If you are a JavaScript application developer, you have definitely heard something about Vue.js and its extension Nuxt.js. Well, maybe you don't know what all the fuss is about. You are probably asking: "Why do I need a framework for a framework?" Vue already makes JavaScript app development easier. In this article, you will find the top 10 reasons why you should consider Nuxt.js in your next project.
What is Nuxt.js?
The article was revised and updated in May 2026.
Nuxt.js is a higher-level framework that is built on top of Vue. Simplifies development universal or single page Vue applications.
Nuxt.js removes the details of server and client code distribution, allowing you to focus on application development. Nuxt's goal is to be flexible enough to use it as a main project base.
Most of what can be done with Nuxt is done during the development phase. This way you get a lot of functionality with just a few extra extra kilobytes in your JavaScript files.
Let's take a look at the reasons why you should consider Nuxt for your next Vue project.
1. Create universal applications without problems
One One of the biggest advantages of Nuxt.js is that it allows you to create universal ones application easier.
What is a universal application?
Universal application is used to create a description of JavaScript code that can be executed on the client and server side. A number of modern JavaScript frameworks like Vue is intended for creating applications with one page (Single Page Applications, hereafter SPA).
SPA is opposite many advantages to traditional websites. You can e.g. build a very elegant user an interface that can be updated quickly. But SPA also has associated disadvantages with long loading. Google also struggles with it, because here initially, there is no content to pass for SEO purposes. All content is generated with JavaScript.
Universal
the application rests in the SPA, but instead of a blank page index.html, you preload the application on the web
server and send the rendered HTML in response to the browser's request
for each route. The loading time was thus accelerated. It will also improve SEO thanks
by making it easier for Google to crawl the site.
Nuxt.js helps write general purpose applications more easily
Creating universal applications can be laborious because there are many settings on the side server side and client side.
This is the problem that Nuxt.js solves for Vue apps. Nuxt.js makes it easy to share code between client and server, allowing you to focus on the application logic.
Nuxt.js will make properties available to you on your components such as isServer and isClient, so you can easily decide whether to render something on the client or on the server.
There are also special components such as no-ssr, which is used to intentionally prevent a component from rendering server-side.
Nuxt also allows you to access to the asyncData method inside components that you can use to data loading and rendering on the server side.
This is just the tip of the iceberg of how Nuxt helps create universal applications.
2. Nuxt.js statically renders your Vue apps and gets all the benefits of a universal serverless app
Najväčšia inovácia
Nuxt prichádza s príkazom nuxt generate. Tento príkaz generuje kompletnú statickú
verziu vašej webstránky. Vygeneruje HTML pre každý jeden z vašich routes
a vloží ich do vlastného súboru.
For example if you have the following pages:
-| pages/
----| about.vue
----| index.vue
Nuxt will generate it for you the following file structure:
The benefits of this functions are very similar to the benefits of universal applications. There is a brand (markup) that speeds up page loading and helps browser indexing. As a result, you no longer need server. Everything is generated during the development phase.
It's powerful because you get the benefits of universal rendering without the need for a server. You can host applications from GitHub or Amazon S3 here.
3. You get automatic code splitting (pre-rendered pages)
Nuxt.js is capable of creating static versions of a website with a special Webpack configuration. For each route/page that is generated statically, the route also gets its own JavaScript file, but only with the code that is needed to run that route.
With this, Nuxt.js can really help with speed as it keeps the size of the JavaScript file relatively small relative to the overall size of the application.
4. It allows setting using the command line from the starter template
Nuxt.js poskytuje starter template nazvaný starter-template, ktorý vám dodá všetok scaffolding, ktorý potrebujete na to, aby ste mohli začať projekt s dobrou štruktúrou priečinkov pre organizáciu.
Make sure you have it installed vue-cli and run the following command:
$ vue init nuxt-community/starter-template
Only from there cd to the application and launch it npm install. That's all.
5. You get a great preset project structure
In a lot of small Vue.js applications, you end up managing the code structure in more files than you know best. Nuxt.js' pre-set application structure gives you a great starting point for organizing your application in an understandable way.
Here are a few main directories (directories), which are preset:
components – a folder for organizing individual Vue components,
layouts – a folder for saving the main arrangements (layout) of the application,
pages – the folder to save the route application. Nuxt.js reads all .vue files inside the directory and creates an application router,
Store – folder to store all Vuex Store application files.
6. Easily set transitions between your routes
Vue has a wrapper element
7. Write single file components easily
In many small Vue projects, components are defined using Vue.component, followed by new Vue({ el: '#container' }) , to target the container element (container) in the body (body) of the page. This works well for small projects where JavaScript is used to enhance certain skins. But in larger projects it can be difficult to manage.
All these problems are solved single-file component (single-file component) with extension .vue. To use them, you have to set up a build process with tools like Webpack and Babel.
Here is an example of a single file .vue component:
Nuxt.js comes pre-configured with Webpack. You can then start using the files .vue without having to set up complicated build processes.
8. Get ES6/ES7 compilation without extra work
In addition to Webpack, it has Nuxt.js also based on Babel, which uses compiling the latest JavaScript versions like ES6 and ES7 into JavaScript that can be linked to older browsers.
Nuxt.js sets up Babel for you, so all .vue files and all ES6 code you write in tags <script>, will be compiled into JavaScript that will work in all browsers.
9. You get a setup with automatic server updates for easier development
In comparison with the process setting, or the process change-refresh-change-refresh, which developers are used to, development with the help of Nuxt.js is a breeze. It automatically presets an updated development server for you.
While you are developing and working on files .vue, Nuxt.js uses the Webpack configuration to check for changes and compile everything for you.
You can run the command npm run dev inside the Nuxt.js project, which will set up the development server.
10. Community around Nuxt.js
Nakoniec je tu kolekcia GitHub nazvaná Nuxt Community, ktorá zozbierala pomocné knižnice, moduly, štartovacie balíčky a iné veci, ktoré vám uľahčia vytvárať aplikácie. Jednoducho tak zistíte, čo je dostupné vopred ešte predtým, aby ste museli kód písať sami.
Nuxt.js enhances Vue.js
Všetky tieto funkcie robia z vývoja aplikácii Vue.js oveľa lepší zážitok. Aj keď nepotrebujete univerzálnu aplikáciu a chcete ostať pri SPA, stále sú tu benefity pri používaní Nuxt.js Môže to byť vaša hlavná projektová základňa (main project base) so súbormi .vue, kompiláciou ES6 a ďalšími funkciami.
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