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Good day, welcome to this blog. Today I will be showing you how to develop a single-page application using Nuxt. Before we proceed let’s have a little bit of discussion.
Nuxt is a framework for building Vue.js applications. It provides a higher-level abstraction for developing Vue applications with features that enhance the development process.
A Single Page Application (SPA) is a web application or website that utilizes only a single page and dynamically changes its content. The page does not reload unlike Multiple Page Application (MPA) which reloads pages to display new information.
Prerequisite:
- node >= v18.0.0
- npx
Step 1: Create A Nuxt Project
First, select a folder that you want the nuxt project to be created then execute this command on Terminal or CMD :
npx nuxi@latest init my-website
Step 2: Install packages
After creating a fresh nuxt project, go to the nuxt project folder and install these packages:
- bootstrap – a package of bootstrap framework
To install these packages. execute this command on Terminal or CMD.
npm i bootstrap
Update nuxt.config.ts:
// https://nuxt.com/docs/api/configuration/nuxt-config
export default defineNuxtConfig({
devtools: { enabled: true },
css: [
'bootstrap/dist/css/bootstrap.css',
],
})
Step 3: Create Layouts, Components And Pages
We will now create the files for our app, refer to the image below for the file structure.
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 2 image 35 Binaryboxtuts](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/image-35.png)
You can create your file structure but for this tutorial just follow along.
Let’s update the App.vue file:
src/App.vue
<template>
<NuxtLayout>
<Head>
<title>NUXT CRUD APP</title>
</Head>
<NuxtPage />
</NuxtLayout>
</template>
Create a directory named layouts and inside it create a file default.vue. This will be our main layout
layouts/default.vue
<template>
<div class="container">
<slot/>
</div>
</template>
Create a directory named components and inside it create a file HeaderNav.vue.
components/HeaderNav.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
const pageLinks = [
{
"name": "Home",
"url" :"/",
},
{
"name": "Blog",
"url" :"/blog",
},
{
"name": "About",
"url" :"/about",
},
{
"name": "Contact",
"url" :"/contact",
},
]
</script>
<template>
<nav class="navbar navbar-expand-lg navbar-light bg-light">
<router-link to="/" class="navbar-brand">Binaryboxtuts</router-link>
<button class="navbar-toggler" type="button" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#navbarSupportedContent" aria-controls="navbarSupportedContent" aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Toggle navigation">
<span class="navbar-toggler-icon"></span>
</button>
<div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="navbarSupportedContent">
<ul v-for="(pageLink, index) in pageLinks" :key="index" class="navbar-nav mr-auto">
<li class="nav-item">
<router-link
:to="pageLink.url"
class="nav-link"
:class="$route.path === pageLink.url ? 'active' : ''">
{{pageLink.name}}
</router-link>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</nav>
</template>
Create directory pages. Inside the folder let’s create these files for our pages:
- index.vue
- blog.vue
- about.vue
- contact.vue
And for our 404 page we will create a file on our root directory, name the file error.vue
error.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
import type { NuxtError } from '#app'
const props = defineProps({
error: Object as () => NuxtError
})
const handleError = () => clearError({ redirect: '/' })
</script>
<template>
<NuxtLayout>
<Head>
<title>PAGE ERROR</title>
</Head>
<header-nav/>
<div class="container" align="center">
<h2 v-if="error.statusCode == 404" class="text-center mt-5 mb-3" >404 | Page Not Found</h2>
<h2 v-else class="text-center mt-5 mb-3" >Something went wrong</h2>
<button @click="handleError" class="btn btn-outline-primary">Go to home</button>
</div>
</NuxtLayout>
</template>
pages/index.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
//
</script>
<template>
<header-nav/>
<div class="container">
<h2 class="text-center mt-5 mb-3">Home Page</h2>
</div>
</template>
pages/blog.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
//
</script>
<template>
<header-nav/>
<div class="container">
<h2 class="text-center mt-5 mb-3">Blog Page</h2>
</div>
</template>
pages/about.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
//
</script>
<template>
<header-nav/>
<div class="container">
<h2 class="text-center mt-5 mb-3">About Page</h2>
</div>
</template>
src/pages/contact.vue
<script setup lang="ts">
//
</script>
<template>
<header-nav/>
<div class="container">
<h2 class="text-center mt-5 mb-3">Contact Page</h2>
</div>
</template>
Step 4: Run the app
We’re all done, what is left is to run the app.
npm run dev
Open this URL:
http://localhost:3000/
Screenshots:
Home Page
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 3 How Develop A React Single Page Application (SPA) In Laravel 8](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/laravel-8-react-spa-home-1024x578.jpg)
Blog Page
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 4 How Develop A React Single Page Application (SPA) In Laravel 8](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/laravel-8-react-spa-blog-1024x578.jpg)
About Page
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 5 How Develop A React Single Page Application (SPA) In Laravel 8](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/laravel-8-react-spa-about-1024x578.jpg)
Contact Page
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 6 How Develop A React Single Page Application (SPA) In Laravel 8](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/laravel-8-react-spa-contact-1024x578.jpg)
404 Page
![How To Develop Single Page Application Using Nuxt 7 How Develop A React Single Page Application (SPA) In Laravel 8](https://www.binaryboxtuts.com/wp-content/uploads/laravel-8-react-spa-not-found-1024x578.jpg)