So I pushed really hard and was able to finish the React/Next.JS course and I am actually producing code.
It is still a bit slow but I am able to make pages, connect my database.
As a next step I am working on role based authorization. The Next.JS course went over authentication but the authorization was not very detailed. I found this YouTube video (Next.js Authentication – AuthJS / NextAuth for Role-Based Security) that did a really good breakdown and now I just need to combine the React course that creates a record for users when they authenticate with the Youtube video that show how to authorize pages.
Here is the notes that I have currently from the YouTube video as well as the GitHub repository:
NextJS deployment.docx
https://github.com/gregnstuff/AuthJS-Walkthough