The guest of this episode is one you've heard on here quite often - but do you also know him well? Together, we take a look (or Vue 👀) at Michael Thiessen, co-host of this podcast.
Learn how his average day looks like, how he became a full-time content creator and find out what he did before getting into Web Development, plus insights on how he created his first course and dealt with impostor syndrome.

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:39) - Concept of this episode
• (02:00) - What are you doing for a living?
• (02:51) - Why did you start writing content about Vue.js?
• (04:57) - From a blank page to a blog post
• (07:36) - How Michael became a full-time educator
• (12:37) - What was the fist course you created and why that one?
• (15:45) - Give Feedback!
• (19:54) - The key part of creating content
• (22:32) - How many hours do you work?
• (27:01) - What does an average day look like?
• (30:24) - The point to switch to being an full-time educator
• (35:10) - How did you get into programming?
• (40:17) - Computer Science vs Software Engineering in university
• (43:31) - Other learnings from university
• (46:43) - How did you find a job after university?
• (48:19) - Why Web Development?
• (49:46) - From React to Vue
• (51:20) - How did you start with public speaking?
• (52:30) - Quickfire Questions
• (52:38) - If not a developer, what would you be?
• (53:02) - Your favorite non-tech hobby?
• (53:43) - If you could choose any dev, who would you want to collaborate with and on what?
• (54:49) - Where can people follow you?
• (55:45) - Wrapping Up

Links and Resources

• VueConf Toronto
• Michael's previous band
• EDM music Michael produced a long time ago
• Quick Sort Dance
• Lisp
• Prolog
• Unsight
• Mastering Nuxt*

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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Together with the FormKit author Justin Schroeder, Michael and Alex discuss the challenges of building forms on the internet.

While it seems like a simple task, forms can be complex and pretty time-consuming. Especially when it is more than a Newsletter or Contact Form.

Justin shares his experience building FormKit (multiple times), a form library for Vue.js, and how it can help developers build forms faster and more efficiently. From Accessibility to actually covering edge cases such as form hydration and repopulation!

Of course, we couldn't let Justin go without talking about some of his hot takes from Vue in 2024, over to Vapor Mode, and Tailwind.

Enjoy the episode!

Our Guest

Justin Schroeder

• Bluesky
• Web
• FormKit

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:23) - Guest Introduction
• (01:15) - How did you get started in programming and Vue.js?
• (06:02) - Frameworks as resource for learning patterns
• (11:21) - The biggest reason to change a framework
• (14:12) - Which framework would you choose for a new project?
• (16:26) - SolidStart as a fresh start for a framework?
• (17:56) - Adapting and managing expectations as a maintainer
• (23:14) - Why Forms are hard and how does FormKit came up?
• (32:26) - Accessibility for complex forms and components
• (44:37) - How does FormKit sustain itself?
• (49:13) - Physical to digital Forms with AI
• (53:21) - Do you have to utilize AI as a Developer?
• (01:03:42) - Justin's Hot Takes 🌶
• (01:04:21) - Vue in 2024
• (01:06:22) - Vapor Mode
• (01:12:34) - Tailwind and headless components
• (01:24:42) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• FormKit
• DejaVue #E039 - Migrating a SaaS from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 (with Sumit Kumar)
• WCAG 2.0
• KickStart*
• Inspira UI
• Motion-Vue
• Framer Motion for Vue
• Addy Osmani - The 70% problem: Hard truths about AI-assisted coding
• Vue SSR Benchmark

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Bluesky
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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Of course, we can't fully start into 2025 with a little ReVue of the past year. And to make sure to catch all the highlights, Alex is joined by Daniel Roe, full-time open source developer and lead of the Nuxt team to go through some notable events of 2024 in the Vue and Nuxt ecosystem.

