In this episode Wes and Scott talk about VueJS - what it is, how it compares to other frontend frameworks, and how to get the most out of it.
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Show Notes 2:22 - What’s the deal with VueJS?
Combines ideas from Angular 1, React and Blaze
Ease of Angular 1
App structure of React
8:02 - Components
Template syntax is similar to handlebars
aka {{stuff}}
v-bind:property
v-bind:property or simply :bind allows you to dynamically bind a value to a property
Props
Props must be declared before they can be used in a template.
Script tag
Where imports happen
Where props are defined, computed properties, action events and lifecycle
Actions
v-on:click="doSomething"
@click="doSomething"
These will run a doSomething event defined in your script export via methods
Lifecycle
How does data fetching work?
CSS
Can be scoped to file by adding to your property
Global Registration
You can register a global component and not have to import it
36:38 - Features
CLI
Easy to use when creating new projects
Animations
Baked in to core
A transition component wraps your code and just have a v-if on the element you are transitioning
There is also more intense javascript options via v-on
Routing
1st party router vue-router with support for 3rd party routers
Global State
Vuex
45:57 - Ecosystem
Nuxt — AKA Next.js for Vue
Gridsome — AKA Gatsby for Vue
Native?
Links Angular
React
Blaze
What Hooks Mean for Vue
Nuxt.js
Next.js
Gridsome
Gatsy
NativeScript
Vue Native
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