Reactive Components for Modern Web Interfaces
Vue.js – Intro
Vue.js – Basics
var object = {
message: 'Hello world!'
}
<div id="example">
{{ message }}
</div>
new Vue({
el: '#example',
data: object
})
This is now reactive!
Vue.js – Basics
When passing an object to the Vue instance as it’s data property, Vue.js walks through all it’s properties and converts them to getter/setters using Object.defineProperty.
For every directive / data binding in the template, there will be a corresponding watcher object. When a dependency’s setter is called, it triggers the watcher to re-evaluate, and in turn causes its associated directive to perform DOM updates.
Vue.js – Basics
Vue.js – Basics
You can use it „jQuery style”. Just add the library from the CDN and you’re ready to go.
No need for JSX, Webpack / Browserify, TypeScript or silly React.createElement().
You can use it to enhance your old projects and keep using all your favorite tools: Slim, Sass, CoffeeScript or simply es5. Vue doesn’t care.
Vue.js – Basics
However if you decide to go for a full blown SPA, you get all the tools you need.
Vue.js – Basics
Vue.js – Basics
(with preprocessors!)
Vue.js – Basics
Vue.js – Basics
Vue.js – Similarities with AngularJS
Vue.js – Similarities with AngularJS
<!-- Vue syntax above
Angular 1.x syntax below -->
<h1 v-if="ok">{{ name }}</h1>
<h1 v-else>No</h1>
<h1 ng-if="ok">{{ name }}</h1>
<h1 ng-if="!ok">No</h1>
<input type="text" v-model="name">
<input type="text" ng-model="name">
<small v-show="!ok">{{ Not OK! | capitalize }}</small>
<small ng-show="!ok">{{ Not OK! | capitalize }}</small>
<a v-bind:href="url">Go back</a>
<a ng-href="{{ url }}">Go back</a>
<button v-on:click="doSomething">Do something</button>
<button ng-click="doSomething">Do something</button>
Vue.js – Similarities with AngularJS
<!-- Vue syntax above
Angular 1.x syntax below -->
<div v-bind:class="{ 'class-a': isA, 'class-b': isB }"></div>
<div ng-class="{ 'class-a': isA, 'class-b': isB }"></div>
<ul id="example-1">
<li v-for="item in items">
{{ item.message }}
</li>
</ul>
<ul id="example-1">
<li ng-repeat="item in items">
{{ item.message }}
</li>
</ul>
Vue.js – Similarities with AngularJS
<!-- full syntax -->
<button v-bind:disabled="someDynamicCondition">Button</button>
<!-- shorthand -->
<button :disabled="someDynamicCondition">Button</button>
or
<!-- full syntax -->
<a v-on:click="doSomething"></a>
<!-- shorthand -->
<a @click="doSomething"></a>
Vue.js – Features
<div id="example">
a={{ a }}, b={{ b }}
</div>
var vm = new Vue({
el: '#example',
data: {
a: 1
},
computed: {
// a computed getter
b: function () {
// `this` points to the vm instance
return this.a + 1
}
}
})
Vue.js – Features
// ...
computed: {
fullName: {
// getter
get: function () {
return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
},
// setter
set: function (newValue) {
var names = newValue.split(' ')
this.firstName = names[0]
this.lastName = names[names.length - 1]
}
}
}
// ..
// When calling vm.fullName = 'John Doe', the setter will
// be invoked and vm.firstName and vm.lastName
// will be updated accordingly.
Vue.js – Features
<div v-bind:style="{ color: activeColor, fontSize: fontSize + 'px' }"></div>
<!-- Works mostly the same as with classes -->
When you use a CSS property that requires vendor prefixes in v-bind:style, for example transform, Vue.js will automatically detect and add appropriate prefixes to the applied styles.
Vue.js – Features
<div v-if="show" transition="expand"></div>
/* always present */
.expand-transition {
transition: all .3s ease;
height: 30px;
padding: 10px;
background-color: #eee;
overflow: hidden;
}
/* .expand-enter defines the starting state for entering */
/* .expand-leave defines the ending state for leaving */
.expand-enter, .expand-leave {
height: 0;
padding: 0 10px;
opacity: 0;
}
Vue.js – Features
var example1 = new Vue({
el: '#example-1',
data: {
items: [
{ message: 'Foo' },
{ message: 'Bar' }
],
object: {
FirstName: 'John',
LastName: 'Doe',
Age: 30
}
}
})
<ul id="example-1">
<li v-for="item in items">
{{ $index }} – {{ item.message }}
</li>
</ul
or
<ul>
<template v-for="item in items">
<li>{{ item.msg }}</li>
<li class="divider"></li>
</template>
</ul>
<!-- Where the <template> element
won’t render -->
or
<div v-for="(key, val) in object">
{{ key }} {{ val }}
</div>
Vue.js – Features
var vm = new Vue({
el: '#example',
data: {
name: 'Vue.js'
},
// define methods under the `methods` object
methods: {
greet: function (user, event) {
// `this` inside methods point to the Vue instance
alert('Hello ' + user + ' this is ' + this.name + '!')
