Web Waves
I created a personal blog website where I occasionally write as a hobby in my free time. The topics I cover range from educational content to fun and engaging reads.
My Role
As the sole developer for the To-Do List application, I handled both frontend and backend development.
Tech Stack
I chose Sanity.io for my blog because Sanity is a customizable, flexible, API-based CMS that pairs perfectly with Next.js. It made managing and publishing content easy while allowing me to customize the design to match my style.
Home page with an elegant and user-friendly design
Proccess
- Backend Integration: Configured Sanity CMS to manage blog content dynamically, including posts, categories, and media files. Implemented GROQ queries for efficient data fetching.
- Frontend Development: Built responsive and SEO-friendly pages using Next.js, leveraging static site generation (SSG) for improved performance.
- Custom Design: Designed and implemented a personalized layout using Tailwind CSS to match the blog’s style and branding.
- Real-Time Previews: Integrated Sanity’s real-time preview feature to allow instant content updates during editing.
- Rich Content Handling: Added support for rich text formatting and media embedding to enhance the flexibility of blog posts.
- Optimization: Improved website performance by optimizing images, enabling lazy loading, and utilizing Next.js features like route-based code splitting.
- Deployment: Deployed the website on Vercel for seamless hosting, CI/CD workflows, and efficient content delivery.
Pain Points Found
Working on this blog was a bit challenging when I had to integrate the visual editing feature provided by Sanity.io, as it required more than basic knowledge. Fortunately, I found a helpful tutorial online, and it was a success.
What I learned?
In this project, I learned how to integrate Sanity.io for real-time content management and live editing, using GROQ queries to fetch data efficiently. I also improved my skills in Next.js for SEO and static site generation (SSG) and customized the design with Tailwind CSS. Overcoming integration challenges and ensuring smooth CMS-to-front-end synchronization helped me enhance my problem-solving abilities. Feel free to take a look at this working app demo: