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Next.js

7 Courses
13 Labs
26 Hours
Skill IQ

Develop your Next.js 14 skills through this structured Skill Path. Beginning with core concepts, you'll progress to building real-world applications while exploring the powerful App Router, server components, and managing data. Through hands-on projects including a finance application, blog platform, and e-commerce site, you'll gain practical experience with styling, data management, authentication, internationalization, and testing. This path emphasizes applied learning with modern features like Server Actions and optimized rendering patterns, preparing you to create performant, production-ready applications with Next.js 14.

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Foundational Skills of Next.js

Discover the foundations of Next.js through both video courses and hands-on labs.

Course

Next.js 14: Foundations

  • by Adhithi Ravichandran
  • 1h 32m
  • Feb 21, 2025
Lab

Guided: Foundations of Next.js 14

  • by Julian Mateu
  • 2h 16m
  • Aug 04, 2025
Lab

Guided: Creating Pages, Layouts, & Routes in a Next.js Finance Application

  • by Jaecee Naylor
  • 45m
  • Nov 22, 2024
Lab

Guided: Styling a Next.js Finance Application with Daisy UI and Tailwind CSS

  • by Jaecee Naylor
  • 1h 15m
  • Oct 29, 2024
Course

Using the App Router in Next.js 14

  • by Jim Cooper
  • 1h 30m
  • Nov 21, 2024
Course

Data Fetching and API Routes in Next.js 14

  • by Marcelo Pastorino
  • 1h 21m
  • Nov 26, 2024
Lab

Guided: Migrating to App Router in Next.js 14

  • by Kamran Ayub
  • 1h 4m
  • Jun 23, 2025
Lab

Guided: Data Fetching and API Routes in Next.js 14

  • by Asmin Bhandari
  • 55m
  • Jun 03, 2025
Lab

Guided: Managing Data in a Next.js Finance Application

  • by Jaecee Naylor
  • 1h 30m
  • Nov 22, 2024
Course

Optimizing and Deploying Applications in Next.js 15

  • by Adhithi Ravichandran
  • 1h 24m
  • Apr 08, 2025
Lab

Guided: Optimizing an E-commerce Product Page in Next.js 14

  • by Kamran Ayub
  • 1h 28m
  • Jul 02, 2025
Course

Managing Authentication and State in Next.js 14

  • by Zachary Bennett
  • 1h 2m
  • Dec 04, 2024
Lab

Guided: Managing Authentication and State in Next.js 14

  • by Eman Hassan
  • 45m
  • Mar 19, 2025
Course

Adding Internationalization and SEO in Next.js 14

  • by Kamran Ayub
  • 49m
  • Nov 07, 2024
Lab

Guided: Adding Internationalization and SEO in Next.js 14

  • by Victor Diaz
  • 38m
  • Apr 18, 2025
Course

Testing and Advanced Features in Next.js 14

  • by Travis Thomsen
  • 1h 11m
  • Jan 09, 2025

Hands-on Labs

Practice specialized Next.js topics in a hands-on environment.

