{"id":28229,"date":"2022-03-23T22:24:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/How-to-build-a-Product-Hunt-Clone-with-Next.js-Part-1-of-2"},"modified":"2022-03-23T22:24:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T22:24:48","slug":"how-to-build-a-product-hunt-clone-with-next-js-part-1-of-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cloudinary.com\/blog\/guest_post\/how-to-build-a-product-hunt-clone-with-next-js-part-1-of-2\/","title":{"rendered":"How to build a Product Hunt Clone – Part 1 of 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this media jam series, we will build a clone of Product Hunt<\/a>, a website to share and discover new products with Next.js<\/a>. In addition, we will use Auth0<\/a> for authentication, Airtable<\/a> for storing product data, and Cloudinary<\/a> for storing product images.<\/p>\n

In part 1, we will configure the initial Next.js app with Auth0, Cloudinary, and Airtable. Then, we will fetch the data from Airtable and display them on the homepage. We will also discuss how to add new products to our app.<\/p>\n

If you want to jump right into the code, check out the GitHub Repo here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can refer to the second part here: How to build a Product Hunt Clone with Next.js – Part 2 of 2<\/a><\/p>\n

CodeSandbox<\/h2>\n

Since the preview in the CodeSandbox is embedded inside another page, you will see the products but you will not be able to log in via the preview. Instead, to explore and play navigate to deployed or live version, https:\/\/qc1kx.sse.codesandbox.io\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n

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How to Setup and Install Next.js<\/h2>\n

We will use Create Next App<\/a> to initialize a Next.js project quickly. In your project\u2019s root directory, run the following commands in the terminal.<\/p>\n

npx create-next-app product-hunt-clone<\/span>\ncd product-hunt-clone<\/span>\nnpm run dev\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> PHP<\/span> (<\/span>php<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n
The last command, npm run dev<\/code>, will start the development server on your system\u2019s port 3000.<\/p>\n
You can close the server by hitting the CTRL+C<\/strong> in the terminal.<\/p>\n
In this tutorial, you will use Tailwind CSS to style your Product Hunt Clone app. Run the following command in the terminal to install Tailwind CSS.<\/p>\n
npm<\/span> install<\/span> -D<\/span> tailwindcss<\/span>@latest<\/span> postcss@latest autoprefixer@latest @tailwindcss\/forms\nnpx tailwindcss init -p\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> CSS<\/span> (<\/span>css<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n
The last command will create a tailwind.config.js<\/code> and postcss.config.js<\/code> file in your project\u2019s root directory.<\/p>\n
Update the tailwind.config.js<\/code> file like this.<\/p>\n
module<\/span>.exports = {\n  purge<\/span>: {\n    content<\/span>: [\".\/pages\/**\/*.js\"<\/span>, \".\/components\/**\/*.js\"<\/span>],\n    options<\/span>: {},\n  },\n  darkMode<\/span>: false<\/span>, \/\/ or 'media' or 'class'<\/span>\n  theme<\/span>: {},\n  plugins<\/span>: [require<\/span>(\"@tailwindcss\/forms\"<\/span>)],\n};\n<\/code><\/span>Code language:<\/span> JavaScript<\/span> (<\/span>javascript<\/span>)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n