Views

app.vue

The app.vue file is the entry point of your application

By default, Nuxt will treat this file as the entrypoint and render its content for every route of the application.

<template>
  <div>
    <h1>Welcome to the homepage</h1>
  </div>
</template>

Components

Components are reusable pieces of UI

Most components are reusable pieces of the user interface, like buttons and menus. In Nuxt, you can create these components in the app/components/ directory, and they will be automatically available across your application without having to explicitly import them.

Pages

Pages are views tied to a specific route

Pages represent views for each specific route pattern. Every file in the app/pages/ directory represents a different route displaying its content.

To use pages, create an app/pages/index.vue file and add <NuxtPage /> component to the app/app.vue (or remove app/app.vue for default entry). You can now create more pages and their corresponding routes by adding new files in the app/pages/ directory.

Layouts

Layouts are wrapper around pages

Layouts are wrappers around pages that contain a common User Interface for several pages, such as header and footer displays. Layouts are Vue files using <slot /> components to display the page content. The app/layouts/default.vue file will be used by default. Custom layouts can be set as part of your page metadata.

If you want to create more layouts and learn how to use them in your pages, find more information in the Layouts section

Advanced: Extending the HTML Template

You can have full control over the HTML template by adding a Nitro plugin that registers a hook. The callback function of the render:html hook allows you to mutate the HTML before it is sent to the client.

export default defineNitroPlugin((nitroApp) => {
  nitroApp.hooks.hook('render:html', (html, { event }) => {
    // This will be an object representation of the html template.
    console.log(html)
    html.head.push(`<meta name="description" content="My custom description" />`)
  })
  // You can also intercept the response here.
  nitroApp.hooks.hook('render:response', (response, { event }) => { console.log(response) })
})