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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

Starting Your First Vue Project

In this chapter, you will learn about the key concepts and benefits of Vue.js (Vue), how to set up the project architecture using the terminal (or command line), and how to create a simple Vue component with local data following the component fundamentals.

This chapter will cover the following topics:

  • Understanding Vue as a framework
  • Setting up a Vite-powered Vue application
  • Exploring data properties as a local state
  • Writing components with <script setup>
  • Understanding Vue directives
  • Enabling two-way binding using v-model
  • Understanding data iteration with v-for
  • Exploring methods
  • Understanding component lifecycle hooks
  • Styling components
  • Understanding CSS modules

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to describe the fundamentals of Vue lifecycle hooks and expressions and use various styling approaches and HTML syntax flavors to control the HTML template competently.