Chartbrew Plugin | Episode 8

This is part 8 of the mini-series that shows the basics of getting a Strapi Headless CMS up and running for use with the Chartbrew Dashboard and Chartbrew Plugin.

I will explain how to setup the open-source and free STRAPI Headless CMS, some node.js and next.js parameters and configurations, as well as deploying the solutions to cloud providers such as Heroku.com and Vercel.com. Many people are craving new ways to visualize data using dashboards, graphs and charts. You can use Chartbrew to connect to any API to fetch data for your Dashboards.

There are many steps in the process and this Chartbrew mini-series will get you through all the steps on a Windows Development System.

I will make videos sometimes about transformative technologies, and make retro videos on other YouTube channels I am planning.

WHO AM I??
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I am a Software Engineer, Consultant, Application Auditor and a Solutions Architect using both Microsoft Technology Stacks, and open source tools and technologies.

Feel free to visit my portfolio website at https://www.ScottDevOps.com. Please note that it is a work in progress as I have time to update it. :-)

Here is a URL to my skills pages: https://www.ScottDevOps.com/skills
Scroll through it so see many of the technologies I have been working with over the years!

You can also view some cool interactive flowcharts that I made here at these URL's listed below. Feel free to click on the hyperlinks in those flowcharts to learn more about some of the topics I cover in my videos:
https://www.scottshelpdesk.com/files/youtube/chartbrewminiseries1/svgdiagram1white.html
https://www.scottshelpdesk.com/files/youtube/chartbrewminiseries1/svgdiagram1blue.html

I have create two versions of my blog site content at these URL's. I am in process of writing some articles for the blog site.
Format #1 - https://scottsblog1.netlify.app/
Format #2 - https://scottsblog2.netlify.app/

Here is a sample blog article from my blogsite, shown inside my portfolio website.
https://www.scottdevops.com/article/thrifting-is-fun

Here is an ecommerce store (I am am creating using the STRAPI headless CMS, next.js, node.js, tailwind css, snipcart, Heroku cloud, and the vercel cloud provider, as well as other technologies too like git and github) that I will be using to sell some cool retro items.
https://scottecommerce.vercel.app

This is a corporate website for CRT Inc, that I am creating using the STRAPI Headless CMS (node.js) and Next.js for the frontend. This is being setup so the owners can manage their entire website all by themselves.
https://crtisit.netlify.app

Additionally here is another website I am working on using the STRAPI Headless CMS, and the https://www.render.com cloud technology company to deploy it into production environment
https://scottsfoodadvisor.netlify.app

You can find out more information about the Chartbrew dashboard system at their website https://chartbrew.com as well as on the Strapi plugin website here: https://market.strapi.io/plugins/@chartbrew-plugin-strapi

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:43 Command Line to setup a new Strapi Headless CMS app
1:34 My running Strapi Backend Admin Panel
2:31 My frontend next.js corporate website application
3:09 The Strapi code inside of VSCODE Editor
3:31 Installing the Chartbrew Plugin for Strapi
4:33 Watch out for a potential bug or error
4:51 Running the Strapi Admin Panel using 'yarn develop'
5:13 Contents of Package.json
5:26 The Chartbrew plugin running inside of my Strapi Admin Panel