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Vue.js 3 for Beginners

You're reading from   Vue.js 3 for Beginners Learn the essentials of Vue.js 3 and its ecosystem to build modern web applications

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805126775
Length 302 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with Vue.js
2. Chapter 1: Exploring the Book’s Layout and Companion App FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The Foundation of Vue.js 4. Part 2: Understanding the Core Features of Vue.js
5. Chapter 3: Making Our HTML Dynamic 6. Chapter 4: Utilizing Vue’s Built-In Directives for Effortless Development 7. Chapter 5: Leveraging Computed Properties and Methods in Vue.js 8. Chapter 6: Event and Data Handling in Vue.js 9. Chapter 7: Handling API Data and Managing Async Components with Vue.js 10. Part 3: Expanding Your Knowledge with Vue.js and Its Core Libraries
11. Chapter 8: Testing Your App with Vitest and Cypress 12. Chapter 9: Introduction to Advanced Vue.js Techniques – Slots, Lifecycle, and Template Refs 13. Chapter 10: Handling Routing with Vue Router 14. Chapter 11: Managing Your Application’s State with Pinia 15. Chapter 12: Achieving Client-Side Validation with VeeValidate 16. Part 4: Conclusion and Further Resources
17. Chapter 13: Unveiling Application Issues with the Vue Devtools 18. Chapter 14: Advanced Resources for Future Reading 19. Index 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Accessing components elements with Template Refs

In this section, we are going to improve the control of our components by learning how to access the DOM element.

When I first started to learn about Vue.js, I was astonished by how much could be accomplished without the need to access DOM elements. The Vue.js engine is structured in a way that we can accomplish all basic operations with the use of props, data, methods, and computed properties.

Just like everything else, there are times when we may need some extra control, and this can be achieved with the use of Template Ref. Using this feature exposes the DOM element in which the Ref was defined. This would be the same as using querySelector or getElementById offered by vanilla JavaScript.

Same Refs different usage

You may be wondering why we are learning about Refs if we already learned about it at the start of the book to define the private properties of a component. Well, this Refs is different. It is defined with the...

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