Vue & Nuxt Development

Vue.js and Nuxt have become my frameworks of choice for modern frontend development. After years of building with jQuery, then Angular, then React, Vue clicked in a way the others didn't. The same pragmatic, approachable philosophy that made me productive with PHP and WordPress translates directly to how Vue approaches frontend development.

I build production applications with Vue and Nuxt — from marketing sites to complex web applications. This site, and the CMS that powers it, are both built on Nuxt 3.

Why Vue and Nuxt

Every frontend framework makes trade-offs. React optimises for flexibility and ecosystem size. Angular optimises for enterprise structure. Vue optimises for developer experience and pragmatism.

Vue's approach aligns with how I like to work: get things done without fighting the framework, maintain code that's readable without extensive documentation, and ship features without ceremony. Nuxt builds on this by providing sensible defaults for routing, state management, and server-side rendering — decisions that would otherwise consume significant project time.

This doesn't mean Vue is always the right choice. For some projects, React's ecosystem advantages matter more. For others, a simpler approach without a framework makes sense. I'll recommend what fits your specific situation.

The Headless Architecture Advantage

The best content management systems aren't always the best frontend platforms. WordPress excels at content editing but struggles with modern frontend requirements. Magento handles commerce but delivers slow, inflexible storefronts.

Headless architecture solves this by separating concerns. Keep the CMS your team knows for content management. Build the frontend with modern tools that deliver fast, flexible, engaging experiences. Connect them via APIs.

Nuxt is particularly well-suited for headless frontends. Its data fetching patterns, rendering options, and development experience make it efficient to build and maintain these architectures. I've built headless solutions connecting Nuxt to WordPress, Magento, Supabase, and custom backends.

Production Experience

I don't just recommend Vue and Nuxt — I build production systems with them. The CMS powering this site is built entirely on Nuxt 3 with Supabase as the backend. Multiple client sites run on Nuxt, from marketing pages to complex web applications.

This hands-on experience means I understand the practical realities: deployment considerations, performance optimisation, state management patterns that scale, and the edge cases that only emerge in production.

When I recommend an approach, it's based on having built similar things before — not on framework documentation or tutorial projects.