Welcome to the eighth episode of DejaVue! In this episode, Alex and (past) Michael recap the highlights of Vue.js Amsterdam, one of the largest Vue.js conference. They discuss the amazing talks, including Evan You's keynote on the 10-year journey of Vue, exciting announcements like NuxtHub, and memorable moments from the conference. They also share their experiences of connecting with the community, live coding challenges, and the unique vibe of this must-attend event.

From FOMO over to talk highlights and next upcoming conferences, all is packed in the 28-minutes.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Introduction
• (00:48) - Vue.js Amsterdam FOMO
• (02:50) - Giving a talk at a huge conference
• (06:59) - Highlights from 2024
• (08:56) - Evan's talk
• (12:56) - Further Highlights of Day One
• (15:48) - Pooya's talk
• (17:24) - Speed review
• (19:15) - Networking at conferences
• (22:40) - DevWorld + Front end panel
• (25:55) - Upcoming conferences

Links and Resources

• Vue.js Amsterdam
• Talk Replays
• Alex's Petite Vue Talk
• Vapor Mode Repository
• Vapor Mode Playground
• Partykit
• DevWorld Conference
• Frontend Panel
• VueConf Toronto
• vue.js DE Conf

In the seventh episode of DejaVue, Alex sits down with Team Lead Marc Backes as our guest. Our conversation takes us on a journey through his career with Programming and Vue.js. Marc shares the beginnings of his coding journey, from the development of Software for a Mexican University and lessons learned from founding a startup and eventually joining a German company as freelance developer.

We also dig deeper into the world of Developer Relations (DevRel) and talk about Marc's transition into this field, as well as major achievements such as the CODE100 Coding Competition and the importance of ambassadors for frameworks such as Vue and Nuxt.

Further, Marc sheds light on his decision to leave DevRel and becoming a Tech Lead at the company he's been with twice beforehand. We explore how this transition addressed certain pain points and dive into practical strategies for handling legacy code and technical debt.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:04) - Public Speaking and Conferences
• (03:15) - The Start of Marc's Coding Journey
• (06:49) - Building University Admin Software
• (09:42) - Startup Founding Lessons
• (13:27) - How the Journey Continued
• (20:40) - What is DevRel?
• (21:52) - Getting into DevRel
• (24:22) - Developer Advocate vs Developer Relations
• (27:20) - "Framework DevRels" and Ambassadors
• (29:38) - CODE100 Coding Competition
• (35:42) - Why leaving DevRel?
• (38:28) - Becoming a Tech Lead
• (41:44) - Did the role change solve the pain points?
• (46:57) - How do you handle legacy code and technical debt?
• (52:01) - Widen/Narrow approach for migrations
• (54:20) - How to please the developer and the business side
• (58:42) - Carté blanch for team managing
• (01:02:30) - Wrapping it up

Links and Resources

• dotJS Paris
• Vue.js Amsterdam
• VueConf US
• Ruby on Rails
• Vue Storefront / Alokai
• CODE100 Competition
• Syntax FM

Welcome to the sixth episode of DejaVue! Alex is joined by another amazing guest - he is a Front-end Developer, Public Speaker and also part of the Nuxt.js core team - Julien Huang.

While Michael is still off on paternity leave, Julien and Alex talk about how Julien started to code (during COVID 😲) and when he dabbled into open source, which culminated in joining the Nuxt team and regularly contributing.
One of the key feature that Julien is working on are Server Components - so of course the rest of the episode revolves around them. What are they? How do they work? And when should you use them? Julien will go in-depth on all these questions, give some behind the scene looks and "do's and don'ts" advice too!
Eventually, the future of Server Components is discussed.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro and guest introduction
• (00:50) - Julien's day job
• (02:31) - His programming journey
• (10:28) - Getting into Open Source
• (15:47) - What are Nuxt Server Components?
• (17:37) - When would you use Server Components?
• (20:27) - Server Components and interactivity
• (26:55) - How are Server Components handled on the client side?
• (30:21) - Does Static Site Generation (SSG) work with Server Components?
• (32:43) - Why are Server Components still experimental?
• (35:02) - Remote Component Islands
• (38:32) - The future of Server Components
• (44:38) - Julien's thoughts on React's vs Vue's Server Component approach
• (47:53) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Open Classrooms
• Analog's (Angular) SFC proposal
• Julien's first module to enable the runtime compiler
• Faster Nuxt Builds with the Build Cache Module
• Server Component Docs
• 414 - URI Too Long
• The NuxtIsland component
• Our Nuxt Contribution Guide
• Island Architecture
• Astro
• Server Only Pages
• Inertia.js
• Nuxt.js Discord

