TanStack Start has gained a lot of popularity recently, and for good reason. It's a game-changing framework offering end-to-end type safety while being one of the fastest on the market. In this tutorial, you'll learn everything there is to know about TanStack Start from A to Z. We'll cover the architecture, take a deep dive into routing, server functions, middleware, server routes, metadata and meta tags, data fetching, authentication, deployment, and much more. This isn't just a light overview, it's a deep dive covering all the key concepts in detail. By the end, you'll know how to build fast, secure, and well-optimized production-grade TanStack Start applications.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
04:05 What is TanStack Start
06:00 TanStack Start Architecture and Composition
11:00 Setting up a new project
18:00 Analyzing Project Directory (Folder Structure)
24:00 Routing Deep Dive
45:00 Nesting Routes
54:00 Dynamic Routes
59:45 Route Layouts
01:07:00 Creating Navbar
01:13:00 Setting up ShadcnUI (Component Library)
01:25:00 Creating Auth Pages
01:41:05 Form Validation with TanStack Form and Zod
01:57:00 Implementing Auth with Better-Auth
02:21:00 Redirecting Users Programmatically
02:27:00 Client Side Data Fetching
02:34:00 Setting up Dashboard
02:58:00 Typesafe Link Options
03:20:00 Core Concept: Isomorphic by Default
03:28:00 Server Functions (RPC-Like Handlers, SSR)
03:45:00 Creating Import Route
04:02:00 ETL Pipeline (Extract → Transform → Load)
04:08:00 Scraping Out Target URL (Clean and Structured Markdown)
04:26:00 Server Functions Input Validation
04:40:00 Mutating Data with Server Functions
04:45:00 Extracting Structured Data
05:00:00 Middleware Deep Dive
05:05:00 Server Function Middleware
05:15:00 Request & Global Middleware
05:30:00 Continuing with Bulk Import
06:19:00 Data Fetching with Server Functions
06:30:00 Execution Boundary Deep Dive (Server-only & Client-only)
06:45:00 Typesafe Search Params (OG State Manager)
07:23:00 Suspended Data Loading
07:45:00 Continuing with Dynamic Item Route
08:13:00 Document Head Management (SEO Meta Tags)
08:25:00 Summarizing Summary (Completing the ETL Pipeline)
08:32:00 Server Routes (API Routes)
09:03:00 Invalidating Data Cache
09:07:00 Discover Route
09:32:00 Streaming Data from Server Functions
09:50:00 Deployment to Vercel