Welcome to the Chai and Buy project.
When building e-commerce applications or any system that requires real-time updates, it's crucial to provide instant feedback to users.
In a traditional React application, you might use client-side state management to update the cart count immediately.
However, with Next.js Server Components and Server Actions, we can achieve the same result with server-side rendering, ensuring that the data is always fresh and consistent. Especially for things like cart counts, users expect that when they click Add to Cart, it updates right away.
Inspiration for this project
For this project, we’re pulling in products from one of my favorite online stores I Hate Copy . Fun fact: I actually own the "Hot Chai Cold Revenge" print from them, I just really love their stuff 😄.
Here's how the demo looks like:
Working Demo
Try it out:
- Try adding items to the cart and see the magic happen.
- Cart count updates immediately
- No page refresh required
- Feels fast, real, and satisfying
Products
