nuxt 2.6.0 on Node.js NPM

Migration Guide

This version is addressing most of the problems of 2.5 and is without any breaking changes. For most of the users, a normal version upgrade would be enough. However, reading this guide can help to have a smooth upgrade.

General Tips

Using yarn as the package manager is more preferred as Nuxt is internally being tested against yarn
Before upgrade ensure to remove yarn.lock, package-lock.json and node_modules
After full install and testing, also consider upgrading other dependencies. The yarn outdated command can be used.

Missing App Dependencies

Because of how package managers (yarn, npm) work, a wrong version of a dependency from one of the other dependencies may be hoisted into node_modules. Nuxt is strict about this and provides instructions for dependency resolution so please follow it.

The well-known problem is with firebase package that requires to manually install node-fetch dependency in your project.

Reverting breaking changes

We accidentially introduced a change that broke the prod build for many people who are using Nuxt programatically. This has been resolved through #5413. Sorry for the inconveniences!

Core-js

Since core-js@2 and core-js@3 are both supported from babel 7.4.0, Starting from 2.6 Nuxt supports both versions (#5411). It is highly advised to stick with 2 (default) unless having a special dependency that needs 3. (Instructions for core-js@2 are not required but recommended)

`core-js@2`

yarn: yarn add -D core-js@2 @babel/runtime-corejs2
npm: npm i -D core-js@2 @babel/runtime-corejs2

`core-js@3`

yarn: yarn add -D core-js@3 @babel/runtime-corejs3
npm: npm i -D core-js@3 @babel/runtime-corejs3

Edit nuxt.config.js:

export default {
  build: {
    babel: {
      presets({ isServer }) {
        return [
          [
            require.resolve('@nuxt/babel-preset-app'),
            // require.resolve('@nuxt/babel-preset-app-edge'), // For nuxt-edge users
            {
              buildTarget: isServer ? 'server' : 'client',
              corejs: { version: 3 }
            }
          ]
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Typescript

Nuxt 2.5 users may only require to add ts-node to the dependencies

Beta Testers : Replace nuxt by nuxt-edge, and @nuxt/typescript by @nuxt/typescript-edge in the following instructions.

Remove nuxt-ts dependency (2.4 users only)
- yarn: yarn remove nuxt-ts
- npm: npm remove nuxt-ts
Add nuxt and ts-node to dependencies:
- yarn: yarn add nuxt ts-node
- npm: npm i nuxt ts-node
Add @nuxt/typescript to devDependencies:
- yarn: yarn add -D @nuxt/typescript
- npm: npm i -D @nuxt/typescript
Create an empty tsconfig.json file. Nuxt will automatically generate it with defaults at first run, then you can edit it to fit your needs

Features

feat(babel-preset-app): support specifying core-js version (#5411) (Xin Du (Clark)) (159123f)
feat(cli): add internal _generate and _build options (#5434) (Pooya Parsa) (516aea3)
feat(cli): add --quiet option to nuxt generate command (#5357) (Franck Abgrall) (91f4eb0)
feat(typescript): detect typescript based on tsconfig.json (#5412) (Pooya Parsa) (6ffc5c5)
feat(vue-renderer): add csp meta tags (#5354) (James George) (b978a37)

Fixes

fix: unexpected token export in importing babel runtime helper (#5401) (ryota yamamoto) (3b85dd9)
fix(core): call ready to prevent breaking changes (Pooya Parsa) (#5413) (001ba77)
fix(build): disable loading babel.config.js by default (#5365) (Xin Du (Clark)) (64fa424)
fix(builder): await for renderer to load resources (#5341) (Pooya Parsa) (caf5198)
fix(cli): catch all possible errors thrown from proper-filelock (#5347) (Pim) (39bbe46)
fix(renderer): retry render if renderer is in loading or created state (#5417) (Pooya Parsa) (8b99695)
fix(vue-app): decode uri in getlocation (#5337) (Johan Roxendal) (77dcfe6)
fix(vue-app): prevent mounting page twice on redirect (#5361) (noe132) (2d73e8a)
fix(vue-renderer): add the csp hash if unsafe-inline hasn't been specified (#5387) (Sam Bowler) (97db6a4)
fix(types): add type definition for typescript.typeCheck (#5326) (Daniel Roe) (2c1444d)

Refactors

refactor(typescript): only generate tsconfig.json if missing (#5356) (#5367) (Kevin Marrec) (9a3fc8a)
refactor(vue-renderer): improve ready status error (#5339) (Pooya Parsa) (535327c)
refactor(webpack): add ability to get webpack config class (#5378) (Damian Stasik) (abf7db1)

Examples

examples: add docker example (#5430) (Utkarsh Gupta) (3eec115)
examples(vue-apollo): update to @nuxtjs/apollo 4.x (#5345) (Dmitry Molotkov) (95f2a12)
examples(with-buefy): update example (#5348) (Dmitry Molotkov) (ce66a8c)
examples(with-element-ui): fix package scripts (#5349) (Dmitry Molotkov) (10812e3)

Chore

chore(postcss): deprecate config support (#5419) (Alexander Lichter) (1bd4fb1)
chore(readme): fix grammar (#5395) (Irvin Lin) (f8d3626)

Dependency Upgrades

loading-screen: use wss for https (nuxt/loading-screen#4)
loading-screen: fallback to fetch if ws fails (nuxt/loading-screen#6)
node-proper-lockfile: fix mtime precision on some filesystems (#88) (f266158)

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