Gain insights into using NuxtJS for server-side rendered Vue apps. Explore configuration, rendering modes, and components. Discover strategies to optimize SEO and performance for content-rich projects.

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NuxtJS is a framework built on top of Vue that offers additional features and benefits, especially for large-scale and content-driven projects. It provides server-side rendering, which can improve performance and SEO.

In this course, you’ll get briefly introduced to Vue, covering components, views, routing, state management, and others. Then, you’ll get acquainted with NuxtJS and learn about configuration and structure for NuxtJS projects. Further, you’ll learn about different NuxtJS rendering modes and the key factors to consider when choosing a mode for the example survey application project. You’ll work with NuxtJS components, pages, layouts, plugins, and middleware. You’ll then develop a complete server-side rendered Vue.js application using NuxtJS and learn about optimizing server-side rendered applications for SEO and performance.

By the end of the course, you’ll possess the skills to develop, deploy, and optimize a feature-rich, server-side rendered web application utilizing Vue and NuxtJS.

Build a Modern Server-Side Rendered Vue Application with NuxtJS

The **NuxtJS directory structure** is a standardized organization of folders and files that make up a NuxtJS project. It is designed to provide a clear and consistent structure for projects, making it easier to locate and work with different parts of the application. Nuxt has also been configured to work with this directory structure by default, so there's no need to do additional configurations.

Understanding the Nuxt directory structure is essential because it helps in getting started quickly and managing the codebase efficiently.

Let's discuss some of the main folders that would be useful for our projects.

Please note that Nuxt directories are written in lowercase. Making them uppercase would disrupt the autoscan functionality.

## The `components` directory
Just like in the Vue application, the components that would be used in the projects are stored in the `components` folder. 

However, unlike in plain Vue where we would have to import the components into the parent component, Nuxt makes every component declared in the `components` directory available across the application. That is, there's no need for imports.

## The `pages` directory
The `pages` folder is a fundamental directory in a Nuxt project and stores the files that define the pages for the application. These files are typically written in Vue and represent the different routes that users can navigate to within the application.

In NuxtJS, the `pages` folder serves as a crucial part of the routing system. By default, Nuxt uses a file-based routing system, meaning that the name and location of the file within the `pages` directory determine the route path. For example, a file called `about.vue` in the `pages` folder would create a route to the `/about` path in the application.

This makes it easy to create and manage routes in a Nuxt application. In addition, Nuxt also supports dynamic routing, which allows the creation of dynamic routes based on parameters or slugs.

Learn about the Nuxt directory structure to better organize the projects.

Introduction

Introduction to Vue.js

Getting Started with NuxtJS

NuxtJS Rendering Modes

Routing

Plugins

Layouts

Pages

Components

API Endpoints, Middleware, and Server-Side State Management

Putting It All Together

Deployment

Create a Stock Monitor Application Using NuxtJS

Conclusion

Appendix

Understand the NuxtJS Directory Structure

NuxtJS default directories

The `components` directory

Create a Stock Monitor Application Using NuxtJS

Understand the NuxtJS Directory Structure

NuxtJS default directories

The components directory

The `components` directory