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Step 3: Dish Pages

Part of the Next.js Essentials section of Coddy's React journey — lesson 41 of 47.

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Give every dish a page.

  1. In app/page.jsx, wrap each card's contents in a <Link> with id={'link-' + dish.slug} and href={'/menu/' + dish.slug}.
  2. Create app/menu/[slug]/page.jsx: const { slug } = await params;, then await getDish(slug).
  3. If there is no dish, call notFound() from next/navigation.
  4. Otherwise render an <article className="detail"> with a <div id="dish-thumb" className="detail-thumb"> (emoji + gradient style), and beside it <h1 id="dish-name">, <p id="dish-stars" className="stars"> showing '★'.repeat(dish.rating), <p id="dish-desc">, and <span id="dish-price" className="price">.
  5. Create app/menu/[slug]/not-found.jsx whose outer element has id="dish-missing" and className="empty".

Try it yourself

import Link from 'next/link';
import './globals.css';

export const metadata = {
    title: {
        default: 'Coddy Eats',
        template: '%s | Coddy Eats',
    },
};

export default function RootLayout({ children }) {
    return (
        <html lang="en">
            <body>
                <nav className="nav">
                    <Link className="brand" href="/">Coddy Eats</Link>
                    <Link id="nav-menu" href="/">Menu</Link>
                    <Link id="nav-desserts" href="/?category=dessert">Desserts</Link>
                </nav>
                <div className="container">
                    {children}
                </div>
            </body>
        </html>
    );
}

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