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Learning Vue.js 2

You're reading from   Learning Vue.js 2 Learn how to build amazing reactive web applications easily with Vue.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2016
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786469946
Length 334 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Olga Filipova Olga Filipova
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Preface 1. Going Shopping with Vue.js 2. Fundamentals – Installing and Using FREE CHAPTER 3. Components – Understanding and Using 4. Reactivity – Binding Data to Your Application 5. Vuex – Managing State in Your Application 6. Plugins – Building Your House with Your Own Bricks 7. Testing – Time to Test What We Have Done So Far! 8. Deploying – Time to Go Live! 9. What Is Next? A. Solutions to Exercises

What is Vuex?


As previously mentioned, Vuex is an application architecture for centralized state management. It was inspired by Flux and Redux, but it is a little bit easier to understand and to use:

Vuex architecture; the image is taken from the Vuex GitHub page at https://github.com/vuejs/vuex

Look in the mirror (do not forget to smile to yourself). You see a nice pretty human. However, there's a whole complex system inside it. What do you do when you feel cold? And how do you feel when it's hot? How does it feel to be hungry? And very hungry? And how does it feel to touch a fluffy cat? The human can be in various types of states (happy, hungry, smiley, angry, and so on). The human also has a lot of components, such as hands, arms, legs, stomach, face, and so on. Can you imagine how would it be if, let's say, a hand were able to directly influence your stomach, making you feel hungry, without your awareness?

The way we work is very similar to the centralized state management system. Our...

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