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Front-End Development Projects with Vue.js

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

Front-End Development Projects with Vue.js

By: Raymond Camden, Hugo Di Francesco, Clifford Gurney, Philip Kirkbride, Maya Shavin

Overview of this book

Are you looking to use Vue 2 for web applications, but don't know where to begin? Front-End Development Projects with Vue.js will help build your development toolkit and get ready to tackle real-world web projects. You'll get to grips with the core concepts of this JavaScript framework with practical examples and activities. Through the use-cases in this book, you'll discover how to handle data in Vue components, define communication interfaces between components, and handle static and dynamic routing to control application flow. You'll get to grips with Vue CLI and Vue DevTools, and learn how to handle transition and animation effects to create an engaging user experience. In chapters on testing and deploying to the web, you'll gain the skills to start working like an experienced Vue developer and build professional apps that can be used by other people. You'll work on realistic projects that are presented as bitesize exercises and activities, allowing you to challenge yourself in an enjoyable and attainable way. These mini projects include a chat interface, a shopping cart and price calculator, a to-do app, and a profile card generator for storing contact details. By the end of this book, you'll have the confidence to handle any web development project and tackle real-world front-end development problems.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Preface

Vue.js DevTools

Vue.js DevTools is a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox, and an Electron desktop app that can be run from your computer to help you debug locally run Vue.js projects. These tools do not work in production or remotely run projects (for example, if you serve a production-built project or view a website online). You can download the Vue.js DevTools extension from the Chrome extension page, as seen in the following screenshot:

Figure 3.26: The Vue.js DevTools Chrome extension page

You can also download the Vue.js DevTools extension from Firefox (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vue-js-devtools/):

Figure 3.27: The Vue.js DevTools Firefox extension page

The DevTools are a Vue developer's best friend as they will reveal useful information inside of the browser's developer console that you normally would not see. This includes Vue component loading performance and tracking various events that are...