Vue.js is an open-source progressive framework for building user interfaces that focuses on the view layer. It has a virtual DOM and reactive components. Its core is small and works well with companion libraries. Single file components allow importing of templates, logic, and styles. Popular companion libraries include Vuex for state management and Vue Router for routing. The Vue CLI makes it easy to scaffold Vue projects with features like routing, lazy loading, and preloading for improved performance.

1. Love at first Vue
* Vue (pronounced /vjuː/, like view)
*

2. So What’s Vue.js?

3. SO WHAT’S VUE.JS
It's a Open-source progressive framework for building user interfaces.
Its focused on the view layer only.
It has a Virtual DOM and composable, reactive components.
Its core is small and works well with companion libraries for routing, global state, and HTTP requests.
It's light, fast, and flexible.
First release Feb. 2014
2.0 release (stable) in Oct. 2016
~45.9k stars on Github
~ 410,497 downloads in the last month (npm only)

4. Small learning curve and semantic
Pre-processor agnostic (Jade/Pug, Scss, Stylus)
Server Side Rendering
Stable, maintaned and tested

5. Single File Vue Components
● Imported as ES6 module.
● Collocation of Template, Logic and Style.
● Use what you already know:
HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
● Component-scoped CSS
(no conflicts)
<template lang="pug">
.my-component
h1 {{ msg }}
other-component
</template>
<script>
import OtherComponent from './OtherComponent.vue'
export default {
components: { OtherComponent },
data () {
return {
msg: 'Hello Vue.js'
}
}
}
</script>
<style lang="stylus" scoped>
font-stack = Helvetica, sans-serif
primary-color = #333
.my-component
color primary-color
font-family font-stack
</style>

6. Ecosystem

7. ECOSYSTEM
vuex (state management)
vue-resource (HTTP requests)
vue-router (routing)
vue-cli (command line scaffolding)
vue-devtools (chrome devtools extension for debugging)
awesome-vue (list of awesome things related to Vue.js)

8. Getting Started

9. GETTING STARTED
The easiest way to try out Vue.js is using the Codepen example.
Feel free to fork it and follow along as we go through some basic examples.
Or, you can simply create an .html file and include Vue with:
<script src="//unpkg.com/vue"></script>

10. Getting started
Vue-cli
A simple CLI for scaffolding Vue.js projects.
$ npm i -g vue-cli # Install vue-cli if you haven't already
$ vue init daliborgogic/vue-simple-boilerplate # Create a new project based on this template
$ cd vue-simple-boilerplate # Navigate into your new project folder
$ npm i -g live-server # Install live-server if you haven't already
$ live-server # Run live-server and open it in your browser
Fork It And Make Your Own
You can fork this repo to create your own boilerplate, and use it with vue-cli:
$ vue init username/repo my-project

11. Getting started
Declarative Rendering
HTML
<div id="app">
{{ message }}
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
message: 'Welcome!'
}
})

12. Getting started
Binding
HTML
<div id="app">
<span v-bind:title="message">
Hover your mouse over me for a few seconds to see my dynamically bound title!
</span>
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
message: 'You loaded this page on ' + new Date()
}
})
The v-bind attribute is called a directive.
Directives are prefixed with v-.
They apply special reactive behavior to the rendered DOM.

13. Getting started
Conditionals
HTML
<div id="app">
<p v-if="seen">Now you see me</p>
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
seen: true
}
})
We can bind data to not only text and attributes, but also the structure of the DOM.

14. Getting started
Loops
HTML
<div id="app">
<ol>
<li v-for="todo in todos">
{{ todo.text }}
</li>
</ol>
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
todos: [
{ text: 'Learn JavaScript' },
{ text: 'Learn Vue' },
{ text: 'Build something awesome' }
]
}
})

15. Getting started
Handling User Input
To let users interact with your app, we can use the
v-on directive to attach event listeners that invoke
methods on our Vue instances:
Note in the method we simply update the state of
our app without touching the DOM - all DOM
manipulations are handled by Vue.
HTML
<div id="app">
<p>{{ message }}</p>
<button v-on:click="reverseMessage">Reverse Message</button>
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
message: 'Hello Vue.js!'
},
methods: {
reverseMessage: function () {
this.message = this.message.split('').reverse().join('')
}
}
})

