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Vue.js Quick Start Guide

You're reading from   Vue.js Quick Start Guide Learn how to build amazing and complex reactive web applications easily using Vue.js

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789344103
Length 186 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ajdin Imsirovic Ajdin Imsirovic
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Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introducing Vue 2. Basic Concepts of Vue 2 FREE CHAPTER 3. Working with Vue-CLI, Components, Props, and Slots 4. Filters and Mixins 5. Making Your Own Directives and Plugins 6. Transitions and Animations 7. Using Vuex 8. Using Nuxt.js and Vue-Router 9. Other Books You May Enjoy

Installing Nuxt.js and previewing the default project


To serve different routes, in the background Nuxt.js uses Vue-router. To keep things simple, we'll focus on using Nuxt.js.

There are a few ways to get started with Nuxt.js. One option is via the vue init command. Another one is with a practice that is common, which is the create-nuxt-app command, similar to create-elm-app or create-react-app.

Installing Nuxt.js with the vue init command

Let's begin by finding a location on our drive to save our new Nuxt app, and then use the vue init command to create it:

vue init nuxt-community/stater-template chapter8

Running this command without vue init being installed might return the following message in the console:

Command vue init requires a global addon to be installed. 
Please run yarn global add @vue/cli-init and try again.

Hence, to rectify the issue, simply run this:

yarn global add @vue/cli-init

This will take some time, but ultimately we'll end up being able to run the vue init command: 

vue init...
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