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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.

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Pros of Nuxt.js
Pros of Polymer
  • 59
    SSR
  • 46
    Automatic routes
  • 30
    Middleware
  • 27
    Hot code reloading
  • 21
    Easy setup, easy to use, great community, FRENCH TOUCH
  • 20
    SPA
  • 20
    Static Websites
  • 19
    Plugins
  • 19
    Code splitting for every page
  • 17
    Custom layouts
  • 14
    Automatic transpilation and bundling (with webpack and
  • 12
    Modules ecosystem
  • 12
    Easy setup
  • 10
    Amazing Developer Experience
  • 10
    Vibrant and helpful community
  • 10
    Pages directory
  • 5
    Its Great for Team Development
  • 52
    Web components
  • 30
    Material design
  • 14
    HTML
  • 13
    Components
  • 5
    Open source
  • 4
    It uses the platform
  • 3
    Designer friendly. HTMLX concepts
  • 1
    Like the interesting naming convention for elements

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      Last version is like 2 years ago? that's totally rad

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    What is Nuxt.js?

    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.

    What is Polymer?

    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.

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