Re: Migrating to Vue.js 3 — A Letter to My Past Self
summary
A reflection on migrating applications to Vue.js 3 that frames the migration as a complex, uncertain engineering and people challenge rather than a pure technical how-to. It discusses lessons learned by May 2023: migration not yet complete, many unresolved problems, new knowledge about how Vue 3 works, and recommended approaches for tackling large, uncertain projects and managing team expectations.
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chapters (19)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:12Preparing for migration
- 6:27Why migrate matters
- 8:13When to update
- 10:44Convincing the team
- 13:11Team roles during updates
- 15:38Refactoring improvements
- 17:04Implicit version changes
- 19:16Testing and docs
- 21:25Dependency issues
- 24:17Lost system knowledge
- 25:21JavaScript tricks
- 27:14Tests in updates
- 27:58Working group setup
- 30:47Team motivation
- 33:16Docs importance
- 35:27Priorities and dynamics
- 38:19Summary and next steps
- 40:51Q&A
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