Vue.js in Large Applications (with Tim Benniks)

In DejaVue episode number nine, Tim Benniks joins Alex discussing how he used Vue in huge applications and how Tim and his team built 3000 websites for a single brand that most of you know - Louis Vuitton.

In addition, Tim shares his journey from becoming a nurse to eventually learn web development. Learn which benefits Vue brought compared to the old jQuery application, how Tim and his team migrated a huge system step by step and more!

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Start and Guest Introduction
• (01:34) - From becoming a Nurse to becoming a Developer
• (06:49) - Building Social Network before Facebook
• (10:33) - Getting into Vue.js and Abandoning jQuery
• (16:01) - Reducing Bugs with Vue.js
• (19:33) - Accessibility - Reaching AA or AAA
• (26:16) - Balancing the Stakeholder Needs
• (30:39) - 3000 Websites with Vue.js for one Company
• (32:49) - Building your own Component Library?
• (35:40) - Cleaning up Technical Debt at Louis Vuitton
• (38:23) - Gradually upgrading legacy LV software
• (43:43) - Why not React or Angular?
• (52:40) - Mitosis
• (55:13) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Tim's episode on the "We Belong Here" podcast
• Episode #E001 The Need for SSR
• Grunt
• Gulp
• WCAG for Accessibility
• Vue Route Announcer
• Route Announcer in Nuxt
• Knockout.js
• Accessibility Needs Overview
• Partytown
• CloudFlare Zaraz
• Episode #E007 From Code to DevRel and Leadership
• Tim's "Team First" Talk
• Storybook
• Migrating to Nuxt 4 Now?!
• Tim's "A Vue into Rock & Roll Part 2" talk
• Mitosis