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Frontend Development Projects with Vue.js 3 - Second Edition

By : Maya Shavin, Raymond Camden, Clifford Gurney, Hugo Di Francesco
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Book Image

Frontend Development Projects with Vue.js 3 - Second Edition

5 (2)
By: Maya Shavin, Raymond Camden, Clifford Gurney, Hugo Di Francesco

Overview of this book

Are you looking to use Vue.js 3 for building web apps but don't know where to begin? Frontend Development Projects with Vue.js 3 will help you get to grips with the core concepts of this JavaScript framework using practical examples that simulate real-world web projects. With this updated edition, you’ll experience all aspects of the new and improved Vue.js 3 as you work on mini projects such as a chat interface, a shopping cart, a price calculator, a to-do app, and a profile card generator for storing contact details. These realistic projects are presented as bite-size exercises that you can enjoy even as you challenge yourself. Throughout the book, you'll discover how to manage data in Vue components, define communication interfaces between components, and handle static and dynamic routing to control application flow. You'll also work with Vite and Vue DevTools and learn how to handle transition and animation effects for an engaging user experience. Finally, you’ll see how to test your app and deploy it to the web. By the end of this Vue.js book, you'll have the skills that enable you to work like an experienced Vue developer to build professional apps that can be used by others and have the confidence to tackle real-world frontend web development problems.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
1
Part 1: Introduction and Crash Course
5
Part 2: Building Your First Vue App
11
Part 3: Global State Management
14
Part 4: Testing and Application Deployment

Exploring JavaScript Hooks for transitions

To access the code file for this example, refer to https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Frontend-Development-Projects-with-Vue.js-3/tree/v2-edition/Chapter08/Example8.03

As we learned in the previous section, we can use custom transition classes to integrate external third-party CSS animation libraries for styling effects. However, there are external libraries that are JavaScript-based rather than CSS-based, such as Velocity.js or GSAP, which require Hooks to be set using JavaScript events and external animation handlers.

To use the Velocity.js or GSAP libraries in the Vue app, you need to install them separately by using the npm install or yarn add command, as follows:

  • To install Velocity.js, use these commands:
    npm install velocity-animate
    #Or
    yarn add velocity-animate
  • To install GSAP, use these commands:
    npm install gsap
    #or
    yarn add gsap

Being a Vue.js component means the transition component supports binding custom...