Data Fetching in Vue and Nuxt

Data fetching is a crucial part of any web application. In this episode of DejaVue, we discuss the different ways to fetch data in Vue.js and Nuxt.js, and how to cache it. 

We also talk about the experimental Suspense feature in Vue.js and how it can be used to improve the user experience, as well as how to handle third-party scripts in your application.

In addition, Nuxt's data fetching options are discussed, including the $fetch method, useFetch, useAsyncData and the useNuxtData composable. Finally, we cover server-side caching in Nuxt.js, including route rules, defineCachedEventHandler, and defineCachedFunction.

Enjoy the episode! 

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:50) - Which topics should be covered next?
• (01:56) - This episodes topic - Data Fetching
• (04:13) - Two ways of client-side caching
• (06:17) - What is Data Fetching actually - and which library to use?
• (08:19) - Suspense in Vue.js
• (14:03) - Third Party Scripts
• (17:38) - Data fetching basics in Nuxt.js
• (20:28) - $fetch vs useFetch
• (23:27) - $fetch request deduplication on the server
• (24:43) - Caching in Nuxt.js
• (28:18) - routeRules of server-side caching
• (29:38) - defineCachedEventHandler / defineCachedFunction
• (32:19) - Unstorage for storing the cached files
• (35:41) - useNuxtData
• (40:26) - Why does Nuxt offer more data fetching options?
• (45:32) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• LAST CHANCE 15% discount for the VueConf Toronto* with code DEJAVUE

• ofetch
• ky
• Suspense in Vue
• Data Loaders
• DejaVue #E030 - Pinia and Data Loaders (with Eduardo San Martin Morote)
• nuxt-workers
• Partytown
• squoosh.app
• DejaVue #E001 - The Need for SSR
• You are using useFetch wrong
• DejaVue #E003 - Nitro: The Next Generation Server Toolkit
• Caching in Nitro
• Client side caching with getCachedData
• Composable Caching Utils issue
• Route Rules in Nuxt
• DejaVue #E002 - Building a Nuxt.js SaaS in less than a week (with Harlan Wilton)

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