Vue.js in Action

Chapter 11. Communicating with a server

This chapter covers

• Using Nuxt.js for server-side rendering
• Retrieving third-party data with Axios
• Using VuexFire
• Adding authentication

We’ve discussed Vuex and how state management can benefit our larger Vue.js applications. Now we’re going to look at communicating with a server. In this chapter, we’ll look at server-side rendering (SSR) and how we can use it to help improve our app’s responsiveness. We’ll use Axios to retrieve data from a third-party API. Then we’ll look at VuexFire. VuexFire is library that helps us communicate with Firebase, a backend service that helps with application development. Last, we’ll see how to add simple authentication to our VuexFire app.

Before we move on, let me ...