Master Full-Stack Development with Next.js, Shadcn UI, and Tailwind CSS at Clash Front End

Clash Frontend is an interactive platform where developers can collaborate on projects, solve coding challenges, and improve their skills. In this tutorial, we will cover how to build a full-stack application using Next.js, Shadcn UI, and Tailwind CSS.

Next.js is a popular React framework that provides server-side rendering, routing, and other helpful features for building web applications. Shadcn UI is a library of design components that can be easily integrated into your Next.js project. Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that allows you to quickly style your components without writing custom CSS.

To get started, make sure you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download it from the official website if you haven’t already. Once you have Node.js installed, create a new project folder and navigate to it in your terminal.

Next, you will need to initialize a new Next.js project. You can do this by running the following command:

npx create-next-app@latest your-project-name

This will create a new Next.js project with all the necessary dependencies installed. Once the project is created, navigate to the project folder and install the Shadcn UI and Tailwind CSS libraries:

npm install @shadcn/ui tailwindcss

Next, you will need to configure Tailwind CSS in your project. Create a new file called tailwind.config.js in the root of your project folder and add the following content:

module.exports = {
  purge: ['./pages/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}', './components/**/*.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}'],
  darkMode: false, // or 'media' or 'class'
  theme: {
    extend: {},
  },
  variants: {
    extend: {},
  },
  plugins: [],
}

Next, you will need to create a new file called postcss.config.js in the root of your project folder and add the following content:

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    tailwindcss: {},
    autoprefixer: {},
  }
}

Next, you will need to configure Tailwind CSS in your project. Create a new file called styles/globals.css in the root of your project folder and add the following content:

@import 'tailwindcss/base';
@import 'tailwindcss/components';
@import 'tailwindcss/utilities';

Next, you will need to import the global styles in your _app.js file. Open the _app.js file in the pages folder and add the following imports at the top of the file:

import '../styles/globals.css';

You can now start building your application using Shadcn UI components and Tailwind CSS styles. For example, you can create a new file called index.js in the pages folder and add the following content:

import { Button } from '@shadcn/ui';

export default function Home() {
  return (
    <div>
      <Button variant="primary">Hello World</Button>
    </div>
  );
}

This will render a button with the text "Hello World" using the Shadcn UI component and Tailwind CSS styles. You can continue building your application by adding more components and styles as needed.

In this tutorial, we covered how to build a full-stack application using Next.js, Shadcn UI, and Tailwind CSS. Next.js provides server-side rendering and routing, Shadcn UI offers a library of design components, and Tailwind CSS allows you to quickly style your components without writing custom CSS. By combining these technologies, you can create interactive and visually appealing web applications.