Authentication (jsonwebtoken)

  • OAuth with NextAuth.js (Google, GitHub, Facebook)

  • Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

✅ State Management in Next.js

  • Context API (useContext)

  • Zustand for Lightweight State Management

  • Redux Toolkit (redux, react-redux, @reduxjs/toolkit)

✅ Advanced Next.js Features

  • Middleware for Custom Request Handling (middleware.ts)

  • Custom _app.js & _document.js for Global Configurations

  • Internationalization (next/intl)

📌 Mini Projects:

  • Authentication System with NextAuth.js

  • Admin Dashboard (Role-Based Access Control + Zustand)

Phase 4: Full-Stack Next.js Development

✅ Full-Stack Development with Next.js

  • Connecting Next.js Frontend with Express.js Backend

  • Using GraphQL with Next.js (Apollo Client)

  • WebSockets for Real-Time Apps (socket.io)

✅ Database & Backend Integration

  • MongoDB with Mongoose (mongoose.connect())

  • PostgreSQL with Prisma (prisma client)

  • Firebase for Authentication & Database

✅ Testing & Deployment

  • Unit Testing with Jest & React Testing Library

  • End-to-End Testing with Cypress

  • CI/CD with GitHub Actions

  • Deployment on Vercel, AWS, DigitalOcean

📌 Final Projects:

  • Full-Stack E-commerce App (Next.js + Express + MongoDB)

  • Real-Time Chat App (Next.js + WebSockets + Redis)

  • SaaS Dashboard with User Authentication & Payment Integration

Final Step: Real-World Practice & Skill Testing

🔥 Platforms to Test & Improve Skills:

🚀 By mastering this roadmap, you’ll be able to: ✅ Build SEO-Optimized & Performance-Driven Next.js Applications ✅ Develop Full-Stack & Real-Time Web Apps ✅ Optimize & Scale Large Next.js Projects ✅ Deploy & Manage Next.js Apps in Production

🔥 Start building with Next.js now!

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