Development Guide

This guide covers the patterns and practices for building features in your SaaS application. You'll learn how to work with the full stack — from database operations through server actions to client-side forms — following consistent conventions that make your codebase maintainable and scalable.

For a more complete guide, please refer to the Course.

What You'll Learn

This section covers the core development patterns:

• Development workflow — Setting up your environment and organizing code
• Feature development — Building complete features from schema to UI
• Server actions — Type-safe mutations with authentication and validation
• Form handling — Client-side forms with react-hook-form and Zod
• Database operations — Querying and mutating data with Prisma ORM

Topics

1. Development Workflow — Establish your daily development process and file organization conventions
2. Adding Features — Follow a step-by-step guide for building complete features
3. Server Actions — Create type-safe server operations with authentication middleware
4. Action Middleware — Configure authentication and authorization for server actions
5. Working with Forms — Build forms with validation and server action integration
6. Database Operations — Master query and mutation patterns with Prisma

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