// `event` gives us access to original DOM event
}
}
})
// you can invoke methods in JavaScript too
vm.greet('Developers') // -> 'Hello Developers this is Vue.js!'
<button @click="greet('Developers', $event)">Greet</button>
Vue.js – Features
<!-- the click event's propagation will be stopped -->
<a v-on:click.stop="doThis"></a>
<!-- the submit event will no longer reload the page -->
<form v-on:submit.prevent="onSubmit"></form>
<!-- modifiers can be chained -->
<a @click.stop.prevent="doThat">
<!-- just the modifier -->
<form v-on:submit.prevent></form>
<!-- only trigger handler if event.target is the element itself -->
<!-- i.e. not from a child element -->
<div @click.self="doThat">...</div>
<!-- Support for key aliases as modifiers -->
<input @keyup.enter="submit">
<!-- List of aliases: enter, tab, delete ,esc, space, up, down, left, right;
or create your own with Vue.directive('on').keyCodes.f1 = 112 -->
Vue.js – Components
<div id="example">
<my-component></my-component>
</div>
// define
var MyComponent = Vue.extend({
template: '<div>A component!</div>'
})
// register globally
Vue.component('my-component', MyComponent)
// create a root instance
new Vue({
el: '#example'
})
<!-- Which will render -->
<div id="example">
<div>A component!</div>
</div>
Vue.js – Components
var Child = Vue.extend({ /* ... */ })
var Parent = Vue.extend({
template: '...',
components: {
// <my-component> will only be available in Parent's template
'my-component': Child
}
})
Vue.js – Components
Vue.component('child', {
// declare the props
props: ['myProp'],
// the prop can be used inside templates, and will also
// be set as `this.msg`
template: '<span>{{ myProp }}</span>'
})
<child my-prop="hello!"></child>
<!-- The prop will be passed as string -->
Remember: When using camelCased prop names as attributes, you need to use their kebab-case equivalents.
Vue.js – Components
<div>
<child :my-value="obj"></child>
</div>
var Parent = Vue.extend({
template: '...',
components: {
Child
},
data: function () {
return {
obj: { name: 'Vue', ext: 'JS' }
}
}
})
This will pass the whole object as prop.
Vue.js – Components
Vue.component('example', {
props: {
// basic type check (`null` means accept any type)
propA: Number,
// a required string
propB: {
type: String,
required: true
},
// a number with default value
propC: {
type: Number,
default: 100
},
// object/array defaults should be returned from a
// factory function
propD: {
type: Object,
default: function () {
return { msg: 'hello' }
}}}}
Vue.js – Components
Vue.component('example', {
props: {
// indicate this prop expects a two-way binding. will
// raise a warning if binding type does not match.
propE: {
twoWay: true
},
// custom validator function
propF: {
validator: function (value) {
return value > 10
}
},
// coerce function (new in 1.0.12)
// cast the value before setting it on the component
propG: {
coerce: function (val) {
return val + '' // cast the value to string
}
}
}
Vue.js – Components
<!-- Component template -->
<div>
<h1>This is my component!</h1>
<slot>
This will only be displayed if there is no content
to be distributed.
