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Polymer vs Nuxt.js: What are the differences?
What is Polymer? A new library built on top of Web Components, designed to leverage the evolving web platform on modern browsers. Polymer is a new type of library for the web, designed to leverage the existing browser infrastructure to provide the encapsulation and extendability currently only available in JS libraries. Polymer is based on a set of future technologies, including Shadow DOM, Custom Elements and Model Driven Views. Currently these technologies are implemented as polyfills or shims, but as browsers adopt these features natively, the platform code that drives Polymer evacipates, leaving only the value-adds.
What is Nuxt.js? The Vue.js Framework. Nuxt.js presets all the configuration needed to make your development of a Vue.js application enjoyable You can use Nuxt.js for SSR, SPA, Static Generated, PWA and more..
Polymer and Nuxt.js can be primarily classified as "Front-End Frameworks" tools.
"Web components" is the top reason why over 49 developers like Polymer, while over 12 developers mention "SSR" as the leading cause for choosing Nuxt.js.
Polymer is an open source tool with 21.1K GitHub stars and 2.01K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Polymer's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, Polymer has a broader approval, being mentioned in 59 company stacks & 240 developers stacks; compared to Nuxt.js, which is listed in 79 company stacks and 189 developer stacks.
Pros of Nuxt.js
- SSR59
- Automatic routes46
- Middleware30
- Hot code reloading27
- Easy setup, easy to use, great community, FRENCH TOUCH21
- SPA20
- Static Websites20
- Plugins19
- Code splitting for every page19
- Custom layouts17
- Automatic transpilation and bundling (with webpack and14
- Modules ecosystem12
- Easy setup12
- Amazing Developer Experience10
- Vibrant and helpful community10
- Pages directory10
- Its Great for Team Development5
Pros of Polymer
- Web components52
- Material design30
- HTML14
- Components13
- Open source5
- It uses the platform4
- Designer friendly. HTMLX concepts3
- Like the interesting naming convention for elements1
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Cons of Nuxt.js
Cons of Polymer
- Last version is like 2 years ago? that's totally rad1