Fauna Starter Kit

• Overview: A Guestbook Application example demonstrating how to integrate Fauna with a Next.js project.
• Deployment:
  • Easily deploy the example using Vercel’s one-click deployment feature.

Getting Started:

• Initialization: Start a new Next.js project using create-next-app with the Fauna template:
  • Using npm: npx create-next-app --example with-fauna with-fauna-app
  • Using Yarn: yarn create next-app --example with-fauna with-fauna-app
  • Using pnpm: pnpm create next-app --example with-fauna with-fauna-app
• The template can also be initialized by manually downloading the repository.

Setting Up Fauna Database:

• Database Creation: Navigate to the Fauna Dashboard to create a new database, suggested name nextjs-guestbook.
• Collection Creation: Within the new database, create a collection named Entry.
• Access Key: Generate a new database access key for connecting your application to the Fauna database.
• A tutorial video is available for detailed instructions on database connection setup.

Local Development:

• Installation: After cloning or initializing the template, install dependencies with npm install.
• Development Server: Launch the development server with npm run dev to start the application locally on http://localhost:3000.