vue

It's a common situation: you have two components that are pretty similar, they share the same basic functionality, but there's enough that's different about each of them that you come to a crossroads: do I split this component into two different components? Or do I keep one component, but create enough variance with props that I can alter each one?

Neither of these solutions is perfect: if you split it into two components, you run the risk of having to update it in two places if the functionality ever changes, defeating DRY premises. On the other hand, too many props can get really messy very quickly, and force the maintainer, even if it's yourself, to understand a lot of context in order to use it, which can slow you down.

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Filters are an interesting way to deal with data rendering in Vue but are only useful in a small amount of cases. The first thing to understand about filters is that they aren't replacements for methods, computed values, or watchers, because filters don't transform the data, just the output that the user sees. As of Vue 2.0, there are no built-in filters, we need to construct them ourselves.

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When you're initially learning a JavaScript framework, it feels a little like being a kid in a candy store. You take in everything available to you, and right off the bat, there are things that will make your life as a developer easier. Inevitably though, we all reach a point working with a framework where we have a use-case that the framework doesn't cover very well.

The beautiful thing about Vue is that it's incredibly feature-rich. But even if you have an edge case not covered by the framework, it's got your back there as well, because you can quite easily create a custom directive.

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This is the fifth part in a five-part series about the JavaScript framework, Vue.js. In this last part of the series, we'll cover Animations (if you know me at all, you probably knew this was coming). This is not intended to be a complete guide, but rather an overview of the basics to get you up and running so you can get to know Vue.js and understand what the framework has to offer.

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This is the fourth part in a five-part series about the JavaScript framework, Vue.js. In this part, we'll cover Vuex for state management. This is not intended to be a complete guide, but rather an overview of the basics to get you up and running so you can get to know Vue.js and understand what the framework has to offer.

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This is the third part in a five-part series about the JavaScript framework, Vue.js. We'll cover Vue-cli, and talk a little more about real-life development processes. (more…)

This is the second part in a five-part series about the JavaScript framework, Vue.js. In this part, we'll go over Components, Props, and Slots. This is not intended to be a complete guide, but rather an overview of the basics to get you up and running so you can get to know Vue.js and understand what the framework has to offer.

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If I was going to sum up my experiences with Vue in a sentence, I’d probably say something like "it's just so reasonable" or "It gives me the tools I want when I want them, and never gets in my way". Again and again when learning Vue, I smiled to myself. It just made sense, elegantly. This is my own introductory take on Vue. It's the article I wish I had when I was first learning Vue. If you'd like a more non-partisan approach, please visit Vue's very well thought out and easy to follow Guide.