Welcome to the fifth episode of DejaVue! While Michael is on paternity leave after becoming a father, Alex is joined by a special guest, Patrick van Everdingen, Full Stack Developer, Speaker, Panel Host an Co-Founder of CareerDeck.

In this episode, we talk about how Patrick started his Vue- and Nuxt-based side project, CareerDeck - and how it grew from an idea at a pool in Italy to a full-fledged application. From the initial idea to the current state of the application, we discuss the tech stack, the challenges, and also the future of CareerDeck.

Learn why Patrick chose Vue and Nuxt, why decided to rebuild the application again and how he uses AI to create real value for the users of CareerDeck.

Eventually, Patrick turns the tables and asks Alex about his thoughts on the future of Nuxt and how it compares to other frameworks like Laravel or NestJS, as well as the role of plain Vue in the ecosystem.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Chapter 1
• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:29) - The backstory of CareerDeck
• (06:17) - What makes CareerDeck more than just a GPT wrapper?
• (11:00) - Rebuilding the application again with Nuxt UI
• (14:39) - The tech stack of CareerDeck
• (19:29) - Building a job interview simulator
• (25:07) - What are Server-Sent Events?
• (26:47) - The difference between WebSockets and Server-Sent Events
• (29:38) - Implementing SSE with Nitro
• (31:59) - New folder structure in Nuxt 4
• (34:02) - How does Nitro compare to other frameworks?
• (36:14) - Will Nuxt be the next Laravel or NestJS?
• (41:17) - Why would you choose vanilla Vue over Nuxt?
• (47:06) - Your benefits as a newcomer to a framework
• (49:44) - Where can people reach Patrick
• (51:22) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Devworld Conference
• CareerDeck
• Nuxt
• DejaVue Episode #002 with Harlan Wilton
• Nuxt UI Pro* - GET 20% OFF WITH THE CODE "LICHTER" until the end of the month!
• LangChain
• Llama3
• Nitro
• DejaVue Episode #003 about Nitro
• No gist but H3 Docs on SSE
• WebSockets in Nitro
• Nuxt vs. Nitro
• Improved Nuxt folder structure issue
• Laravel
• Inertia.js
• Laravel Livewire
• Unplugin

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Welcome to the fourth episode of DejaVue! From a Nuxt topic last week, Michael and Alex jump into a plain Vue.js topic again, or would you say... teleport?
Yes, correct! The Teleports feature from Vue 3 will be explored - from its use cases to the native HTML dialog tag. The two hosts also cover how Teleports were created, even back in Vue 2, and talk about a Nuxt implementation too.

Learn more about Teleports in this episode of DejaVue!

Post-podcast note: The Popover API is now available in all major browsers!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:35) - What are Teleports?
• (01:35) - The typical Teleport use case
• (03:23) - Other use cases for Teleports (1)
• (06:45) - Async Components and Suspense (1)
• (07:48) - Pitfalls with Teleports
• (09:15) - The native dialog components
• (12:14) - Building an own modal / dialog
• (13:25) - How you did it before Teleports
• (14:33) - What Teleports don't solve
• (15:13) - Other use cases for Teleports (2)
• (16:46) - Teleport targets / Where to teleport
• (17:49) - Vue 2 Teleports
• (19:04) - Teleports and SSR
• (25:13) - Creating Reproductions and Open Source
• (29:28) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Teleports Vue.js Docs
• Headless UI
• The Dialog Element
• Popovers (Now available)
• Portal Vue package (needed in Vue 2)
• Evan You on SSR Teleports
• #teleports in Nuxt
• Suspense + Teleports Issue

