Nuxt/4/Template Compilation Changes

This codemod removes lodash/template and related template utilities from Nuxt in favor of a more flexible and secure getContents() function for code generation in v3.

What Changed

Previously, Nuxt used lodash/template to compile templates located on the file system using the .ejs file format/syntax. Additionally, Nuxt provided some template utilities (serialize, importName, importSources) for code generation within these templates. These utilities are now being removed.

Reasons for Change

In Nuxt v3, we moved to a 'virtual' syntax with a getContents() function, which is much more flexible and performant. Additionally, lodash/template has had multiple security issues. Although these issues do not apply to Nuxt projects since it is used at build-time and by trusted code, they still appear in security audits. Moreover, lodash is a hefty dependency and is unused by most projects.

Before

addTemplate({
  fileName: "appinsights-vue.js",
  options: {
    /* some options */
  },
  src: resolver.resolve("./runtime/plugin.ejs"),
});

After

import { template } from "lodash-es";
import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

addTemplate({
  fileName: "appinsights-vue.js",
  options: {
    /* some options */
  },
  getContents({ options }) {
    const contents = readFileSync(
      resolver.resolve("./runtime/plugin.ejs"),
      "utf-8",
    );
    return template(contents)({ options });
  },
});

This change applies to all templates using .ejs file format/syntax.