In addition to the shining moments of 2024, don't miss out a deep dive into web fonts, learn why Nuxt 4 isn't out yet if you didn't know already and maybe even get a slight glimpse into 2025 and Nuxt 5.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Daniel Roe

• Bluesky
• Web
• YouTube
• Twitch

Chapters

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025* and get 10% off with code DEJAVUE

• Nuxt Fonts
• Daniel's Talk at Vue Amsterdam 2024
• Fontaine
• PostCSS Font Magician
• Alien Signals
• TC39 Polyfill Alien Signals PR
• Volar
• Vue TSC as part of the language tools
• sharedPrerenderData Video
• Upgrade to Nuxt 4 via compatibilityVersion already
• Nitro
• SSR Logs in the Browser
• Nuxt 3.15.2
• Nuxt Bridge
• Vue Macros
• Vite
• Elk
• StackBlitz
• xkcd 2347: Dependency
• useId
• (Lazy) Hydration
• defineModel
• Hydration message improvements on Vue 3.4
• Reactive props destructure
• v-bind shorthand
• Nuxt OG Image
• UnoCSS
• Vue is the fastest SSR Framework
• Inspira UI Components

Your Host

Alexander Lichter

• BlueSky
• YouTube
• Website

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In this episode, Michael talks with Adam Jahr, Founder of Vue Mastery, all about creating technical content - and how this is relevant for you as a developer.

Tune in and figure out how Adam founded Vue Mastery, what his biggest learnings from his Coding Bootcamp times were and learn key tips that can set your content apart from others!
And as a bonus - learn what creating content, regardless the format, has to do with Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings.

Ready? Then wait no further

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Adam Jahr

• Vue Mastery
• Adam on X
• VueMastery on YouTube

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (01:03) - Why creating technical content is key
• (02:16) - What is Vue Mastery?
• (05:52) - Biggest learnings from Coding Bootcamp times
• (09:46) - Getting in touch early with the Vue community
• (15:03) - Splitting time between marketing and creating content
• (18:40) - Importance of different Creators and learning Formats
• (20:07) - How to reach and teach developers
• (31:41) - The same framework applied to sales
• (33:19) - Applying it to your own stuff
• (34:44) - A glimpse down the rabbit hole
• (39:22) - Creating an open loop
• (43:32) - Music Production and Sourdough
• (47:47) - Show them the "Why"
• (52:45) - Isolating focus
• (58:26) - Magic Move and Animations
• (01:03:18) - Where can we follow you Adam?
• (01:04:19) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025* and get 10% off with code DEJAVUE

• Hero's Journey
• Vue Mastery
• Michael's Composable Design Course (out now!)
• DejaVue Episode #020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)

Your Host

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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To start the year light and fun, Michael and Alex are joined by Rijk van Zanten, the creator of Directus.

Of course we talk about his journey into web development, the Vue.js ecosystem, what Directus is and why he chose Vue over other frameworks for it's extensible frontend.

Further, Rijk shares his thoughts on the Vue.js job market and how his "Quadruple Migration", over to the Composition API, Pinia, Vue 3 and Vite, went. As a cherry on top - this all started *very* early in the development cycle of Vue 3!

But the fun doesn't and there because Rijk comes with the one or the other hot take on topics like TypeScript and whether our libraries will be worse for JavaScript developers, testing, and many many other scenarios.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Rijk van Zanten

• Directus
• BlueSky
• Web

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:47) - How did you got into Web Development and Vue?
• (03:10) - Does Vue appeal to a certain kind of people?
• (05:35) - The web as the primary platform
• (07:47) - What is Directus?
• (10:34) - Why Vue.js and not React for Directus?
• (18:28) - Jobs for Vue vs. React Developers
• (26:33) - Green Flags for Hiring Candidates
• (27:19) - Composition API and Pinia from 0.0.1
• (39:02) - Breaking changes and Migrating from early versions
• (44:28) - Testing when Prototyping - Unit and E2E
• (53:11) - The right level of Testing for the project
• (55:56) - Mutation Testing
• (59:09) - Does TypeScript makes us writing worse JS libraries?
• (01:09:09) - Dealing with Legacy and EOL
• (01:18:38) - Where can people Follow you?
• (01:19:42) - Wrapping up

Links and Resources

• Join Vue.js Amsterdam 2025* and get 10% off with code DEJAVUE

• ConTejas Podcast with Alex
• Michael's Clean Components Toolkit
• Michael's Upcoming Composable Design Course
• Daniel Roe's React To Nuxt Course
• Alex's Next to Nuxt Migration in less than 1h Video
• Stryker Mutation Testing Framework
• DejaVue Episode #038 - Self-founding and growing a Nuxt-based SaaS (with Sumit Kumar)

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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This DejaVue episode comes as a little special! As a belated Christmas present, we got everything, literally everything that was discussed on this podcast about one big topic: Composition API vs. Options API.
A lot of our previous guests had their own takes on the two APIs - and some might surprise you! So, why not tuning in and hear fifteen people talk about their opinions, insights and suggestions when it comes to using their preferred API in Vue - and why.