16. Getting started
Two-way binding
HTML
<div id="app">
<p>{{ message }}</p>
<input v-model="message">
</div>
JS
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
message: 'Hello Vue.js!'
}
})

17. Getting started
Components
allows us to build large-scale applications composed of small,
Self-contained and often reusable components.
A component is essentially a Vue instance with pre-defined options.
Registering a component in Vue is straightforward:
JS
Vue.component('todo-item', {
template: '<li>This is a todo</li>'
})
Now you can compose it in another component’s template:
HTML
<ol>
<todo-item></todo-item>
</ol>

18. Getting started
But this would render the same text for every todo.
We should be able to pass data from the parent scope into child components.
Let’s modify the component definition to make it accept a prop:
JS
Vue.component('todo-item', {
props: ['todo'],
template: '<li>{{ todo.text }}</li>'
})

19. Getting started
Now we can pass the todo into each repeated component using v-bind:
HTML
<div id="app">
<ol>
<todo-item v-for="item in groceryList" v-bind:todo="item"></todo-item>
</ol>
</div>
JS
Vue.component('todo-item', {
props: ['todo'],
template: '<li>{{ todo.text }}</li>'
})
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
groceryList: [
{ text: 'Vegetables' },
{ text: 'Cheese' },
{ text: 'Whatever else humans are supposed to eat' }
]
}
})

20. Getting started
TODO list example
HTML
<div id="todo">
<input type="text" placeholder="Add new task" @keyup.enter="addItem"/>
<ul>
<li v-for="item in items">
<span :class="{'done': item.done}">{{item.text}}</span>
<button @click="toggleItem(item)">{{item.done ? 'Not done': 'Done'}}</button>
<button @click="deleteItem(item)">Delete</button>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
JS
new Vue ({
el: '#todo',
data: {
items: []
},
methods: {
addItem (e) {
this.items.push({
text: e.target.value,
done: false
})
e.target.value = ''
},
toggleItem (item) {
item.done = !item.done
},
deleteItem (item) {
this.items.splice(this.items.indexOf(item), 1)
}
}
})
CSS
.done {
text-decoration: line-thorough;
}

21. Routing
Single Page Application (SPA)
1. Entire app loaded on a single page
2. No page reload on UI navigation
3. Dynamically update UI with ajax-fetched data

22. Dynamic page-level component
// routes templates
const NotFound = {template: '<p>404</p>'}
const Home = {template: '<p>Home page</p>'}
const About = {template: '<p>About page</p>'}
// routes mapping
let routes = {
'/': Home,
'/about': About
}
// vue instance
new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
currentRoute: window.location.pathname
},
computed: {
ViewComponent () {
return routes[this.currentRoute] || Notound
}
},
render (h) {
return h(this.ViewComponent)
}
})

23. Vue Router
1. Dynamic route matching (patterns)
2. HTML5 history API (states)
3. Lazy-loading (async components)
4. Nested routes
5. Navigation guards (authentication, preloading...)

24. Vue CLI
The simplest possible Vue setup in a single HTML file
$ npm i -g vue-cli # Install vue-cli if you haven't already
$ vue init simple # Create a new project based on this template
$ cd simple # Navigate into your new project folder
$ npm i -g live-server # Install live-server if you haven't already
$ live-server # Run live-server and open it in your browser
Current available templates include:
webpack - A full-featured Webpack + vue-loader setup with hot reload, linting, testing & css extraction.
webpack-simple - A simple Webpack + vue-loader setup for quick prototyping.
browserify - A full-featured Browserify + vueify setup with hot-reload, linting & unit testing.
browserify-simple - A simple Browserify + vueify setup for quick prototyping.
simple - Vue setup in a single HTML file

25. VUE CLI
Vue router and preloading example
$ npm i -g vue-cli
$ vue init webpack-simple app
$ cd app
$ npm i
$ npm run dev
app
/node_modules
/src
/assets
Logo.png
App.vue
Main.js
.babelrc
index.html
package.json
README.md
webpack.config.js

