Portfolio
My personal portfolio website, proudly built with Next.js, TypeScript and Tailwind
Overview:
Jacob Herper's portfolio website is built using Next.js, TypeScript, and Tailwind, with content management through Sanity. The project is open-source and constantly evolving. It previously used Gatsby but switched to Next.js for its improvements. The site is designed for easy adaptation and feedback, with users encouraged to report bugs or contribute.
Features:
- Next.js and Tailwind: Built with Next.js and styled with Tailwind for optimized performance and design.
- Sanity CMS: Content is managed through Sanity, providing an easy-to-use interface for updating content.
- Open-source Project: Users can fork and adapt the project for their own portfolios, with credit appreciated.
- PNPM Package Manager: Uses the pnpm package manager by default, but can also work with npm or yarn.
- Continuous Development: Project is a work in progress, open to feedback and contributions from the community.
- Third-Party Services: Integrates services like Sanity for content management, Sentry for error tracking, and Mailchimp for managing mailing lists.
- Next.js
Next.js is a React-based web framework that enables server-side rendering, static site generation, and other powerful features for building modern web applications.
- React
React is a widely used JavaScript library for building user interfaces and single-page applications. It follows a component-based architecture and uses a virtual DOM to efficiently update and render UI components
- Styled Components
Styled Components is a popular library for styling React components using CSS syntax. It allows you to write CSS in your JavaScript code, making it easier to create dynamic styles that are specific to each component.
- Tailwind
Tailwind CSS is a utility-first CSS framework that provides pre-defined classes for building responsive and customizable user interfaces.
- Sanity
Sanity is a fully customizable, API-first, and cloud-based headless content management system that enables developers to manage structured content across multiple channels and platforms.
- Portfolio
A portfolio website is a type of website that showcases an individual's or a company's work, skills, and accomplishments. It typically includes a gallery of images or videos, case studies, and client testimonials to provide potential clients or employers with a comprehensive overview of their experience and expertise.
- Eslint
ESLint is a linter for JavaScript that analyzes code to detect and report on potential problems and errors, as well as enforce consistent code style and best practices, helping developers to write cleaner, more maintainable code.
- Framer Motion
Alpine.js is a lightweight JavaScript framework that simplifies the process of creating dynamic, reactive user interfaces on the web. It uses a declarative syntax that offers a higher level of abstraction compared to vanilla JavaScript, while being more performant and easier to use than jQuery.
- Postcss
PostCSS is a popular open-source tool that enables web developers to transform CSS styles with JavaScript plugins. It allows for efficient processing of CSS styles, from applying vendor prefixes to improving browser compatibility, ultimately resulting in cleaner, faster, and more maintainable code.
- Storybook
Storybook is a tool for developing and testing UI components in isolation. It provides a sandbox environment where you can experiment with different props and states to see how your component responds.
- Typescript
TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, providing optional static typing, classes, interfaces, and other features that help developers write more maintainable and scalable code. TypeScript's static typing system can catch errors at compile-time, making it easier to build and maintain large applications.
- Vercel
Vercel offers built-in support for deploying and hosting Next.js applications, making it a popular choice among Next.js developers.
