like-gold•3mo ago

PWA (progressive web app) dashboard

I'm torn between using Next.js or Refine for building my web dashboard, which needs to function as a PWA. Do you have any recommendations on which would be better? I’d appreciate it if you could explain why as well.

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kapa.ai•3mo ago

Hi @Dori𓆩♡𓆪. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave: ---------------------- To build a Progressive Web App (PWA) dashboard, using Refine with Next.js would be a highly effective choice. Here's why: Why Use Refine with Next.js for Your PWA Dashboard 1. Rapid Development with Refine: - Refine is an open-source React headless meta-framework designed for rapidly building data-driven applications. It offers immense development speed without significant functionality tradeoffs (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#what-is-refine)). - It provides a collection of helper hooks, components, and providers that give you complete control over your application's user interface. This makes it easy to handle data-fetching logic, authorizations, state management, and internalization out of the box. 2. Seamless Integration with Next.js: - Next.js is a powerful framework for building server-side rendered (SSR) and static web applications using React. It simplifies the complexity of building large applications and integrates seamlessly with other build tools (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#introduction)). - Refine can be easily integrated into a Next.js project, and there are pre-configured templates available to get you started quickly (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#project-setup)). 3. PWA Capabilities: - PWAs offer features like offline mode, push notifications, and native-like performance, making them ideal for dashboards that need to function smoothly even with poor internet connectivity (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#what-is-a-pwa)). - Refine's integration with Next.js allows you to leverage these PWA features effectively. The tutorial on building a PWA with Next.js and Refine covers setting up a service worker and generating a PWA manifest (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#generating-pwa-manifest)). 4. Performance and User Experience: - PWAs are known for their performance and native-like user experience. They cache resources and run well even with poor internet connections, providing a seamless experience for users (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#benefits-of-pwa)). - Using Refine with Next.js ensures that your dashboard will be fast, responsive, and provide a great user experience. 5. Ease of Setup and Customization: - Setting up a Refine project with Next.js is straightforward using the create refine-app CLI, which allows you to customize your project according to your preferences (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#project-setup)). - The decoupled nature of Refine's hooks and components makes it easy to incorporate your desired UI customizations and code flow (source (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/#what-is-refine)). Conclusion Combining Refine with Next.js provides a robust solution for building a PWA dashboard. You get the rapid development capabilities of Refine along with the powerful features of Next.js, ensuring a high-performance, user-friendly, and easily maintainable application. For more detailed steps on setting up a PWA with Refine and Next.js, you can refer to the official tutorial (https://refine.dev/blog/next-js-pwa/). If you have any further questions or need more specific guidance, feel free to ask! ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•3mo ago

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like-goldOP•3mo ago

how to fetch data from google sheets into my dashbord using refine ? @kapa.ai

kapa.ai•3mo ago

Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books: Sorry @Dori𓆩♡𓆪, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist: Perhaps try again in 15mins?

like-goldOP•3mo ago

how to fetch data from google sheets into my dashboard using refine ? @kapa.ai

kapa.ai•3mo ago

Let me check the knowledge base for you. One moment! :books: ---------------------- To fetch data from Google Sheets into your dashboard using Refine, you can follow these steps: Step 1: Set Up Google Sheets API 1. Create a Google Cloud Project: - Go to the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/). - Create a new project or select an existing one. 2. Enable Google Sheets API: - In the Google Cloud Console, navigate to APIs & Services > Library. - Search for "Google Sheets API" and enable it. 3. Create Credentials: - Go to APIs & Services > Credentials. - Create a new API key or OAuth 2.0 client ID, depending on your authentication needs. Step 2: Fetch Data from Google Sheets You can use the fetch API or a library like axios to fetch data from Google Sheets. Here’s an example using the fetch API:

const fetchGoogleSheetData = async (spreadsheetId, range, apiKey) => {
    const url = `<https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/${spreadsheetId}/values/${range}?key=${apiKey}`;>
    const response = await fetch(url);
    const data = await response.json();
    return data.values;
};

const fetchGoogleSheetData = async (spreadsheetId, range, apiKey) => {
    const url = `<https://sheets.googleapis.com/v4/spreadsheets/${spreadsheetId}/values/${range}?key=${apiKey}`;>
    const response = await fetch(url);
    const data = await response.json();
    return data.values;
};

Step 3: Integrate with Refine 1. Create a Data Provider: - Refine uses data providers to interact with external APIs. You can create a custom data provider to fetch data from Google Sheets.

import { DataProvider } from "@refinedev/core";

const googleSheetsDataProvider = (spreadsheetId, apiKey) => ({
    getList: async (resource, params) => {
        const range = `${resource}!A1:Z1000`; // Adjust the range as needed
        const data = await fetchGoogleSheetData(spreadsheetId, range, apiKey);
        return {
            data: data.map((row, index) => ({ id: index, ...row })),
            total: data.length,
        };
    },
    // Implement other methods like getOne, create, update, delete if needed
});

import { DataProvider } from "@refinedev/core";

const googleSheetsDataProvider = (spreadsheetId, apiKey) => ({
    getList: async (resource, params) => {
        const range = `${resource}!A1:Z1000`; // Adjust the range as needed
        const data = await fetchGoogleSheetData(spreadsheetId, range, apiKey);
        return {
            data: data.map((row, index) => ({ id: index, ...row })),
            total: data.length,
        };
    },
    // Implement other methods like getOne, create, update, delete if needed
});

2. Configure Refine: - Use the custom data provider in your Refine configuration.

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { googleSheetsDataProvider } from "./googleSheetsDataProvider";

const App = () => {
    return (
        <Refine
            dataProvider={googleSheetsDataProvider("your-spreadsheet-id", "your-api-key")}
            // other props like authProvider, routerProvider, etc.
        />
    );
};

export default App;

import { Refine } from "@refinedev/core";
import { googleSheetsDataProvider } from "./googleSheetsDataProvider";

const App = () => {
    return (
        <Refine
            dataProvider={googleSheetsDataProvider("your-spreadsheet-id", "your-api-key")}
            // other props like authProvider, routerProvider, etc.
        />
    );
};

export default App;

Step 4: Use Refine Hooks to Fetch Data You can now use Refine hooks like useList to fetch and display data in your components.

import { useList } from "@refinedev/core";

const MyComponent = () => {
    const { data, isLoading } = useList({
        resource: "Sheet1", // Name of the sheet
    });

    if (isLoading) {
        return <div>Loading...</div>;
    }

    return (
        <div>
            {data.map((item) => (
                <div key={item.id}>{item[0]}</div> // Adjust based on your data structure
            ))}
        </div>
    );
};

import { useList } from "@refinedev/core";

const MyComponent = () => {
    const { data, isLoading } = useList({
        resource: "Sheet1", // Name of the sheet
    });

    if (isLoading) {
        return <div>Loading...</div>;
    }

    return (
        <div>
            {data.map((item) => (
                <div key={item.id}>{item[0]}</div> // Adjust based on your data structure
            ))}
        </div>
    );
};

Conclusion By following these steps, you can fetch data from Google Sheets and integrate it into your Refine dashboard. This approach leverages Refine's data provider system to seamlessly interact with external APIs like Google Sheets. For more details on creating custom data providers, you can refer to ---------------------- Note: you can ask me a follow up question by @ mentioning me again :speech_balloon: ----------------------

kapa.ai•3mo ago

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