Create a Next.js app with Amazon SES and Tailwind

About this guide

This development guide walks you through everything you need to do to build a high-quality Next.js app integrated with Amazon SES and Tailwind. Check out the tasks below to get started. To save time, you can also use our boilerplate, which gives you a complete React codebase with all of these tasks done for you. Okay, let's dive in!

Tasks

• Setup your Next.js appGet the code

  Create a Next.js app using npx create-next-app and then run your project locally with the npm run dev command.

• Build your Amazon SES contact formGet the code

  Create a contact form powered by Amazon SES and Tailwind elements. You'll need to create a Next.js API route at /pages/api/contact.js that is passed the form data, formats it as desired, then sends it to your admin email address using aws-sdk. Make sure your form properly validates inputs and display any errors returned by Amazon SES.

• Install and configure TailwindGet the code

  Install Tailwind and add a tailwind.config.js file by following the Tailwind guide for Next.js.

• Ensure Tailwind link components hook into Next.js routingGet the code

  Make all Tailwind link elements hook into Next.js routing by wrapping them with the Link component from next/link.

• Create a persistent layoutGet the code

  Add any components that you'd like displayed across all pages (such asNavbar and Footer) to your Next.js App component. If you need multiple persistent layouts you can instead have each page define its own layout. In that case, create multiple layout components (such as LandingPageLayout and AdminLayout) and wrap the contents of each page.

• ‍Finish your app UI with TailwindGet the code

  Build out the rest of your UI using Tailwind elements and composing them into high-level page sections, such as HeroSection and AccountSettings. Use theming and dynamic classes for styling your components and overriding default element styles.

Get the code

You can get the code for this guide with our Next.js, Amazon SES, and Tailwind Boilerplate. You'll get a complete Next.js codebase with Amazon SES and Tailwind integration, all the tasks listed above done for you, and a responsive multi-page template. It should save you about two weeks of development time.

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