August 11, 2023

Starter kit with Next.js, Chakra-UI, Framer-Motion in Typescript

Typescript Next.js Chakra-UI Framer-Motion Starter Kit

Start with a powerful template ⚡️


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Table of contents

  • Getting started
  • Paths & Files
  • Useful dependencies (Important)
  • Components
  • Internationalization
  • Theme
  • Framer Motion
  • SEO


See a DEMO here.

Getting started

First, you need to open a Terminal and clone this repo by using :

git clone https://github.com/hakkaofdev/ts-next-chakra-motion-kit

Enter to the folder :

cd ./ts-next-chakra-motion-kit

And install dependencies

npm install

Finally, run in dev :

npm run dev

Paths & Files

This is the main structure of the template.

Structure

.
├── data
├── .env
├── .eslintrc.json
├── next-env.d.ts
├── next-sitemap.js
├── package.json
├── .prettierrc.json
├── tsconfig.json
├── internationalization
│  ├── i18n.ts
│  └── locales
├── pages
│  ├── 404.tsx
│  ├── _app.tsx
│  ├── _document.tsx
│  └── index.tsx
├── public
│  └── assets
├── src
│  ├── components
│  ├── constants.ts
│  ├── providers
│  ├── theme
│  ├── types
│  └── utils
  • You can upload your constants like URL's in the constants.ts in .src/.
  • Dependencies can be found in package.json.
  • Your types in ./src/types.
  • The theme system of Chakra-UI in ./src/theme/.
  • Components in ./src/components/.
  • Pages in ./pages/
  • Locales for your langs in ./internationalization/locales/.
  • Default env variables in .env.

Customs Paths

For imports you can use this list :

  • @/components/*
  • @/types/*
  • @/utils/*
  • @/data/*
  • @/providers/*
  • @/internationalization/*
  • @/theme

Each imports refer to the specific folder.

Useful Dependencies

By default, I installed a list of useful dependencies.

  • react-use in v17.4.0 for useful hooks.
  • react-intersection-observer in v9.4.1 for advanced animations. You can find an example of use here.
  • prettier in v2.8.1 for formatting code.
  • eslint in v8.31.0 for errors.
  • @react-icons in v4.7.1 for icons. React-Icons
  • Fonts to fontsource.org.

Components

  • in .src/components/theme-button/index.tsx.
  • in .src/components/languages-button/index.tsx.
  • in .src/components/page-layout/index.tsx.

Internationalization

Default config

She can be found in ./internationalization/i18n.ts

const resources = {
  us: {
    translation: en_US,
  },
  fr: {
    translation: fr_FR,
  },
};

export const availableLanguages = Object.keys(resources);

const options = {
  order: ['localStorage', 'navigator'],
};

i18n
  .use(XHR)
  .use(LanguageDetector)
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    resources,
    fallbackLng: 'us',
    detection: options,
    supportedLngs: ['us', 'fr'],
    interpolation: {
      escapeValue: false,
    },
    debug: false,
  });

Add a new lang

Add it in ressources like others. Create un folder with prefix in ./internationalization/locales/ like others. And customize the constant in your .ts file.

export const en_US = {
  home: {
    title: 'Home',
  },
};

How to use it

import { Text } from '@chakra-ui/react';
import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';

const Example = () => {
  const { t } = useTranslation();

  return ;
};

Theme

You can find a complete documentation here.

Framer Motion

Framer Motion was directly installed when @chakra-ui/react is added as dependency.

Use Framer Motion with Chakra-UI

First, you have to declare your variants :

import { Variants } from 'framer-motion';

const variants: Variants = {
  hidden: {
    opacity: 0,
    x: 0,
    y: -40,
    transition: { duration: 0.4, type: 'easeOut' },
  },
  enter: {
    opacity: 1,
    x: 0,
    y: 0,
    transition: { duration: 0.4, type: 'easeOut' },
  },
  exit: {
    opacity: 0,
    x: -0,
    y: 40,
    transition: { duration: 0.4, type: 'easeOut' },
  },
};

Declare your custom container, a MotionContainer !

import { Container, ContainerProps } from '@chakra-ui/react';
import { motion } from 'framer-motion';

const MotionContainer = motion(Container);

And use it as a component :


 

You can find my article with an another example here.

SEO

The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is important on any websites.

For this template, I used next-seo and next-sitemap.

Use the SEO

For that you've a PageLayout component with SEO. The default config for SEO is that:


Just use it like this:

import PageLayout from '@/components/page-layout';

return (
  
     
);

Sitemap

Default site-map.

module.exports = {
  siteUrl: process.env.baseURL,
  changefreq: 'daily',
  priority: 0.7,
  sitemapSize: 5000,
  generateRobotsTxt: true,
};

You have to npm run postbuild to generate it.

Don't hesitate to contact me if you want advices or if you have any questions or post an issue.