5 Wix Velo Patterns Every Developer Should Know

After analyzing thousands of generations, these five patterns come up again and again. Master them and you'll cover most real-world Velo work.

1. Repeater data binding

Query a collection, assign .data, and wire up onItemReady:

import wixData from 'wix-data';

$w.onReady(async () => {
  const results = await wixData.query('Products').limit(12).find();
  $w('#repeater').data = results.items;
  $w('#repeater').onItemReady(($item, itemData) => {
    $item('#txtName').text = itemData.name;
  });
});

2. Backend web modules

Never call external APIs or use secrets from page code. Put that logic in a .jsw file and import it — the code runs server-side and your keys stay hidden.

3. Data hooks

beforeInsert and beforeUpdate hooks in backend/data.js are the right place to normalize emails, stamp timestamps, and validate input — they run no matter where the write comes from.

4. Session storage for UI state

Use wix-storage's session to remember dismissed banners, wizard steps, or filters without touching your database.

5. Router pages for dynamic content

wix-router lets you serve dynamic pages (profiles, listings) from a single template with clean URLs and proper 404s.

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