July 8, 2025
Why Vue? A Deep Dive
Vue developer Alex Riviere joins Amy to explore the fundamental differences between Vue and React, diving deep into Vue's unique approach to reactivity, templating, and developer experience. From the magic of V-Model eliminating controlled/uncontrolled input complexity to Vue's proxy-based reactivity system that "just works," Alex explains why Vue's mental model clicked for him coming from jQuery. The conversation covers Vue 3's Composition API and Script Setup syntax, the evolution from VueX to Pinia for state management, and exciting developments like Vue Vapor Mode that will eliminate the virtual DOM entirely. Alex also breaks down Evan You's recent $4.6M VoidZero funding to revolutionize JavaScript build tooling, the flexibility of Nuxt as a meta-framework, and why Vue remains approachable enough to sprinkle into any project without complex build steps.
COMPRESSED.fm Episode 204
Why Vue? A Deep Dive
Alex Riviere
Jump Links
Links
- Evan You - Vue.js creator
- Ben Hong - Vue core team member
- Daniel Roe - Nuxt team
- Taylor Otwell - Laravel creator
- Vue.js Official Site
- Vue.js Documentation
- Vue School
- Vue Mastery
- Nuxt
- Vite
- Astro
- Pinia (Vue state management)
- VueX (legacy state management)
- Alpine.js
- Laravel
- Livewire
- Solid.js
- React
- Svelte
- ESBuild
- Rollup
- NitroPack
- Webpack
- VoidZero (Evan You's new company)
- Netlify
- Deja Vue Podcast
- Dropout TV - Nobody Asked
- CodeMash Conference
- Whoosh Screen Cleaner
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