# Quick Start

### Basic concepts

Base Protocol allows developers to build web3 social applications quickly and easily. As a developer, you can use the Base implementation on BNB Chain, Polygon, or implement the protocol yourself on any EVM-compatible blockchain network.\
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In this tutorial, you'll use the Lens API to get and render social media feeds, navigate to view profiles, and get and view a user's publications.

You can always test the Lens API here using any GraphQL query in the API documentation.

### Prerequisite&#x20;

To successfully complete this tutorial, you must have Node.js installed on your computer.

Install Node.js using NVM \
Install Node.js using FNM \\

### Get started&#x20;

We will create and configure the Next.js application.

To generate a new next-.js application, run the following command from your terminal:

### Create API&#x20;

Creating the basic GraphQL API is as simple as a few lines of code. We will also define the first GraphQL query that we will use in our application.

Create a new file named api.js in the root directory of the new project and add the following code:
