Developer Blog
Developer Blog
Section titled “Developer Blog”Introduction
Section titled “Introduction”Building a blog is a rite of passage for developers. This project teaches you how to handle content management, dynamic routing, and SEO — skills that apply to nearly every content-driven web application.
Project Goal
Section titled “Project Goal”Create a Markdown-powered blog with post listings, individual post pages, category filtering, and SEO optimization.
Features
Section titled “Features”- Markdown-based content with frontmatter for metadata
- Dynamic routes for individual blog posts
- Category and tag filtering
- Syntax highlighting for code blocks
- SEO metadata (Open Graph, structured data)
- RSS feed generation
- Full-text search (optional)
Prerequisites
Section titled “Prerequisites”- Next.js App Router basics
- Dynamic routes (
[slug]) - Data fetching patterns
- Basic SEO concepts
Technologies Used
Section titled “Technologies Used”- Next.js 14+ (App Router)
- TypeScript
- gray-matter (frontmatter parsing)
- remark + rehype (Markdown processing)
- Tailwind CSS for styling
Learning Outcomes
Section titled “Learning Outcomes”- Read and parse Markdown files in Next.js
- Implement dynamic static generation (
generateStaticParams) - Optimize SEO with metadata API
- Generate a sitemap and RSS feed
- Handle large content collections efficiently