</slot>
</div>
<!-- Parent template -->
<my-component>
<p>This is some original content</p>
<p>This is some more original content</p>
</my-component>
<!-- Rendered result -->
<div>
<h1>This is my component!</h1>
<p>This is some original content</p>
<p>This is some more original content</p>
</div>
(like transclusion in angularJS)
Vue.js – Components
<!-- Component template -->
<div>
<slot name="one"></slot>
<slot></slot>
<slot name="two"></slot>
</div>
<!-- Parent template -->
<multi-insertion>
<p slot="one">One</p>
<p slot="two">Two</p>
<p>Default A</p>
</multi-insertion>
<!-- Rendered result -->
<div>
<p slot="one">One</p>
<p>Default A</p>
<p slot="two">Two</p>
</div>
Vue.js – Components
new Vue({
el: 'body',
data: {
currentView: 'home'
},
components: {
home: { /* ... */ },
posts: { /* ... */ },
archive: { /* ... */ }
}
})
<component :is="currentView">
<!-- component changes when vm.currentview changes! -->
</component>
Vue.js – Components
<component :is="currentView" keep-alive>
<!-- inactive components will be cached! -->
</component>
Vue.component('activate-example', {
activate: function (done) {
var self = this
loadDataAsync(function (data) {
self.someData = data
done()
})
}
})
keep-alive
activate hook
Runs each time a component is dynamicaly swaped and at time of the inital render
transition-mode:
in-out
out-in
new in, then old out
old out, then new in
Vue.js – Components
<!-- {{ msg }} will be compiled
using the parent’s scope -->
<child-component>
{{ msg }}
</child-component>
Everything in the parent template is compiled in parent scope; everything in the child template is compiled in child scope.
Vue.js – Mixins
// define a mixin object
var myMixin = {
created: function () {
this.hello()
},
methods: {
hello: function () {
console.log('hello from mixin!')
}
}
}
// define a component that uses this mixin
var Component = Vue.extend({
mixins: [myMixin]
})
var component = new Component() // -> "hello from mixin!"
Vue.js – Mixins
var mixin = {
created: function () {
console.log('mixin hook called')
}
}
new Vue({
mixins: [mixin],
created: function () {
console.log('component hook called')
}
})
// -> "mixin hook called"
// -> "component hook called"
Vue.js – Mixins
var mixin = {
methods: {
foo: function () {
console.log('foo')
},
conflicting: function () {
console.log('from mixin')
}
}
}
var vm = new Vue({
mixins: [mixin],
methods: {
bar: function () {
console.log('bar')
},
conflicting: function () {
console.log('from self')
}
}
})
vm.foo() // -> "foo"
vm.bar() // -> "bar"
vm.conflicting() // -> "from self"
Vue.js – Plugins
import Vue from 'vue'
import Router from 'vue-router'
import App from './app.vue'
import ViewA from './view-a.vue'
import ViewB from './view-b.vue'
Vue.use(Router)
const router = new Router()
router.map({
'/a': { component: ViewA },
'/b': { component: ViewB }
})
router.start(App, '#app')
<div>
<h1>This is the layout that won't change</h1>
<router-view><!-- matched component renders here --></router-view>
</div>
Vue.js – Plugins
import Vuex from 'vuex'
const state = {
counter: 0
}
const mutations = {
INCREMENT (state) {
state.counter++
}
}
export default new Vuex.Store({
state,
mutations
})
store.dispatch('INCREMENT')
console.log(store.state.count) // -> 1
Vue.js – Plugins
Vue.js – Plugins
Vue.js – Plugins
Vue.js – Mixins
Simpler API and design.
Less opinionated, easier to combine with other libraries.
One-way data binding. Supports explicit two-way bindings.
Better performance and easier to optimize.
Complex API, hard to master.
Very opinionated, requires doing things angular-way.
Two-way bindings. Explicit one-way bindings (1.3+).
Dirty-checking. Nuff said.
Vue.js – Mixins
Components and directives
Template bindings (ng-if, ng-repeat vs v-if, v-for)
Concepts naming i.e. scope, watcher, directive, filters
Vue.js – Mixins
DOM with references to real nodes.
Clean separation of HTML & JS. Easier to visually think about designs.
Prefers mutating state
Virtual DOM, rerender and patch DOM on every update.
Puts HTML inside JS. Easy to leak lots of logic inside render function.
Prefers immutable state
Vue.js – Mixins
Works on real DOM
Easy support for popular preprocessors for HTML, JS, CSS
Friendly for newcomers and easier to get productive fast
Actually more fun!
Tricky to perform DOM
manipulations
More Everything-in-JS approach
Due to functional nature, steeper learning curve
More platform-agnostic
Vue.js – Mixins
Reactive and based on components
Just the View layer. Support for different state management solutions e.g. Flux/Redux. Vue also introduces Vuex and bindings for Redux (like revue)
Performant!
Vue.js
Vue.js
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Yes, this is a personal project. So if you are looking for an enterprise backed dev team, Vue is probably not the one. But I’d rather look at the numbers. Vue has maintained 100% test coverage on every single commit since the 0.11 rewrite, and that will continue. GitHub issues are closed within an average of 13 hours, and there has been 1400+ of them. As of this writing, there are literally zero open and reproducible bugs.
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