Welcome to the third episode of DejaVue! After talking about an open source SaaS the last time and hearing a lot about Nitro, Alex and Michael dive deeper into the server framework which powers not only Nuxt but also other frameworks like Analog or SolidStart. Learn more about what Nitro is, the difference between Nuxt and Nitro and amazing features it offers, no matter if you use it standalone or with Nuxt.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:47) - Nitro and UnJS
• (02:38) - Nitro powering different Frameworks
• (04:16) - Where does Nuxt end and Nitro start?
• (06:20) - KV Storage in Nitro - unstorage
• (10:20) - Database Integration via db0
• (10:52) - Nitro Tasks API
• (13:57) - Framework and Runtime agnostic
• (15:14) - Further Nitro features
• (15:32) - Nitro vs. Nuxt (continued)
• (17:45) - $fetch emulating nested calls to Nitro
• (19:34) - Compare Nitro to other frameworks such as Hono or Express
• (23:44) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Nitro
• UnJS
• Analog
• SolidStart
• Vite
• Volar (Vue Language Tools)
• Nuxt vs. Nitro explanation video
• DejaVue Episode #001 - The Need for SSR
• unstorage
• db0
• Tasks API tracker
• Tasks DevTools Panel PR
• Integrating WebSockets with Nitro video
• h3

Welcome to the second episode of DejaVue - and the first one with a guest! Michael and Alex are joined by Harlan Wilton, an open-source developer from Sydney, Australia who is not only into backpacking and Nuxt.js but also builds amazing tools and applications. Harlan is discussing with Alex and Michael how he built his SaaS Request Indexing in less than a week with Nuxt, which stack he used exactly, what it does and shares tips on how to stay focused and make sure your app actually ships.

The best? The SaaS is open-source!

Tune in for an interesting conversation around using Vue.js and Nuxt.js in the wild.

Post Podcast Update from Harlan

After the recording, Harlan took a break from working on Request Indexing due to other commitments. But there is also a good news - Request Indexing got the first paid monthly users now netting $60 per month. Harlan is also working on a big pivot on it, which will be announced soon. Stay tuned!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (01:00) - Open-source and backpacking
• (02:22) - The idea for an open-source SaaS
• (06:09) - Staying sane while building the app in 64 hours
• (09:58) - Harlan's Tech Stack to build the SaaS
• (15:24) - The back-end of Request Indexing
• (21:32) - Next steps for the SaaS
• (22:30) - Keeping the scope when building a SaaS
• (32:37) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Harlan's SaaS - Request Indexing
• Harlan's Website
• Reach out to Harlan on Twitter
• Social Media Scheduling Nuxt SaaS*
• AI Headshot Photo Nuxt SaaS*
• Nuxt UI Pro*
• Nuxt SEO Modules (maintained by Harlan)
• Nitro
• Handle Sessions in Nitro/H3
• Tailwind CSS
• Nitro Tasks API (experimental)
• UnJS Organization
• The nuxt-auth-utils module

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The very first episode of DejaVue is here! In this episode, Michael and Alex talk about Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and its benefits, use cases, and challenges. After understanding what SSR actually is and why it could be useful, rendering modes like Static Site Generation (SSG) and Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR) are discussed, as well as compared to dynamic SSR. The episode closes with a summary of the discussed topics and a brief outlook.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:50) - What is Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
• (05:44) - When would you recommend using SSR
• (08:46) - Performance benefits with SSR and Hydration
• (14:39) - Complexity with Server-Side Rendering
• (17:21) - Static Site Generation (SSG) vs. SSR
• (27:53) - Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR)
• (34:11) - Summary

Links and Resources

• Remix & PESPAs
• React Server Components
• Nuxt Server Components
• Hybrid Rendering in Nuxt
• Alex' slides about Hydration
• Island Architecture
• Astro
• Îles
• Vike fka. vite-plugin-ssr
• Quasar
• Caching with Nitro (ISR/SWR)