<s>
Nuxt.js	B-Application
is	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
based	O
on	O
Vue.js	B-Language
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
,	O
Vite	O
(	O
previously	O
was	O
:	O
Webpack	B-Language
)	O
and	O
Babel.js	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nuxt	B-Application
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Next.js	B-Language
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
framework	O
of	O
similar	O
purpose	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
React.js	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
universal	O
is	O
used	O
here	O
with	O
the	O
meaning	O
that	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
framework	O
is	O
to	O
enable	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
web	O
views	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
utilizing	O
the	O
Vue.js	B-Language
single	O
file	O
component	O
system	O
and	O
that	O
can	O
function	O
both	O
as	O
in-browser	O
single	B-Application
page	I-Application
application	I-Application
(	O
SPA	O
)	O
views	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
server-rendered	O
web	O
views	O
which	O
are	O
then	O
(	O
after	O
server	O
rendering	O
)	O
"	O
rehydrated	O
"	O
to	O
full	O
SPA	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
benefits	O
of	O
this	O
approach	O
are	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
,	O
reduced	O
time	O
to	O
interactivity	B-General_Concept
and	O
improved	O
SEO	O
compared	O
to	O
SPAs	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
full	O
contents	O
of	O
each	O
page	O
are	O
being	O
served	O
by	O
the	O
web	O
server	O
before	O
any	O
client-side	O
JavaScript	B-Language
is	O
executed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Put	O
alternatively	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
maintain	O
both	O
the	O
benefits	O
of	O
traditional	O
server-side	O
rendered	O
HTML	O
pages	O
,	O
and	O
improved	O
interactivity	B-General_Concept
and	O
advanced	O
user	O
interface	O
of	O
SPAs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
benefit	O
of	O
the	O
Nuxt.js	B-Application
framework	O
itself	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
makes	O
the	O
configuration	O
and	O
setup	O
of	O
such	O
applications	O
simplified	O
and	O
seamless	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
developer	O
,	O
who	O
can	O
simply	O
develop	O
UI	O
portions	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
a	O
more	O
common	O
Vue.js	B-Language
single	O
file	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
