Build and ship a production Next.js app
A production-ready Next.js application deployed to Vercel with App Router, Server Components, data fetching, authentication, and a database — built from scratch and shipped in about 4 weeks of part-time work.
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Included with every copy
- Your own copy — keep it forever
- Gets better over time — free updates included
- Run it on web and mobile
- Invite a partner to go through it with you — you share the same progress
- 3 knowledge checks to test what you've learned
- The playbook's community — ask questions, get additions, and see how other buyers improve it, right on the step
Who it's for
React developers who can build a component and reach for hooks, but haven't shipped a full-stack Next.js app. You're comfortable with TypeScript and know your way around a terminal. You want to go from `create-next-app` to a live URL without hitting every footgun the docs half-explain.
About this playbook
You know React, but wiring it to a backend, adding auth, and getting it live feels like three separate projects. Next.js ties them together — but the docs spread across a hundred pages, and the wrong first choices (which bundler, which ORM, how to handle sessions) cost days in refactoring. This playbook walks the path I've taken six times: scaffold, routes, data, auth, deploy. Every phase has the exact file you need to create and the gotcha that cost me a weekend to figure out.
What you'll do, step by step
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Phase 1: Scaffold and configure
0/3A working app shell in under an hour. The CLI does the heavy lifting — the decisions you make here set the foundation for everything that follows.
- 10 min
- 25 min
Phase 2: Build the route tree
4 stepsPhase 3: Connect a database and query data
0/4A real app needs real data. Pick an ORM, model your schema, query it from Server Components, and let users mutate it with Server Actions.
- 0/51 hour 40 min
Phase 4: Add authentication
3 stepsPhase 5: Deploy to Vercel
3 stepsDetails
What you need first
Node.js >= 20.9.0 installed. A GitHub account. Familiarity with npm and the terminal. Optionally, a Vercel account (Hobby tier is free) and a Postgres database (Neon or Supabase free tier work fine).
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I write playbooks about digital tools, security and personal data. Step by step, in the order things actually happen.
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