100: Sébastien Chopin - Building Universal Vue.js Apps with Nuxt.js

Topics include:

• The history behind Nuxt.js
• How Nuxt.js uses special Page components and file-based routing instead of using a traditional router
• Creating dynamic page-based routes without a custom server
• How the asyncData lifecycle hook works
• How server-side rendering works in Nuxt.js
• How Nuxt.js uses intelligent code-splitting to improve performance
• How to use the fetch method to dispatch Vuex actions
• Using the head method to populate head elements on a page
• How layouts and middleware work
• Options for generating, serving, and deploying Nuxt applications
• When and why would someone use Vue CLI instead of Nuxt?

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Links:

• VueConf TO Discount
• Nuxt.js Documentation
• Vuepress
• Vue CLI 3

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