Upgrading

Upgrading Nuxt is quick, but more involved than updating your package.json

If you are upgrading to Nuxt v2.14 and want to use static hosting then you will need to add target:static to your nuxt.config.js file in order for the generate command to work properly.

nuxt.config.js

export default {
  target: 'static'
}

Getting Started

Check the release notes for the version you wish to upgrade to see if there are any additional instructions for that particular release.
Update the version specified for the nuxt package in your package.json file.

After this step instructions vary depending upon whether you are using Yarn or npm. Yarn is the preferred package manager for working with Nuxt as it is the development tool which tests have been written against.

Yarn

remove yarn.lock file
remove node_modules directory
Run the yarn command
After installation has completed and you have run your tests consider upgrading other dependencies as well. The yarn outdated command can be used.

npm

remove package-lock.json file
remove node_modules directory
Run the npm install command
After installation has completed and you have run your tests consider upgrading other dependencies as well. The npm outdated command can be used.

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Conclusion

Congratulations you have now created your first Nuxt app and you may now consider yourself a Nuxter. But there is so much more to learn and so much more you can do with Nuxt. Here are a few recommendations.

.nuxt

The .nuxt directory is the so-called "build directory". It is dynamically generated and hidden by default. Inside the directory you can find automatically generated files when using nuxt dev or your build artifacts when using nuxt build.