Vue.js

In the ever-evolving web development landscape, Vue.js stands out with its intuitive design and progressive framework, empowering developers to create interactive and dynamic web applications. This book will help you stay in the forefront of modern web technologies by mastering Vue.js through hands-on projects and practical applications.

Building Real-World Web Applications with Vue.js 3 is your guide to exploring the core concepts of Vue.js, setting up your development environment, and creating your first Vue.js application. You’ll progress by building a recipe app using Vuetify, followed by leveraging data visualization to create a fitness tracker featuring dynamic dashboards using external databases and Vue-ChartJS. You'll then get to grips with multiplatform development with Quasar to deploy your app.

As you develop an interactive quiz app, you’ll be introduced to server-side logic with Nuxt.js, WebSockets for real-time communication, and client-server differentiation. Additionally, you’ll study experimental object recognition using TensorFlow, leveraging machine learning and camera input, and conclude by creating a portfolio website with Nuxt and Storyblok.

By the end of this book, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to create your own Vue.js applications and build a portfolio to showcase your Vue.js skills to potential employers.

What you will learn

• Master VueJS fundamentals and best practices
• Build real-world applications and create a portfolio
• Use VueRouter and manage state with Pinia
• Implement Vuetify for rapid UI development
• Develop multiplatform apps with Quasar Framework
• Create interactive quizzes using WebSocket connections
• Apply TensorFlow for object recognition
• Build a portfolio website with Nuxt and Storyblok CMS

Who this book is for

This book is for aspiring Vue.js developers eager to dive into practical projects. Whether you're just starting your Vue.js journey or have basic knowledge of JavaScript and web technologies, this book is a valuable resource, taking a hands-on approach to establishing a solid foundation in Vue.js while working on a variety of real-world projects.

Learn the core concepts of Vue.js, the modern JavaScript framework for building frontend applications and interfaces from scratch. With concise, practical, and clear examples, this book takes web developers step-by-step through the tools and libraries in the Vue.js ecosystem and shows them how to create complete applications for real-world web projects.

Youâ??ll learn how to handle data communication between components with Pinia architecture, develop a manageable routing system for a frontend project to control the application flow, and produce basic animation effects to create a better user experience.

This book also shows you how to:

• Create reusable and lightweight component systems using Vue.js
• Bring reactivity to your existing static application
• Set up a project using Vite.js, a build tool for frontend project code management
• Build an interactive state management system for a frontend application with Pinia
• Connect external data from the server to your Vue application
• Control the application flow with static and dynamic routing using Vue Router
• Fully test your application using Vitest and Playwright

Testing Vue.js Applications is a comprehensive guide to testing Vue components, methods, events, and output. Author Edd Yerburgh, creator of the Vue testing utility, explains the best testing practices in Vue along with an evergreen methodology that applies to any web dev process.

Web pages are rich with data and graphics, and it's challenging to maintain a smooth and quick user experience. Vue.js in Action teaches you how to build a fast, flowing web UI with the Vue.js framework. As you move through the book, you'll put your skills to practice by building a complete web store application with product listings, a checkout process, and an administrative interface.

Get a brisk introduction to building fast, interactive single-page web applications with Vue.js, the popular JavaScript framework that organizes and simplifies web development. With this practical guide, you’ll quickly move from basics to custom components and advanced features—including JSX, the JavaScript syntax extension.

Author Callum Macrae shows you how to use the most useful libraries in the Vue ecosystem, such as vue-router for routing, vuex for state management, and vue-test-utils for testing. If you’re a frontend developer familiar with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, this book will show you how to develop a fully featured web application using Vue.

• Learn Vue.js basics, including its use of templates to display data on a page
• Set up Vue projects from scratch, or use vue-cli to set up from a template
• Create a maintainable codebase by splitting code into self-contained components
• Discover how Vue.js works with CSS to style your websites and applications
• Use render functions and JSX, rather than templates, to determine what Vue displays
• Control how code is executed and displayed with vue-router
• Manage state in one centralized place with the Vuex library
• Write unit tests to ensure your Vue components don’t break in the future