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Vue.js 3 By Example

You're reading from   Vue.js 3 By Example Blueprints to learn Vue web development, full-stack development, and cross-platform development quickly

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838826345
Length 320 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Creating Your First Application in Vue 3 2. Chapter 2: Building a Vue 3 Progressive Web App FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Building a Slider Puzzle Game with Tests 4. Chapter 4: Building a Photo Management Desktop App 5. Chapter 5: Building a Multipurpose Calculator Mobile App with Ionic 6. Chapter 6: Building a Vacation Booking App with the PrimeVue UI Framework 7. Chapter 7: Creating a Shopping Cart System with GraphQL 8. Chapter 8: Building a Chat App with Vue 3, Laravel, and Socket.IO 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Understanding components

Components can only have so much inside them. They take props from the parent component, so we can customize their behavior. Additionally, they can have computed properties and watchers to watch for reactive properties and return the data or do the things we want them to do. They can also have methods that allow us to do specific things with them. Components should be simple; that is, they should not have too much going on inside them. Templates should only have a few elements and components inside them in order to keep them simple. Components also have some built-in directives for us to manipulate the Document Object Model (DOM) and carry out data binding.

Other than that, components cannot do much. It would be impossible to build anything with non-trivial complexity if we only have a few components and no way to navigate with URLs.

If our app only has components, then we can only nest a few of them before it gets too complex. Additionally, if we have...

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