Next JS e-commerce Workshop

Jamstack frameworks are changing the way we build top-of-the-line experiences on the web. They are performant, secure and enable developers to build web apps faster than before. In this workshop, Nick DeJesus will walk you through what it’s like to build an e-commerce site using NextJS, use-shopping-cart and theme-ui. You will learn how serverless functions with Netlify to help you make secure transactions and how to build accessible UI components that extend use-shopping-cart’s abilities.
Agenda – Around 4 hours

Set up and Intro to NextJS: 15 min
Theming with Theme-ui and components: 45 min
Break: 5 min
Intro to use-shopping-cart and Stripe: 30 min
Building components with use-shopping-cart: 60 min
Break: 30 min
Serverless functions with Netlify and creating a Session ID: 30 mins
Showing off some Netlify Features: Split Testing, Forms etc: 30 mins

Get Started

Make sure you go to your Stripe Dashboard, get your API secret and Public keys, and add them to .env.development like this:
NEXT_PUBLIC_STRIPE_API_KEY=pk_test_YOUR_KEY_HERE
STRIPE_API_SECRET=sk_test_YOUR_KEY_HERE

Install the Netlify CLI
Run ntl login to hook up to their Netlify account
Click the Deploy to Netlify Button below to create a copy of the workshop repo
Clone the repo you just created
ntl link to hook up to it
ntl dev to build