Summary of "Full Stack React Project ( AI Finance Platform ) - Next JS, Tailwind, Gemini AI, Prisma, Shadcn UI 🔥"
Video Summary: Full Stack React Project (AI Finance Platform) Tutorial
Overview
The video presents a comprehensive tutorial on building a full-stack AI-powered finance platform called Wealth. The app tracks income, expenses, and budgets across multiple accounts, featuring AI-powered receipt scanning, smart categorization, interactive charts, email alerts, and monthly AI-generated financial reports. The tech stack includes Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Prisma ORM, Shadcn UI components, Clerk for authentication, Gemini AI for AI features, Arcjet for security, and Inest for background jobs.
Key Technological Concepts & Features
1. App Features
- Multi-account income and expense tracking with smart AI categorization.
- AI-powered receipt scanning autofills transaction forms.
- Budget management with email alerts when spending nears limits.
- Recurring transactions with automated Cron job insertion.
- Interactive charts and visualizations for financial health.
- Monthly AI-generated personalized financial reports via email.
- Responsive, modern UI built with Next.js and Shadcn UI components.
- User authentication and account management via Clerk.
- Security features including bot detection, rate limiting, and attack protection via Arcjet.
- Background job processing (e.g., monthly reports, recurring transactions) with Inest.
2. Frontend Development
- Next.js 13 app router with server and client components.
- Use of React Hook Form + Zod for robust form validation.
- UI components from Shadcn UI (buttons, cards, drawer, select, popover, tooltip, table, progress bar, etc.).
- Tailwind CSS with custom utilities (e.g., gradient titles, animations).
- Dynamic routing including optional and catch-all routes.
- Custom hooks (e.g.,
useFetch) to handle API calls, loading, and errors. - Responsive design and accessible markup (use of semantic HTML, main tags).
3. Backend & Database
- Prisma ORM with PostgreSQL (hosted on Supabase).
- Database schema includes Users, Accounts, Transactions, and Budget tables with proper relations and indexing.
- Server actions in Next.js for API logic (create/update accounts, transactions, budgets).
- Server-side user verification and syncing Clerk users with database.
- Rate limiting and security middleware with Arcjet.
- Background jobs and scheduling with Inest:
- Cron jobs for monthly reports, budget alerts, recurring transactions.
- Event batching and throttling for efficient processing.
- AI integration using Google Gemini AI for receipt scanning and generating financial insights.
- Email notifications using React Email + Resend service.
4. AI Features
- Receipt scanning: upload image, convert to base64, send to Gemini AI for JSON extraction of transaction details.
- Monthly financial insights generated by AI analyzing user's spending patterns.
- Personalized tips and advice sent via email.
5. Security & Performance
- Bot protection and rate limiting with Arcjet.
- API rate limiting per user to prevent abuse.
- Middleware setup to protect routes and APIs.
- Cron jobs for automated background processing.
6. Deployment
- Deployment on Vercel with environment variables configured.
- Integration of Inest with Vercel for background job execution.
- Arcjet integration for security on deployed app.
- Prisma postinstall script for production.
Tutorials & Guides Included
- Setting up Next.js 13 app router and project structure.
- Installing and using Shadcn UI components.
- Implementing user authentication with Clerk.
- Building responsive landing page with Tailwind CSS and animations.
- Creating database models with Prisma and migrations.
- Writing server actions for CRUD operations.
- Implementing React Hook Form + Zod validation.
- Creating custom React hooks for API calls.
- Adding AI receipt scanning with Gemini AI.
- Scheduling background jobs with Inest.
- Sending emails with React Email and Resend.
- Adding security with Arcjet (bot detection, rate limiting).
- Dynamic routing, protected routes, and catch-all routes in Next.js.
- Pagination (homework assignment with resources).
- Deploying full-stack app to Vercel with environment variables.
- Integrating Inest and Arcjet with Vercel.
Main Speakers / Sources
- Roadside Coder (YouTube creator and instructor) — primary speaker and tutorial guide.
- Official documentation and libraries referenced:
This tutorial offers an end-to-end guide to building a modern SaaS finance app with advanced AI features, security, and background job automation, making it a standout project for portfolios and job applications.
Category
Technology
