--- title: Nano Banana 2 Tutorial: AI Images for Web Developers description: A step-by-step guide to building a Next.js app that generates images from text prompts using Google's AI image generation API. Covers scaffolding a Next.js App... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/nano-banana-2-tutorial-ai-images-for-web-developers-wxhrp6yxa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Nano Banana 2 Tutorial: AI Images for Web Developers | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to building a Next.js app that generates images from text prompts using Google's AI image generation API. 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Covers scaffolding a Next.js App Router project with TypeScript, installing and configuring the Google AI SDK, creating a Server Action with input validation, timeout handling, and safety filter checks, building a React client component with loading/error states and base64 image rendering, configuring advanced options like safety settings, and deploying to Vercel with proper environment variable setup and rate limiting considerations. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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