NdevuSpace Portfolio

A modern, professional portfolio website for Jean Paul Elisa NIYOKWIZERWA - Tech Lead, Full Stack Software Engineer & Entrepreneur based in Kigali, Rwanda.

Built with Next.js 15, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.

🚀 Features

• Modern Design: Clean, professional UI with smooth animations
• Responsive: Fully responsive design that works on all devices
• SEO Optimized: Dynamic metadata per section, clean URLs, and proper sitemap
• Dark Theme: Beautiful dark theme with accent colors
• Animations: Framer Motion-powered animations and transitions
• Performance: Optimized for fast loading and great Core Web Vitals
• PWA Ready: Full favicon set and web app manifest
• Accessibility: WCAG compliant with proper ARIA labels
• Indexable Sections: Each section (/about, /skills, /projects, etc.) has unique metadata for search engines

🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Technology
Framework	Next.js 15 (App Router)
Language	TypeScript 5
Styling	Tailwind CSS
Animations	Framer Motion
Icons	Lucide React
Fonts	Inter (Google Fonts)
Deployment	Vercel

📁 Project Structure

src/
├── app/                     # Next.js App Router
│   ├── layout.tsx           # Root layout with metadata
│   ├── page.tsx             # Home page (server component)
│   ├── sitemap.ts           # Dynamic sitemap generation
│   ├── robots.ts            # Robots.txt configuration
│   └── cv/                  # CV/Resume page
├── components/
│   ├── home/                # Home page client components
│   ├── layout/              # Header, Footer
│   ├── sections/            # Hero, About, Skills, Projects, etc.
│   └── ui/                  # Reusable UI components (Button, Card, etc.)
├── contexts/                # React contexts (Theme)
├── data/                    # Static data and SEO configuration
│   ├── seo.ts               # Centralized SEO configuration
│   └── json/                # Projects, skills, experience data
├── hooks/                   # Custom React hooks
├── lib/
│   ├── constants.ts         # App constants
│   ├── utils.ts             # Utility functions
│   └── seo/                 # SEO utilities and metadata generators
├── services/                # API services (contact form, etc.)
├── styles/                  # Global CSS styles
└── types/                   # TypeScript type definitions

🚀 Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• Yarn or npm

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Ndevu12/My-BRAND.git
   cd My-BRAND

2. Install dependencies:

   yarn install

3. Run the development server:

   yarn dev

4. Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

📦 Building for Production

# Build the application
yarn build

# Start production server
yarn start

🎨 Customization

Personal Information

Edit src/data/seo.ts to update site-wide SEO configuration:

• Site name, title, description
• Social links and contact info
• Keywords and meta tags

Edit src/lib/constants.ts for navigation and UI constants.

Content

Content Type	File Location
Projects	src/data/json/projects.json
Skills	src/data/json/skills.json
Experience	src/data/json/experience.json
Section SEO	src/lib/seo/section-metadata.ts

Styling

• Colors: Edit tailwind.config.ts to customize the color palette
• Global Styles: Edit src/styles/globals.css for global CSS changes

Images

Place your images in the public/images/ directory:

• Profile pictures
• Project screenshots in projects/
• Any other static assets

🌐 Deployment

This site is deployed on Vercel with automatic deployments from the develop branch.

Deploy Your Own

1. Fork this repository
2. Import the project in Vercel
3. Configure environment variables if needed
4. Deploy!

Environment Variables

No environment variables are required for basic deployment. For the contact form, configure your email service credentials.

🔍 SEO Features

• Dynamic Metadata: Each section URL has unique title, description, and keywords
• Clean URLs: /about, /skills, /projects, /experience, /contact
• Sitemap: Auto-generated at /sitemap.xml
• Robots.txt: Configured at /robots.txt
• Open Graph: Full social media preview support
• Structured Data: JSON-LD for rich search results

📄 License

This project is open source but requires consent for use.

You are free to:

• View and learn from the source code
• Fork the repository for personal reference

You must:

• Request permission before using this code for your own projects
• Provide attribution to the original author
• Not use this code for commercial purposes without explicit consent

To request permission, please contact: hello@ndevuspace.com

See the LICENSE file for full details.

🤝 Contact

Jean Paul Elisa NIYOKWIZERWA

Platform	Link
🌐 Website	www.ndevuspace.com
📧 Email	hello@ndevuspace.com
💼 LinkedIn	jean-paul-elisa
🐙 GitHub	Ndevu12
📝 Blog	blog.ndevuspace.com

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Made with ❤️ in Kigali, Rwanda