Lab

Guided: Testing and Advanced Features in Next.js 14

  • by Julian Mateu
  • 4h 15m
  • Jun 18, 2025
Lab

Guided: Testing a Next.js Finance Application with Vitest

  • by Jaecee Naylor
  • 45m
  • Nov 22, 2024
Lab

Guided: Implementing Prisma in a Next.js Finance Application

  • by Jaecee Naylor
  • 1h
  • Oct 29, 2024
Lab

Guided: Build a Blog Platform in Next.js

  • by Harit Himanshu
  • 47m
  • Jul 10, 2025
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What You'll Learn
  • Next.js 14 architecture and features
  • App Router implementation
  • Page creation and routing strategies
  • Layouts and component hierarchy
  • Styling & UI Development
  • Integration with Tailwind CSS
  • API route creation and management
  • Data fetching strategies
  • Server-side and client-side data handling
  • State management techniques
  • Performance & Deployment
  • Internationalization (i18n)
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
  • Testing with Vitest
  • Server Components and Server Actions
Prerequisites
  • Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Basic understanding of React fundamentals
  • Familiarity with HTML and CSS
  • Understanding of basic web development concepts
  • Node.js installed on your development machine
Related topics
  • React
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Adhithi Ravichandran
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Adhithi Ravichandran is a Software Consultant, Author, and Speaker based in Kansas City. She founded Surya Consulting, Inc., a company through which she channels her expertise in software development and consulting. Surya Consulting, Inc. specializes in providing a spectrum of services in software consulting, architecture, and education. Her deep-rooted passion for technology and teaching has led her to author several acclaimed Pluralsight courses, educating over 115,000 students in areas inclu...
Julian Mateu
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Graduating as an Electronic Engineer degree from the University of Buenos Aires, and currently based in London, Julian has spent 10 years in the Software Industry, from working with large tech companies like Amazon and Google, to dynamic startups. He began his career in mobile and robotics and eventually found his passion in backend development and cloud-based distributed systems. Julian is skilled in Go, Javascript/Typescript, Java and Python, and designs, implements, and deploys software for d...
Jaecee Naylor
Jaecee Naylor
Jaecee is an Associate Author at Pluralsight, where she develops hands-on lab content that helps learners build real-world skills. She holds a Master's in Data Management and Analysis and a Bachelor's in Computer Science from the University of Utah. Jaecee brings a strong background in software development, with experience across a variety of tech stacks. She’s worked at organizations like Intermountain Healthcare (Node.js, React), Goldman Sachs (React, Spring), Microsoft (Flutter, ASP.NET C#, ...
Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper
Jim Cooper is a software developer at Pluralsight, with more than 20 years of software development experience. He has a passion for Agile processes, especially lean software development. Jim has been developing production Angular apps since before Angular version 1.0, including Pluralsight's first Html5-based video player. Jim has over 10 years of TDD and pair programming experience which has contributed significantly to his professional development. He has successfully mentored other developers...
Marcelo Pastorino
Marcelo Pastorino
Marcelo has accumulated over two decades of expertise, adeptly aligning business goals with innovative technological solutions. Initiating his coding journey in the early 90s on an IBM 8086 XT, he became proficient in languages such as Clipper, Pascal and C++. By his mid-teens, Marcelo had already crafted and commercialized software for the DOS operating system. In the current tech landscape, his specialization encompasses technologies like .NET, C#, JavaScript, NextJS, SvelteKit, and cloud-base...
Kamran Ayub
Kamran Ayub
Kamran is a solopreneur and technologist who lives in beautiful Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is the founder of Keep Track of My Games, which is like Goodreads but for gamers. He also helps maintain the Excalibur.js TypeScript game engine and speaks regularly at conferences like NDC and React Summit. Previously, he worked as an enterprise web developer for over 12 years for companies like Target and General Mills until he quit to spend more time with family and take summers off. He loves sharing wh...
Asmin Bhandari
Asmin Bhandari
Asmin Bhandari is a full stack developer with years of experience in designing, developing and testing many applications and web based systems. Over the years, he has gained expertise in different programming languages, tools and technologies such as AWS, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js, PHP and more. He is quite passionate about learning and teaching new tools and technologies by creating interesting and easy to understand projects.
Zachary Bennett
Zachary Bennett
Zach is currently a Lead Software Developer at OpalSoft where he uses tools such as Scala, TypeScript, Python, Docker, Node, and Angular. Zach has a passion for GIS programming along with open-source software. You can view some of his work on GitHub (https://github.com/zbennett10) and Stack Overflow (https://stackoverflow.com/users/6879849/zachary-bennett).
Eman Hassan
Eman Hassan
As a seasoned engineer with over 12 years of experience, I am deeply committed to mentorship, sharing my wealth of experience, and staying at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies. I bring a unique blend of theoretical knowledge and practical skills to the table. My expertise lies in guiding and mentoring aspiring developers through challenging projects across the entire lifecycle. My technical proficiency spans full stack development, software architecture, cloud computing, DevOps, and a...
Victor Diaz
Victor Diaz
Victor is an Assessment Author.
Travis Thomsen
Travis Thomsen
I have over 23 years of experience as a Software Developer and DevOps Engineer. I am passionate about learning new technologies, methodologies, languages and automation. Specialties: Node.JS, Puppet, Configuration Management Continuous Integration and DevOps.
Harit Himanshu
Harit Himanshu
Harit Himanshu is a hands-on software professional with more than a decade of experience in building and shipping products at companies of small to large sizes. He has contributed in various domains such as Advertising, CleanTech, Security, and FinTech. He is passionate about writing clean testable code and prefers being lazy when coding. In his free time, he is found tinkering new technologies, learning new business domains, reading books, cooking, singing and investing his time with his wife o...

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