?? Strapi 5 beta, Epic Next.js tutorials & more - Logbook #102

Hello everyone???

It's been a labor of love, packed with late nights, endless coding sessions, and more cups of coffee than we care to admit. But today, we're thrilled to announce a major milestone: Strapi 5 is officially in Beta with lots of improvements including a New API format, Draft & publish, Vite bundling, and a New plugin CLI

?? This is a Beta: The Strapi 5 beta is meant for testing and exploration purposes only. So, we advise starting new projects for testing rather than migrating your existing v4 projects.?

??Report, Report, Report: Found a bug? Have a suggestion? Every new GitHub issue is a step towards making Strapi 5 more robust and stable.

Strapi Resources?

Epic Next.js 14 Tutorial series by Paul B.

With the popularity of NextJs 14, Paul thought it would be great to build a tutorial series to show all the awesome features of Next.js 14: the app folder,? server components, and server actions. We're half way done, here are the links to the first 5 parts and the outline of what's coming next!?

• Part 1: Learn Next.js by building a website
• Part 2: Building Out The Hero Section of the Homepage
• Part 3: Finishing up the homepage Features Section, TopNavigation, and Footer
• Part 4: How to handle login and Authentification in Next.js
• Part 5: Building out the Dashboard page and uploading files using NextJS server actions
• Part 6: Get Video Transcript with OpenAI Function
• Part 7: Strapi CRUD permissions
• Part 8: Search & pagination in Nextjs
• Part 9: Backend deployment to Strapi Cloud
• Part 10: Frontend deployment to Vercel

Paul built this out in the open, so feel free to add comments and questions in the GitHub repository or watch the Youtube playlist for this blog series if you prefer that format.?

Community & Ecosystem

Type-Safe Fetch with Next.js, Strapi, and OpenAPI by Manuel Schoebel

Dive into the world of type-safe API integration with our detailed tutorial on leveraging Next.js, Strapi, OpenAPI, and TypeScript synergies.?

Guide on authenticating requests with the REST API by Theodore Kelechukwu Onyejiaku

In web security, authentication stands as a cornerstone for safeguarding sensitive data. Two prevalent methods, API tokens and JSON Web Tokens (JWTs), play pivotal roles in this landscape. This guide explores these mechanisms and offers insights into their generation, management, and implementation in Strapi to build secure web applications.

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How To Create a Landing Page on the Fly by Mary Okosun

Learn how to create a landing page from scratch using dynamic zone components. This is a non-technical approach to using Strapi's components and features without requiring the assistance of a developer.

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Building a Multi-language Blog with Strapi and Next.js by Ekekenta Clinton

Learn how to build a Multi-language Blog with Strapi and Next.js. From setting up a development environment to creating content models, managing entries, and enabling GraphQL for seamless interactions. This powerful combination of Strapi and Next.js allows us to deliver dynamic, multi-language blogs while maintaining data integrity.

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Create your Strapi visualization dashboard with Chartbrew by Razvan Ilin

This tutorial will guide you step-by-step on how you can connect to your Strapi project and create a few visualizations to monitor your data.

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Building an E-commerce Experience: From Sketch to Screen with React, Strapi, Medusa, and Next.js by Manuel Schoebel

Watch this video to explore a full-stack journey from Figma designs to UI implementation with React components in Storybook. We delve into data modeling in Strapi, connect the dots with Medusa, and seamlessly fetch and render data in a Next.js application. Witness how each layer of the stack contributes to a user-friendly platform that sells herbal candies with both health benefits and delightful taste.

Events

Daily Office Hours on Discord with Derrick M. ??Simen D. Richard Kasonde Nsama Paul B.

Conducted Monday to Friday at 6 AM and 12:30 PM CST on the Strapi Community Discord, these one-hour sessions are accessible to all. Led by solution engineers and Community Stars, Office Hours offer an invaluable chance for community members to get answers, advice, and insights about Strapi directly from the experts.

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Quarterly Community Call - April 2024 with Paul B. Niklas Winkels Pierre W. Marc Roig Campos Joshua E.

Join the Strapi team on Tuesday, April 9th 2024 - 8:00 AM (PDT) for our quarterly community call. We'll go over the latest product announcements, demo the latest features, and share updates about the upcoming releases and roadmap.?

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Strapi Cloud Onboarding Session with Christopher L. and Rosie Hackett

Join the Strapi Cloud Onboarding Session on Wednesday, April 17th 2024 - 7:00 AM (PDT). ?Strapi experts will guide you through setting up your project in no time, unraveling configuration magic, and answering all your questions along the way

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