Build a Real-time Next.js 14 Chat App with Fauna

• Understanding Next.js Best Practices: learning to build fast, maintainable apps.
• Implementing Server-Side Rendering (SSR) techniques.
• Efficiently connecting and retrieving data using Fauna.
• Implementing real-time updates with Fauna Streams.
• Securing a chat app with basic authentication.

Dive into the world of real-time, full-stack web development with this hands-on course. Learn to build a chat application using Fauna Streams and Next.js 14, focusing on essentials and best practices. By the end, you'll have a working real-time chat app and a solid grasp of the tools and techniques used to build it.

• Ideal for developers with some experience in web development looking to enhance their skills in real-time applications and full-stack development.

• Basic knowledge of JavaScript and web development concepts.
• Familiarity with React and API integration.

• Set up a Next 14 Project with create-next-app.
• Initialize and Configure a Fauna Database inside a Next.js project with fauna-shell.
• Create a Fauna Room Collection in Next.js with the fauna Client.
• List Available Chat Rooms in Real-time in Next.js from Fauna.
• Create Dynamic Routes in Next.js for Chat Rooms.
• Explore Faunas one-to-many Relationships between Collections in the Terminal.
• Create and Display Messages using Fauna within a Room in Next.js.
• Stream Chat Messages in Real-time in Next.js from Fauna.
• Understand Server and Client Rendering and Data-fetching.
• Refactor a Next.js 14 Page to Utilize Both Server and Client-side Rendering.
• Add Fauna User Authentication to a Next.js App.
• Implement Signup Functionality through Fauna with Next.js 14 Server Actions.
• Implement Fauna Signin with Next.js Server Actions and useFormState React Hook.
• Implement Auth Guards with Tokens throughout an Next.js App.
• Update Fauna Messages Collection with Authors.
• Challenge: Implement a NavBar for the Application with Logout Functionality.