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NextJS Projects: Quick Setup Cheatsheet

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PNPM Commands for updating packages

  • Check outdated packages

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pnpm outdated

  • Updates all dependencies, adhering to ranges specified in package.json

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pnpm up

  • Updates all dependencies, ignoring ranges specified in package.json

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pnpm up --latest

Minimal NextJS Project Setup

  • Install nextjs and tailwind

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npx create-next-app@latest

  • Add tailwind styled component

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pnpm i -D tailwind-styled-components

  • Prettier & Tailwind class sorter setup:

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pnpm install -D prettier prettier-plugin-tailwindcss

In prettier.config.js :


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module.exports = {
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tabWidth: 4,
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printWidth: 100,
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plugins: ["prettier-plugin-tailwindcss"],
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};

  • Install Storybook

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npx storybook@latest init

Configure .storybook/main.ts:


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import type { StorybookConfig } from "@storybook/nextjs";
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const config: StorybookConfig = {
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stories: ["../src/**/*.mdx", "../src/**/*.stories.@(js|jsx|mjs|ts|tsx)"],
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addons: [...],
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framework: {...},
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docs: {...},
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staticDirs: ["../public"],
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};
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export default config;

  • Add Storybook a11y

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pnpm install -D @storybook/addon-a11y

Update .storybook/main.ts:


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export default {
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addons: ["@storybook/addon-a11y"],
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};

Additional Libraries

  • Framer Motion

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pnpm install framer-motion

  • Jest setup (with ES import and TS support)

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pnpm install --save-dev jest
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pnpm i -D jest @swc/core @swc/jest

In jest.config.js:


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module.exports = {
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transform: {
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"^.+\\.(t|j)sx?$": "@swc/jest",
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},
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};

  • Zustand

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pnpm install zustand

  • Tailwind custom scrollbar (need specific height on parent to work)

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pnpm install --save-dev tailwind-scrollbar

In tailwind.config.js :


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plugins: [
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// ...
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require('tailwind-scrollbar'),
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],

  • To configure mdx https://nextjs.org/docs/app/building-your-application/configuring/mdx

Utilities

  • Add github actions for CI/CD, create folder .github/workflows and add main.yml

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name: Component Tests
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on:
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push:
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branches: [ main, master ]
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pull_request:
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branches: [ main, master ]
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jobs:
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# Run interaction and accessibility tests
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interaction-and-accessibility:
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timeout-minutes: 5
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runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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steps:
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- uses: actions/checkout@v3
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- uses: actions/setup-node@v3
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with:
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node-version: 18
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- name: Install dependencies
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run: npm install -g pnpm && pnpm install
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- name: Install Playwright Browsers
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run: pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps
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- name: Build Storybook
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run: pnpm build-storybook --quiet
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- name: Serve Storybook and run tests
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run: |
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npx concurrently -k -s first -n "SB,TEST" -c "magenta,blue" \
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"npx http-server storybook-static --port 6006 --silent" \
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"npx wait-on tcp:127.0.0.1:6006 && pnpm test-storybook"

and add following scripts in package.json:


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pnpm add --save-dev wait-on http-server

Troubleshoot

  • To have Tailwind in MDX components: Add to tailwind.config.ts:

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content: [..., "./mdx-components.tsx"];

  • Configure Tailwind CSS Intellisence VSCode extension to have autocomplete in styled-components 'tw'

Edit Intellisense settings in VSCode Extension then Edit in settings.json like this :


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"tailwindCSS.experimental.classRegex": [
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"tw`([^`]*)", // tw`...`
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"tw=\"([^\"]*)", // <div tw="..." />
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"tw={\"([^\"}]*)", // <div tw={"..."} />
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"tw\\.\\w+`([^`]*)", // tw.xxx`...`
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"tw\\(.*?\\)`([^`]*)" // tw(Component)`...`
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],

  • Storybook '@/' alias:

Add Storybook's NextJS addon:


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pnpm install --save-dev @storybook/nextjs

(Issue info : https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/11639)

Update .storybook/main.ts with path import:


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webpackFinal: async (config, { configType }) => {
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config!.resolve!.alias = {
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...config!.resolve!.alias,
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"@": path.resolve(\_\_dirname, "../src/"),
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};
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return config;
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},

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