--- title: "Discussion on \"I built a full stack serverless e-commerce site with Next.js. \nHere's an honest review of what I learned and how it might help you\" | Hashnode" description: "Discussion on \"I built a full stack serverless e-commerce site with Next.js. \nHere's an honest review of what I learned and how it might help you\". As part of building side projects to fill out my front-end portfolio I recently built a full stack serverless e-commerce site. I have always enjoyed building larger applications and I thought I would build my biggest project yet.\nOne of my first pers..." url: "https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823" --- [Feed](https://hashnode.com/feed) / Discussion # [I built a full stack serverless e-commerce site with Next.js. Here's an honest review of what I learned and how it might help you](https://blog.kieranroberts.dev/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed) As part of building side projects to fill out my front-end portfolio I recently built a full stack serverless e-commerce site. I have always enjoyed building larger applications and I thought I would build my biggest project yet. One of my first pers... Apr 3, 2021 · 9 min read · blog.kieranroberts.dev Updated Sep 14, 2022 Read the article - [#reactjs](https://hashnode.com/tag/reactjs) - [#javascript](https://hashnode.com/tag/javascript) - [#nextjs](https://hashnode.com/tag/nextjs) - [#programming](https://hashnode.com/tag/programming) - [#side-project](https://hashnode.com/tag/side-project) ## Written by [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) @kieran6roberts · Galway, Ireland [View profile](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) Software Engineer | Ex Hashnode ## Responses 8 Markdown supported · ⌘↵ to post [Dự Vàng văn](https://hashnode.com/@Hikiri) [Sep 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/6137f4ee83248670799bfcdc) he You can use saleor backend ,why do't not? [Uğur Emirmustafa](https://hashnode.com/@uguremirmustafa) [May 1, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/608ce46ba3716542f363e920) Thanks for the article, Kieran! I wonder what are the advantages of Apollo over the [graphql-request](https://github.com/prisma-labs/graphql-request) package. I have used graphql-request in a few projects and I would like to use Apollo too but I am not sure. Can you give a tip for me these two? [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [May 1, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/608ce46ba3716542f363e920#reply-608d26f7a3716542f363ee51) Honestly the only reason I went with apollo for this is because I wanted to try it out. I had thought of using it in a previous project but decided that graphql-request was more than enough. With apollo you have more control with caching etc. which could be suited to a project that is doing a lot of fetching and you want more control like using the cache instead of fetching when appropriate. For a simple project with limited fetching, I would definitely stick to graphql-request. [Victoria Lo](https://hashnode.com/@victoria) [Apr 8, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606e58049deb56667e37f430) What an inspiring article! It's always wonderful to share and learn new things in the community :) You're doing great! Keep it up 👍👍 [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 8, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606e58049deb56667e37f430#reply-606ea6a1d741af6659cf86a3) Thank you [Victoria Lo](https://hashnode.com/@victoria) that means a lot to me! [Karma D](https://hashnode.com/@karmicdice) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606e046c9deb56667e37f0f7) It was a great read. I liked how you modularized each component and created a delegate for each service. The arch was definitely scalable. You should be proud. [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606e046c9deb56667e37f0f7#reply-606e07379deb56667e37f10b) Thank you that means a lot [Karma D](https://hashnode.com/@karmicdice). It's easy to focus on the negatives sometimes but I'm definitely pleased with the outcome. [Raunaq Chawhan](https://hashnode.com/@Raunaq) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606df9a29deb56667e37efe7) Loved this article!👍 [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606df9a29deb56667e37efe7#reply-606e0140d741af6659cf7f75) Thank you! [Edidiong Asikpo (Didi)](https://hashnode.com/@didicodes) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606d4f291ed1783ab0638a22) Amazing review [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts). You've done really well. Keep up the good work. [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606d4f291ed1783ab0638a22#reply-606d77ad9deb56667e37e339) Thank you [Edidiong Asikpo](https://hashnode.com/@didicodes). I will! [Cody Reeves](https://hashnode.com/@codyreeves) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606d03b7b17dc439b747f982) Great article! Lots of learnings. [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606d03b7b17dc439b747f982#reply-606d77d2d741af6659cf7334) I appreciate it [Cody Reeves](https://hashnode.com/@codyreeves). Thank you [Andrew Baisden](https://hashnode.com/@andrewbaisden) [Apr 6, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606c63cab17dc439b747edba) Very good project you have gained a lot of experience now. [Kieran Roberts](https://hashnode.com/@kieran6roberts) [Apr 6, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/i-built-a-full-stack-serverless-e-commerce-site-with-nextjs-heres-an-honest-review-of-what-i-learned-and-how-it-might-help-you/606acbbab17dc439b747c823/comment/606c63cab17dc439b747edba#reply-606c813db17dc439b747f15b) Thanks, I wouldn't say a lot experience yet 😅 but I'm getting there.