Nitro: The Next Generation Server Toolkit

Welcome to the third episode of DejaVue! After talking about an open source SaaS the last time and hearing a lot about Nitro, Alex and Michael dive deeper into the server framework which powers not only Nuxt but also other frameworks like Analog or SolidStart. Learn more about what Nitro is, the difference between Nuxt and Nitro and amazing features it offers, no matter if you use it standalone or with Nuxt.

Chapters

• (00:00) - Intro
• (00:47) - Nitro and UnJS
• (02:38) - Nitro powering different Frameworks
• (04:16) - Where does Nuxt end and Nitro start?
• (06:20) - KV Storage in Nitro - unstorage
• (10:20) - Database Integration via db0
• (10:52) - Nitro Tasks API
• (13:57) - Framework and Runtime agnostic
• (15:14) - Further Nitro features
• (15:32) - Nitro vs. Nuxt (continued)
• (17:45) - $fetch emulating nested calls to Nitro
• (19:34) - Compare Nitro to other frameworks such as Hono or Express
• (23:44) - Outro

Links and Resources

• Nitro
• UnJS
• Analog
• SolidStart
• Vite
• Volar (Vue Language Tools)
• Nuxt vs. Nitro explanation video
• DejaVue Episode #001 - The Need for SSR
• unstorage
• db0
• Tasks API tracker
• Tasks DevTools Panel PR
• Integrating WebSockets with Nitro video
• h3