Weekly Vue News #196

Nuxt 3.17 is out

Hi 👋

Still writing the docs for my upcoming Nuxt starter kit. In the meantime, this issue is packed with fresh Nuxt news you might find interesting!

Enjoy this issue and have a lovely week ☀️

Vue

📕 The Story of Fastify + Vue

👉🏻 Learn the story behind the Fastify plugin for Vue integration.

Nuxt

📕 Nuxt 3.17

👉🏻 Major data fetching improvements.

👉🏻 NuxtTime component for SSR-safe time display.

👉🏻 Performance boosts, including faster globbing.

👉🏻 Nuxt docs-as-a-package.

📕 Nuxt Server Routes: Build a Full-Stack App with Zero Backend

👉🏻 In this article, you'll dive into what Nuxt server routes are.

👉🏻 Learn why they feel magical, and how to build a simple full-stack app that talks directly to a database — no separate server needed.

📕 Prisma ORM with Nuxt and Supabase*

👉🏻 In this guide, you'll walk through building a complete Nuxt application with Prisma as our ORM and Supabase providing our PostgreSQL database.

📕 Cache an API response in Nuxt

👉🏻 Learn how to cache an API response in client side and use it everywhere in your Nuxt app.

📹 Full Stack App Build

👉🏻 In this video, CJ builds a full stack application with Nuxt, Vue & TypeScript that allows users to keep track of the places they have visited and view them on a map.

🛠️ Nuxt UI Pro Portfolio template

👉🏻 A beautifully designed, fully responsive template to build your personal site in minutes.

👉🏻 Features sections for projects, blog, speaking, etc.

🛠️ NuxSaaS

👉🏻 A free & open-source SaaS starter kit.

👉🏻 Built with Nuxt 4, Vue 3 & TypeScript.

📅 Events

Vueconf.US (19 - 21 May 2025, Tampa, Florida)

MadVue (29 May 2025, Madrid, Spain)

PragVue (23 September 2025, Czech Republic)

VueFes (25 October 2025, Otemachi, Japan)

💬 Quote of the week

🧑🏻‍💻 In Other News

📕 Better error handling

👉🏻 The traditional try/catchtry/catch method is not great.

👉🏻 Better alternatives include Go-style return tuples and Monadic-style result types, which treat errors as values and offer more explicit error management.

📕 Default styles for h1 elements are changing

👉🏻 Browsers are starting to roll out changes in default UA styles for nested section headings.

📕 Creating a 3D Split-Flap Display with JavaScript

👉🏻 Using a powerful animation trick to create a 3D split-flap display.

🛠️ Tweet to Image Converter

👉🏻 Nifty little tool that turns tweets into PNGs.