Top 5 Strapi Features You Need to Know
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Introduction
This tutorial will guide you on how to build a blog site using Next.js and Strapi as the Headless CMS. We assume that you have a basic understanding of React and Next.js.
Next.js is a popular React framework that allows you to build server-side rendered applications easily. Strapi is an open-source Headless CMS that provides a robust API for managing content. By combining these two technologies, you can create a powerful blog site with a flexible and customizable admin interface.
In this tutorial, we will cover the following topics:
- File Structure: We will explain the monorepo structure and the separate directories for the backend (Strapi) and frontend (Next.js).
- Installation Process: We will guide you through creating a directory, navigating into it, and installing Strapi and Next.js using the “create-strapi-app” and “create-next-app” commands respectively.
- Setting up Strapi Backend: We will show you how to create an admin account for Strapi and access the Strapi Admin dashboard. We will also guide you on creating a Post collection type in Strapi’s Content-Types Builder and adding fields for title and content.
- Setting up Next.js Frontend: We will walk you through adding TypeScript to the Next.js project and installing additional dependencies like axios and Chakra UI for HTTP calls and styling. We will also help you configure the HTTP calls and styling in Next.js using axios and Chakra UI.
- Creating Posts in Strapi: We will guide you on creating posts using the Strapi Admin dashboard.
- Allowing Public Read Access: We will show you how to navigate to the Roles tab in Strapi’s Settings page and allow reads for the Public role to access posts via the API.
- Testing the Strapi API: We will guide you on making a GET request to http://localhost:1337/posts and viewing the returned array of objects.
- Displaying Posts in Next.js: We will show you how to display the posts in the Index view using the data fetched from the Strapi API. We will also guide you on creating a PostCard component that will be used to display individual posts as cards.
- Creating a Post Detail View: We will walk you through creating the Post detail view using dynamic route parameters to render different posts based on their IDs. We will guide you on using getStaticPaths and getStaticProps to fetch the data for the specific post and display it on the detail view.
By the end of this tutorial, you will have a fully functional blog site built with Next.js and Strapi. You will have learned how to set up the backend with Strapi, create posts in the Strapi Admin dashboard, and fetch and display the posts in Next.js.
Let’s get started with the first topic: File Structure.
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