Modern UAE Real Estate Website (Casaz)

Casaz is a state-of-the-art Real Estate website focused on providing a seamless and delightful experience for users exploring properties in the UAE. Built with cutting-edge technologies like Next.js, React.js, Chakra-UI, SSG (Static Site Generation), SSR (Server-Side Rendering), and powered by the Rapid API, This UAE based Real Estate site is designed to redefine how users interact with real estate listings.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Getting Started
• Technologies Used
• Project Structure
• Development
• Deployment
• Contributing
• License

Features

• Modern UI/UX: Casaz offers a sleek and intuitive user interface, ensuring a delightful experience for users browsing real estate listings.

• Dynamic Property Pages: Each property has its own dynamically generated page for detailed information, utilizing the power of Server-Side Rendering (SSR) with Next.js.

• Static Site Generation (SSG): Benefit from fast loading times and SEO advantages with SSG, ensuring efficient delivery of static pages to users.

• Chakra-UI: The UI is designed using Chakra-UI, a simple, modular, and accessible component library for React.

• Rapid API Integration: It leverages Rapid API for fetching real-time data, ensuring accurate and up-to-date property information.

Getting Started

To get started, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Oxygeeeen/real-estate.git
   cd real-estate

2. Install Dependencies:

   npm install

3. Set Up Environment Variables: Create a .env file in the root of your project and add the following, replacing [YOUR_API_KEY] with your Rapid API key eg: "b71bf074camsh74d8c0...":

   RAPID_API_KEY=[YOUR_API_KEY]

4. Run the Development Server:

   npm run dev

   The development server will start at http://localhost:3000.

Technologies Used

• Next.js
• React.js
• Chakra-UI
• Rapid API

Project Structure

The project structure follows best practices for Next.js applications:

real-estate/
|-- pages/
|-- features/
|-- lib/
|-- public/
|-- styles/
|-- ...
|-- README.md
|-- package.json
|-- ...

Development

During development, you can use the following npm scripts:

• npm run dev: Starts the development server.
• npm run build: Builds the production-ready application.
• npm start: Starts the production server.

Deployment

This project can be deployed to platforms like Vercel or Netlify, ensuring a seamless deployment process.

Environment Variables

In both local development and deployment, ensure you set the following environment variable:

• Local Development: Create a .env file in the root of your project and add the following, replacing [YOUR_API_KEY] with your Rapid API key:

  RAPID_API_KEY=[YOUR_API_KEY]

• Deployment: Set the RAPID_API_KEY environment variable in your deployment environment.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow our Contribution Guidelines.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

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Feel free to customize, and make sure to replace [YOUR_API_KEY] with your actual API key in the .env file.