I use Vue.js old style without any compilation for a reasonably complex app and it’s pleasant enough. Node.js backend uses Pug for templating, each template in

I use Vue.js old style without any compilation for a reasonably complex app and it’s pleasant enough. Node.js backend uses Pug for templating, each template includes a script template file. These template files are built with Make and load either a minified bundle (made with terser) or just a bunch of plain JS depending on the value of NODE_ENV. Works great :)