Getting started with blogging
Introduction
After much considerations i have decided to start blogging , i know it might be difficult (would be difficult), but i think i need to take this bold step 2
Why i am doing this
I have been thinking about this for a while now, i have been thinking about how i can grow as a developer, and i think this is one of the ways i can do that. I have been thinking about how i can help others, and i think this is one of the ways i can do that.
I also love teaching, and i think this is one of the ways i can do that. In the past few months i have been teaching myself how to code, and i have been teaching my friends how to code, and i end up repeating myself a lot teaching them the same things over and over again, so doing this would help me to teach them once and they can read it over and over again.
What i am going to be blogging about
In general i love anything that has to do with science and technology (i am an engineering student), so i am going to be blogging about anything that has to do with science and technology, but i am going to be focusing on programming, and i am going to be focusing on web development.
I would also be blogging about my journey as a developer, asoftware and tools i built, problems i face as a developer, and how i solve them, and also i would be blogging about my journey as a student, and how i am trying to balance school and work.
What i am going to be using
This was a tough decision for me, thinking of what technologies i would use to build this blog, i have been thinking about using wordpress, or maybe build my own custom CMS (i know PHP and nodejs), but i ended up deciding to use Nextjs and Markdown, just because i wanted to learn Nextjs, i love writing docs in markdown. ( that the way i learn new technologies) and also to save time, cost in hosting and database management.
And by the way Markdown + grey-matter + tailwind typography makes a pretty good combination for blogging.
so for this blog i used
- Nextjs (Reactjs)
- Markdown
- Tailwindcss (for styling)
- Tailwindcss typography (for styling)
- Vercel (for hosting)
- Github (for version control) for other npm packages i used, you can check the package.json file in the repo here
You can clone and use this repo to build your own portfolio with a blog.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading this, and i hope you find it helpful, if you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to reach out to me on
Thanks for reading, and i hope you have a great day.
