As someone who’s never been a huge fan of React, I found myself diving headfirst into building TimeMomo - a real-time collaborative timer platform. This project was born out of a desire to learn more about modern web development stacks while creating something genuinely useful (for me, if no one else!

I am quite excited about the possibilities offered by NextJS 13. Announced in Oct ‘22, the most popular JavaScript framework has set fantastic standards for rest of the world. I particularly liked the below features - React Server Components that makes life simpler, but the coding process is much more efficient The new directory structure that simplifies routes.

Welcome to 2021. For me this will be an exciting year when I embrace ReactJS and Svelte as friends. And, what better way to start with React than NextJS..? In this post, we will see why and how we can get started on NextJS, and a few good learning resources.