I built these template projects because I was finding myself recreating the same portions of code for my React web projects. These templates were born out of the need from a client project, such 6amgroup.com needing a CMS to create/edit their EDM articles or clikclak.com needing a CMS to create/edit their product offerings. These templates typically feature a styled library using styled-components or raw CSS, base React components like a Header & Footer, directories properly structured, Page Routing, Analytics, .env files, base SEO, and more! I figured a boilerplate for me to start from would reduce any mistakes made by repeating the same process, but most importantly speed up the creation of the baseline project. These repositories showcase how my skills are evolving as I learn new tricks and technologies for my web projects!

My most recent and up-to-date boilerplate template is mt-next-boiler (Minute.tech's Next.js Boilerplate) which includes many features such as custom data management (articles, jobs, contact messages, etc), authentication, role based access, file storage, dark/light mode, analytics (Google, Vercel, and Cloudflare), and more to get my Next.js projects off the ground quickly. This site (douglasrcjames.com) is actually built off a version of this template, as well as 6amgroup.com. I am trying to figure out if it's worth more to me as a public template for others to use (and possibly exploit) or as a private template for my clients. If you are interested in peeking behind that curtain, I love to show it off, just ask!