Seeking Advice: Choosing Refine JS for News Website Admin Dashboard?
Hey everyone,
I'm a beginner developer, and I'm working on a news website project that needs an admin dashboard for managing content such as news videos, articles, and handling donations. I'm currently considering using Refine JS for this purpose, as I already have experience with React, Next.js, and JavaScript.
Here are my project requirements:
1. Admin dashboard for content management (upload, update, delete posts and videos).
2. Management of articles and news feed updates.
3. Donation feature integration and management.
4. Production-ready project.
I have a few questions:
1. Is Refine JS a suitable choice for building this type of admin dashboard?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using Refine JS in this context?
3. Are there any other technologies or libraries that you would recommend in addition to Refine JS to ensure a production-ready project?
4. As a beginner, are there any resources or best practices you can recommend for me to get started with this project?
any kind of recommendation would be helpful, also do you think it is manageable to build this project alone?
thanksd
2 Replies
Hi @anukacim. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
----------------------
Hello,
Based on your project requirements and the information provided in the extracts, Refine seems to be a suitable choice for building your admin dashboard. Here's why:
1. Content Management: Refine provides a higher abstraction of functionalities like CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) operations, which are essential for content management. This means you can easily manage your articles, news feed updates, and videos source (https://refine.dev/blog/react-admin-tutorial/).
2. Donation Feature Integration: While the extracts don't mention a specific donation feature, Refine is designed to easily integrate with external API services and Backend as a Service (BAAS) platforms. This could potentially simplify the integration of a donation feature source (https://refine.dev/blog/building-react-admin-dashboard/).
3. Production-Ready Project: Refine provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionality for rapid development. A production-ready Refine application comes with an out-of-the-box setup for state management, route management, internationalization, authentication, and integration for popular cloud platforms source (https://refine.dev/blog/building-react-admin-dashboard-with-tremor/).
As for the advantages and disadvantages of using Refine, here are a few:
Advantages:
- Refine accelerates development by providing a higher abstraction of most functionalities that developers would have to set up from scratch if building the application from the ground up source (https://refine.dev/blog/react-admin-tutorial/).
- It provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionality for rapid development while still allowing for extreme customization source (https://refine.dev/blog/react-admin-tutorial/).
- Refine is a headless framework, meaning it can be used independently of the UI. You can easily use all the features of Refine with any UI library source (https://refine.dev/blog/create-full-stack-app-with-refine/).
Disadvantages:
- The extracts do not provide specific disadvantages of using Refine. However, like any framework, there may be a learning curve involved, especially for beginners.
As for other technologies or libraries, Refine integrates with popular design systems and UI frameworks like Material UI, Chakra UI, Mantine, and Ant design. It also supports popular React routing libraries like React Router, Next.js Router, React Location, and Remix Router source (https://refine.dev/blog/building-react-admin-dashboard/).
For getting started, Refine has a seven-part tutorial series called "refineWeek" that can help you learn the ins-and-outs of Refine's powerful capabilities source (https://refine.dev/blog/refine-pixels-5/). You can also check out the Overview (https://refine.dev/docs/) document to learn more about Refine features.
As for whether it's manageable to build this project alone, it largely depends on your familiarity with React and your learning pace with Refine. Given that Refine provides a lot of out-of-the-box functionality and accelerates development, it could potentially make the process more manageable.
I hope this helps, and best of luck with your project!
----------------------
Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon:
----------------------
<@1043576440450453604> kapa.ai is still learning and improving, please let us know how it did by reacting below