In this episode, Lindsay, Steve, and Raymond talk with Anjolaoluwa Adebayo-Oyetoro (Jola), lead front-end developer at RevelFinance and technical writer at LogRocket. We discuss how his team found itself making too many API calls, and decided to move to GraphQL. We talk about what GraphQL is, its strengths, and how to solve common problems like usage in Vue and authentication. Jola also gives his tips on learning GraphQL, and where to go to learn it.
Lindsay and Steve talk with Alba Silvente, senior frontend developer at Blue Harvest and ambassador for Nuxt and Storyblok. We talk about how she came to use Vue, and some of the technologies that she loves to use. We discuss her blog series on building a dashboard with Tailwind, Nuxt, and Storyblok. We also explore how to integrate Storyblok into a Nuxt app.
Mani provides us with strategies and tactics to get Deep Work time and how to get our minds into that focused state for hours at a time.
He has read hundreds of books that have taught him the secrets to getting more done by getting into this state.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay and Raymond talk with Michael Thiessen about his new course, Reusable Components. We discuss Michael’s six levels of reusability, and his process in building the course to help developers have their own ‘aha’ moments with these concepts. We also talk about the tools Michael used to build the course, from coding in Vue 3 to hosting and authentication to video editing. We also gets Michael’s tips for someone wanting to build their own course.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay, Steve, and Raymond explore Svelte with Mark Volkmann, the author of Svelte in Action. We talk about what Svelte is, and how it compares to Vue. We also talk about Sapper, and all that it can do for a server-side generated application.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay and Steve talk with Daniel Roe, CTO of Parent Scheme, about the Vue 3 Composition API. They discuss what the composition API is, and how it simplifies development of features in Vue. Daniel is also working on composition API hooks for Nuxt, and we dive into how these hooks work to enable SSR with Vue 3. We then talk about Vuex and the composition API, and whether you can (or should) replace it.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay and Steve talk with John Datserakis, software engineer at Indigo Ag. We catch up on what John’s been doing since his last appearance on the show, and discuss his experience working with React and Typescript in production. We talk about React hooks, and how they compare to Vue 3 Composition API. We also talk about how React is closer to plain Javascript compared to Vue’s ‘batteries included’ approach.
In this episode of Views on Vue, we talk with Gleb Bahmutov, VP of Engineering at Cypress, about the importance of end-to-end testing, and why to use Cypress for your tests. We discuss how to write tests that cover a majority of your codebase, as well as new features such as component testing. We also talk about code coverage, and generating reports to determine how well your tests work to validate your application.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay and Steve talk with Raymond Camden about the upcoming Vue 3 release, and how it’s important for open source in general to communicate well with developers. We discuss the needs of developers who just want to get work done, and the need to not break the expectations around a library or framework. We talk about the Composition API, as well as new features like Teleport and Suspense.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Steve talks with Nick Basile of Lambda School in Auston, TX, about using Vue for rapid prototyping new projects. Nick talks about why he uses Vue, and how the prototyping works in Vue. We also digress slightly to discuss Tailwind CSS, a popular utility CSS library, and how it fits in with his prototyping process.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay talks with Michael Thiessen, who is working on a new course about Reusable Components. We dive into the six levels of reusability, and talk about how to make your components more flexible across your application. We also discuss when is a good time to start abstracting your components, and some ideas on handling large numbers of props.
Lindsay talks with Justin Schroeder about Vue Formulate, a form library with some new ideas. We discuss how to build forms, the straightforward API for creating inputs, and how to customize the form. We also discuss how developers can bind directly to the form, rather than each component, and how validation is layered in at every step. Finally, we discuss form generation from JSON or objects, and how to create form groups.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay talks with Callum Macrae about the impact of the tech community on climate change. We discuss the impact of data centers and data transmission over the internet, some of the tech industry’s support of carbon emissions, and how we as individuals can make a difference.
In this episode of Views on Vue, Lindsay and Steve talk with Debbie O’Brien, Head of Learning at Nuxt. We discuss Nuxt becoming a company, the new component and content modules, and the static module. We also talk about enhancements to the Nuxt documentation, providing new ways to learn Nuxt and ways to integrate it with other technologies.
In this episode, Lindsay talks with Filip Rakowski, co-founder and CTO of Vue Storefront. They discuss how Filip got into programming, frontend development for eCommerce, and what led to the development of Vue Storefront. They also discuss what's coming in Vue Storefront Next, and Filip's experience with the Composition API. Filip also discusses launching open source projects early, and how he build a community around Vue Storefront.