Oh, and yes - there is even a little spoiler for next weeks episode

Enjoy the episode!

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to the DejaVue Special
• (00:37) - Evan You
• (18:04) - Natalia Tepluhina
• (26:09) - Tim Benniks
• (27:11) - Joe Tannenbaum
• (30:14) - CJ Reynolds
• (37:33) - Simone Cuomo
• (41:28) - Sumit Kumar
• (48:29) - Jakub Andrzejewski
• (49:54) - Rijk van Zanten
• (53:47) - Eduardo San Martin Morote
• (57:46) - Vue Toronto Panel
• (58:18) - Wrapping Up

Links and Resources

• Organizing Composition API Code Video
• Michael's Inline Composable Article
• Screenshot CAPI OAPI Comparison
• Evan's Migrated File
• Pinia

Referenced Episodes

• DejaVue #E015 - Ten Years of Vue.js (with Evan You)
• DejaVue #E020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)
• DejaVue #E009 - Vue.js in Large Applications (with Tim Benniks)
• DejaVue #E029 - Inertia.js (with Joe Tannenbaum)
• DejaVue #E033 - Vue or React (with CJ Reynolds)
• DejaVue #E032 - Getting Started with Vue.js (with Simone Cuomo)
• DejaVue #E039 - Migrating a SaaS from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 (with Sumit Kumar)
• DejaVue #E036 - Secure your Vue and Nuxt Applications (with Jakub Andrzejewski)
• DejaVue #E041 - The Quadruple Migration (with Rijk van Zanten) is coming up NEXT WEEK
• DejaVue #E030 - Pinia and Data Loaders (with Eduardo San Martin Morote)
• DejaVue #E037 - VueConf Toronto Panel (with Evan You, Daniel Roe, Sigrid Huemer and John Leider)

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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The second half of the conversation with Sumit Kumar focuses all on the technical side of his SaaS.

At first, Michael and Alex talk about Sumit's experience with the migration from Nuxt 2 to Nuxt 3 - and we all know this isn't an easy one. Further, the Composition API vs. the Options API, as well as structuring code and writing good composables are discussed.
And of course, the question if Sumit considered rewriting the application based on another tech stack was part of it too - he had really good reasons why he didn't!

Time to tune in.

Enjoy the Episode!

Our Guest

Sumit Kumar

• Parqet (GER)
• BlueSky
• Twitter
• YouTube

Chapters

• (00:00) - Welcome to DejaVue
• (00:44) - How did your Nuxt migration go?
• (02:32) - When did you start considering migration and why not earlier?
• (04:42) - Composition API only packages and other pitfalls
• (06:46) - Steps that you tried out
• (10:11) - No such migration anymore
• (10:28) - Time frame of the migration
• (12:07) - What is CAPI and what stays OAPI
• (15:31) - Getting acquainted with the Composition API
• (18:28) - Structuring your Script part
• (26:00) - Reusing Composables
• (30:56) - Changing the Tech Stack?
• (38:35) - Wrapping Up

Links and Resources

• Fill out the State of Vue.js Survey

• Pinia
• Michael's Inline Composable Article
• Organizing Composition API Code Video
• Michael's Composable Design Patterns Course (Early Access)
• Screenshot CAPI OAPI Comparison
• Evan's Migrated File
• DejaVue #E020 - Documentation and Migration: From Vue 2 to Vue 3 (with Natalia Tepluhina)
• DejaVue #E010 - Design Patterns in Vue.js

Your Hosts

Alexander Lichter

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

Michael Thiessen

• Twitter
• YouTube
• Website

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