Getting Started with Static Blog

Creating a static blog is simpler than you think. This post explains how to build a static blog using Next.js.

Required Tools

• Node.js: JavaScript runtime
• Next.js: React framework
• Tailwind CSS: Styling
• Markdown: Content writing

Installation Process

# Create project
npx create-next-app@latest my-blog --typescript --tailwind --eslint

# Install dependencies
npm install gray-matter remark remark-html date-fns

# Run development server
npm run dev

Writing Posts

Create markdown files in the posts/ directory:

---
title: "Post Title"
date: "2024-01-15"
description: "Post description"
tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
---

# Post content

Deployment

Build as a static site and deploy to GitHub Pages, Netlify, Vercel, etc.

npm run build
npm run export

Your static blog is now complete!