🔥 In this episode of the Becoming a Next.js Developer series, we’re shifting focus to a critical skill every developer needs: debugging and handling bugs. Whether you’re building a Google Clone or a full SaaS product, being able to quickly identify and fix issues is what separates beginner devs from pros.

📌 What you’ll learn in this video:
✅ Common bugs in Next.js projects and how to identify them
✅ Debugging techniques using browser dev tools and console logs
✅ Using VS Code breakpoints and extensions like ESLint & Prettier
✅ Debugging async issues with useEffect and data fetching
✅ Handling errors in API routes and server-side rendering
✅ Displaying user-friendly error messages in the UI
✅ Best practices for error boundaries and fallback UIs

💡 Tools & Concepts Covered:
▶️ try/catch blocks and async error handling
▶️ Error boundaries for UI resilience
▶️ Custom _error.js and 404.js pages
▶️ Using Next.js middleware for logging & redirecting