Develop your application

You will now bootstrap your development environment, create a basic setup page and test it inside a Hygraph project.

#1. Bootstrap your development environment

Run the following command on your terminal to create a Next.js application:

npx create-next-app@latest --ts

Go to the generated folder and start it by running this command:

yarn dev

You can see your application by navigating to http://localhost:3000.

Install the Hygraph React App SDK with the following command:

yarn add @hygraph/app-sdk-react

#2. Create a basic setup page

Create a setup page at pages/setup.tsx, since the file name needs to match the Setup URL you defined while registering the app in Hygraph.

This is what the setup page should look like, it's just placeholder text for now:

import { Wrapper } from '@hygraph/app-sdk-react';

export default function Setup() {
  return <Wrapper>Hello Hygraph</Wrapper>;
}

#3. Test your app inside a Hygraph project

Go to a Hygraph project where you will test the app you created. Go to https://app.hygraph.com/:projectId/:environmentId/apps/:appApiId:/new. Replace projectId and environmentId with their values from your project's URL.

You should now see Hello Hygraph. The next step is implementing a setup installation flow instead.

You can also navigate to the user menu of your Hygraph project, select Your apps, and install the App from there:

Install apps