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**Flow Model Management** are a fictitious modelling agency.
**Flow Model Management** is a fictitious modelling agency.
They were created solely for the purpose of giving me an excuse to create their [website](https://flowmm.rayelliott.dev).
However, despite being imaginary, the owners of Flow Model Management felt that it was about time their business should have an internet presence.
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## The Front End
For this project I wanted to build a **Single Page Application** using [Nuxt.js](https://nuxtjs.org/), which is an open source framework based on [Vue.js](https://vuejs.org/).
{{<
figure
src="/images/logos/nuxtjs-icon.svg"
alt="The Nuxt icon."
class="icon-inline sm-order-rev svg"
caption="For this project I wanted to build a **Single Page Application** using [Nuxt.js](https://nuxtjs.org/), which is an open source framework based on Vue.js."
>}}
One advantage of an SPA is speed.
SPAs are fast.
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This also has the benefit of an improved user experience.
Navigation and updates to the state of the site appear to be almost instant, similar to a native application, rather than more lengthy page reloads typically associated with websites.
**Vue.js** is a modern JavaScript framework for creating web interfaces. It makes use of the virtual DOM, is small and fast, and is an ideal foundation for an SPA.
{{<
figure
src="/images/logos/vue.svg"
alt="The Vue logo."
class="icon-inline icon-right svg"
caption="**[Vue.js](https://vuejs.org/)** is a modern JavaScript framework for creating web interfaces. It makes use of the virtual DOM, is small and fast, and is an ideal foundation for an SPA."
>}}
However, Vue along with other SPA frameworks do have some disadvantages.
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* there are many threats of security vulnerabilities and exploits,
* although browser standards have improved over time, there are still a number of differences in behaviour between the many devices and browsers in use.
{{<
figure
src="/images/logos/nuxtjs-logo.svg"
alt="The Nuxt logo."
class="nuxt logo svg"
caption=""
>}}
This is where a framework such as **Nuxt.js** comes in.
A lot of the tedious scaffolding is taken care of and being a fully tested, mature framework, we can be confident that many common, and not so common, issues have already been solved and tested for.
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**Dokku** is a [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) based, open source, Platform as a Service in which Heroku compatible applications can be deployed to and hosted upon.
{{<
figure
src="/images/logos/docker-horizontal-monochromatic.png"
alt="The Docker logo."
class="logo"
>}}
Using Docker during development has many advantages.
When using Docker, the application is encapsulated within a consistent environment.
This brings many advantages.
One such advantage being the development environment can exactly match the deployed environment, ensuring there will be no compatibility issues after deployment.
{{<
figure
src="/images/logos/git-orange.png"
alt="The Git logo."
class="git logo"
>}}
Combining Docker with Dokku also allows for simple deployment, which can be done with just a [Git](https://git-scm.com/) push.