26. Webpack simple
$ npm i vue-router -S
App.vue
<template lang="pug">
#app
//- caches the inactive component instances withouth destroying them
keep-alive
//- render current route template
router-view
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'app'
}
</script>

27. main.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
import App from './App.vue'
Vue.use(VueRouter)
const Home = resolve => require(['./views/Home.vue'], resolve)
const About = resolve => require(['./views/About.vue'], resolve)
const NotFound = resolve => require(['./views/NotFound.vue'], resolve)
const router = new VueRouter({
mode: 'history',
routes: [
{path: '/', component: Home},
{path: '/about/:name?', component: About},
{path: '*', component: NotFound}
]
})
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
router,
render: h => h(App)
})

28. Router mode
● Hash - uses the URL hash for routing (hashbang urls /#!/)
● History - uses HTML5 History API (semantic urls)
● Abstract - servre-side with Node.js (all javascript environments)
Server config - nginx
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ index.html
}

29. Lazy Loading Routes
Async components to only load them when the route is visited:
const Foo = resolve => require([‘./Foo.vue’], resolve)
const Foo = () => System.import(‘./Foo.vue’)
Built-in Component
Caches inactive components withouth destroy them:
<keep-alive></keep-alive>
$ npm i vuex -S
$ npm i vuex-router-sync@next -S

30. store.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuex from 'vuex'
Vue.use(Vuex)
const state = {
isPreloading: false
}
const mutations = {
beginPreload (state) {
state.isPreloading = true
},
endPreload (state) {
state.isPreloading = false
}
}
const actions = {
beginPreload: ({commit}) => commit('beginPreload'),
endPreload: ({commit}) => commit('endPreload')
}
const getters = {
isPreloading: state => state.isPreloading
}
export default new Vuex.Store({
state,
getters,
actions,
mutations
})

31. preloader.vue
<template lang="pug">
.preloader(:class="{'hidden': !this.$store.getters.isPreloading}") Loading...
</template>
<style scoped>
.preloader {
...
opacity: 1;
visibility: visible;
}
.preloader.hidden {
opacity: 0;
visibility: hidden;
}
</style>

32. App.vue
<template lang="pug">
#app
navigation
preloader
keep-alive
router-view
</template>
<script>
import Navigation from './partials/Nav.vue'
import Preloader from './partials/Preloader.vue'
export default {
name: 'app',
components: {Navigation, Preloader}
}
</script>

33. main.js
...
import store from './store'
import {sync} from 'vuex-router-sync'
const router = new VueRouter({
...
{
path: '/about/:name?',
component: About,
meta: {
preload: true
}
}
...
})
router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
if (to.matched.some(m => m.meta.preload)) {
store.dispatch('beginPreload')
next()
} else {
store.dispatch('endPreload')
next()
}
})
sync(store, router)
const app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
router,
store,
render: h => h(App)
})

34. Navigation Guards
Guard navigations either by redirecting it or canceling it:
globally / per-route / in-component
router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {})
router.afterEach((to, from, next) => {})
● to: Route : the target Route Object being navigated to.
● from: Route : the current route being navigated away from.
● next: Function : this function must be called to resolve the hook.

35. Route Meta Fields
Attach abstract information to each route:
● Authentication
● Preloading
● Authorized Referrer
meta: { requiresAuth: true }
router.beforeEach((to, from, next) => {
if (to.matched.some(record => record.meta.requiresAuth)) {
// this route requires auth, check if logged in
// if not, redirect to login page.
if (!auth.loggedIn()) {
next({
path: '/login',
query: { redirect: to.fullPath }
})
} else {
next()
}
} else {
next() // make sure to always call next()
}
})

36. About.vue
<template lang="pug">
div
h1 About {{name}}
</template>
<script>
export default {
name: 'about',
computed: {
name () {
return this.$route.params.name || 'anonymous'
}
},
activated () {
setTimeout(() => {
this.$nextTick(() => {
this.$store.dispatch('endPreload')
})
}, 3000)
}
}
</script>
Github:
https://github.com/daliborgogic/vue-routing-preloading

37. Thanks!