Data has emerged as the most valuable commodity in today's world. Understanding how your users interact with your platform is essential for propelling your business to new heights.

When it comes to analytics, Google stands out as the industry leader, offering exceptional services. The best part is that it comes at no cost, making it accessible to businesses of all sizes!

In this tutorial, we will explore the seamless integration of Google Analytics into a Next.js application. This integration will provide valuable insights into user behavior, enabling you to make informed decisions and drive your business forward.

To begin, access Google Analytics and log in using your Google account. Next, locate the Settings Icon (⚙️ Admin) at the bottom of the page and select "Create Account" from the options. Alternatively, if you already have an account, you can choose "Create Property" instead.

Kindly provide the account name and then Fill in the property details along with the time zone and currency:


Ultimately, input the business particulars and proceed by selecting Create:

You will now be taken to a page presenting the following choices. Here, select the option labeled "Web."

For the subsequent stage, furnish your website particulars and then initiate the stream creation by clicking on "Create stream"


You'll get a measurement ID now. Write it down because you'll need it for the next step.

Step 2 — Adding GA to your Next.JS project

Once we've set up our Google Analytics account and created our stream, we're now prepared to link Google Analytics with our Next.js project.

Access the _app.tsx (If your project use TypeScript) OR _app.js  file and insert the two script tags within it.

Congratulations, your application is now configured with Google Analytics, allowing you to monitor live user activity.

How to Add Google Analytics to a Next.js Application

The "Path" module is undoubtedly one of the most valuable built-in modules in NodeJS. By effectively utilizing this module, we can significantly enhance the clarity and organization of our code while also reducing the time spent on maintenance. This article aims to explore four helpful functions that streamline path manipulation in our projects, making them more accessible and efficient. Let's delve into these functions and discover how they can simplify our development workflow.

The "path.dirname()" method returns the directory name of a given path. Knowing the directory in which a file is located proves to be highly beneficial.


The join method takes two or more path segments and merges them into a single string that forms a valid file path. For example, let's consider a scenario where we require the file path of a JPG image named "myDog.jpg" for simplicity's sake. This method allows us to efficiently construct the complete file path by combining individual path segments.

extname method allows us to know the extension of the given path.


Introduction to the Path Module in Node.js

Before ES6 introduced template strings in 2015, JavaScript strings had limited syntax and functionality. Concatenating strings was possible, but it often led to complex and cumbersome code.

With the advent of ES6 template literals, you can now solve more intricate problems and concatenate strings with data values in a much smoother manner. Template literals offer a cleaner and safer syntax for working with strings, eliminating the hours of struggle with long string concatenation. Embrace the power of template literals to enhance your string manipulation and make your code more elegant and efficient.


The syntax of template strings is very simple, just use backticks instead of single or double quotes.


If we want to surround a special world with a single or double quote we can do that simply .. because we have used a different character to define our string.

Template strings make multiline much simpler. we can simply add a line break where we want to, press enter, and there it is.

so we can format our string to look as we wish.

Template literals provide an easy way to contain placeholders and expressions into strings. You do so by using the ${…}

Inside of the curly braces, it’s often gonna be a variable, but it could be a whole JavaScript expression or mathematical expression. Can be a function call, it can even be a template literal inside of that expression if you need it to be.


Template Literals … More control over dynamic strings

Incorporating a slider into your website or blog can significantly enhance the user experience while adding a touch of elegance and organization to your design.

In this post, I will guide you through the process of creating a slider using only HTML and CSS. While some lines of code may require more explanation, others are straightforward. Rest assured, I will strive to provide clear and simple explanations for each step, ensuring that you grasp the concept effortlessly. 


- Assign an auto value to overflow-x property causing a scrolling mechanism to be provided for overflowing boxes.


- scroll-snap-type property sets how strictly snap points are enforced, scroll-snap-type isn’t supported on google chrome: 
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- Instead of a straight jump, scroll-behavior: smooth add a smooth scrolling effect to the slider.

- The  ::-webkit-scrollbar pseudo-element allows us to modify the look of the browser’s scrollbar.
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