In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to create a project using Next.js called GuitarLA. We will be focusing on creating the index page for the project.
Next.js is a powerful and popular React framework that allows you to build server-side rendered applications with ease. It provides features such as automatic code splitting, server-side rendering, and hot module replacement, which make it a great choice for building fast and efficient applications.
To get started with creating the GuitarLA project, make sure you have Node.js installed on your machine. You can download and install Node.js from the official website at https://nodejs.org/. Once you have Node.js installed, you can create a new Next.js project by running the following commands in your terminal:
npx create-next-app guitarla
cd guitarlaThis will create a new Next.js project in a folder called guitarla and navigate you into that folder. Next, we can start the development server by running the following command:
npm run devThis will start a development server at http://localhost:3000 where you can view your Next.js project in your browser. Now that we have our project set up, we can start working on the index page.
In the pages folder of your Next.js project, create a new file called index.js. This file will serve as the index page of your GuitarLA project. In this file, you can begin by importing the necessary modules from Next.js and React, as well as any other modules you may need for your project:
import Head from 'next/head'
import { useState } from 'react'Next, we can create a functional React component for our index page:
export default function Home() {
const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState('')
const handleSearch = (e) => {
setSearchQuery(e.target.value)
}
return (
<div>
<Head>
<title>GuitarLA</title>
<meta name="description" content="Learn to play guitar in Los Angeles" />
<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
</Head>
<main>
<h1>Welcome to GuitarLA</h1>
<input
type="text"
placeholder="Search for lessons"
value={searchQuery}
onChange={handleSearch}
/>
<p>Display the list of guitar lessons here</p>
</main>
</div>
)
}In this component, we have added a simple input field where users can search for guitar lessons. The search query is stored in the searchQuery state variable using the useState hook. We have also added a placeholder for where the list of guitar lessons will be displayed.
To add some styling to our index page, we can create a new CSS file in the styles folder of our project. Create a file called index.module.css and add the following styles:
main {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 20px;
text-align: center;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2em;
margin-bottom: 20px;
}
input {
width: 100%;
padding: 10px;
margin-bottom: 20px;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
p {
font-size: 1.2em;
}Now, we can import the CSS file into our index component to apply the styles:
import styles from '../styles/index.module.css'Add the className attribute to the elements in the component to apply the styles:
<main className={styles.main}>
<h1>Welcome to GuitarLA</h1>
<input
type="text"
placeholder="Search for lessons"
value={searchQuery}
onChange={handleSearch}
className={styles.input}
/>
<p className={styles.paragraph}>Display the list of guitar lessons here</p>
</main>This will apply the styles defined in the index.module.css file to the elements in our index component.
Finally, you can add some dummy data to display in the list of guitar lessons. You can create an array of lesson objects with properties such as title, instructor, and description. You can then map over this array to display each lesson in the list.
In this tutorial, we have walked through the steps to create an index page for the GuitarLA project using Next.js. We have created a simple React component with a search input field and a placeholder for displaying a list of guitar lessons. We have also added some styling to our index page using CSS modules. Feel free to customize the index page further and add more functionality as needed for your project.
