From the course: Next.js Ecommerce: Build a Shopping Platform from Scratch

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Section intro

Section intro

OK, so at the beginning of every section, I just want to give you a little intro as to what you can expect throughout the section, throughout the videos. So in this section, we're going to get started with our app. We're going to create a new application using the Create Next App utility. And we're using Next.js version 15. And we're also going to set up ShadCN UI, which is a component library. And I'll show you how that works as far as importing specific components, and so on. We're also going to go over file-based routing and some of the Next.js basics. We're going to create a layout and talk about groups. So we can have specific folders with parentheses around the name. And that makes it a group, and it doesn't affect the URL. It just allows us to organize our pages. We're also going to create the header and footer components. We're going to create a theme toggle. So we'll be able to have a light mode and a dark mode. And we'll also have a system option, so whatever your system is…

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