Building a Task Reminder App with Next.js

In this article, we’ll walk through the step-by-step process of creating a basic task reminder app with Next.JS. This application will provide users with a user-friendly interface for adding the title of the task, its description, and its due date & time. The user will also be notified through a pop-up 1 minute before the task scheduled time.

Output Preview: Let us have a look at how the final output will look like.

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Prerequisites:

• Next.js
• CSS
• NodeJS

Approach to Create Task Reminder App with Next.js:

• Set up a new Nextjs project with create-next-app. Initialize a Git repository. Define the project structure.
• Within the “text-reminder-app” folder, create the following files and directories:
  • Create a pages/index.js file for the homepage where users can add tasks.
  • Create a components/Task.js file for displaying individual tasks.
  • Create a components/TaskList.js file for displaying the list of tasks.
  • Create a styles/Home.module.css file, it contains the CSS styles for the components.
• Inside the “text-reminder-app” folder, run the command npm install react react-dom next to install the project dependencies.

Steps to Create Task Reminder App with Next.js:

Step 1: Create a directory for the project.

mkdir text-reminder-app
cd text-reminder-app

Step 2: Initialized the Nextjs app and installing the required packages

npx create-next-app .

Step 3: Install the necessary package for your project using the following command.

npm install react react-dom next

Project Structure:

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The dependencies in package.json file will look like:

"dependencies": {
 "react": "^18",
 "react-dom": "^18",
 "next": "14.1.3"
}

Example: Create the required files and write the following code.

Start your application using the following command.

npm run dev

Output: