Build and Deploy a Production-Ready Fullstack Blog Platform | Next.js 16, BetterAuth

In this tutorial, we build a Next.js 16 fullstack blog application from scratch using React 19, Prisma, PostgreSQL, BetterAuth, and Tailwind CSS.

You’ll learn how to structure a scalable Next.js 16 app with React 19, implement authentication with BetterAuth, build a clean UI using Tailwind CSS, and connect the app to PostgreSQL with Prisma. We also deploy the application to Vercel.

This tutorial focuses on real-world best practices — not demo or toy projects.

What you’ll learn
✅ Production-ready Next.js architecture
✅ Authentication with BetterAuth
✅ Modern UI with Tailwind CSS
✅ PostgreSQL & Prisma integration
✅ Data fetching, server actions, and routing
✅ Deploying a fullstack app to Vercel

🔗 Links
💼 Connect with me on LinkedIn (EgbonTech): [  / emmanuel-egbon-8a3991239  ]
🌍 Live Preview: [https://blog-website-egbontech.vercel...]
📦 Source Code for Cloudinary Upload: [https://github.com/egbontech/upload-t...]
📁 Assets: [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zZby...]

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Chapters
00:00 – Intro & Project Overview
08:05 – Project Setup & Folder Structure
16:20 – Building the Navbar
42:48 – Building the Home Page
01:04:15 – Building the About Page
01:12:51 – Building the Write Page
01:25:29 – Building the Articles Page
01:29:20 – Building the Article View Page
01:38:35 – Building the Footer
01:43:05 – Building Modals

02:11:35 – Setting Up Prisma
02:25:37 – Setting Up BetterAuth
02:35:30 – Google Authentication
02:45:00 – GitHub Authentication
02:48:50 – Conditional Rendering Based on Auth

02:54:40 – Creating Blog Posts
03:26:12 – Fetching Posts for the Homepage (Server)
03:44:46 – Fetching Posts for the Articles Page (React Query Infinite Query)
04:19:05 – Fetching a Post for the Article View (Server Actions)

04:43:12 – Editing Posts
05:17:51 – Deleting Posts
05:30:10 – Search Functionality
05:48:10 – Running Lint Checks
05:50:08 – Deployment to Vercel
06:07:27 – Outro