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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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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

Computed properties and methods

The usefulness of reactivity in Vue can be described in terms of the difference between computed properties and methods.

As we mentioned earlier, a Vue instance can have either computed properties, methods, or both computed properties and methods. So, what is the difference between the two?

Methods are simply run every time they are called. On the other hand, computed properties are cached, meaning they are only run when the underlying data model changes. This is often described in terms of computed property dependencies. Also, methods can have parameters, whereas computed properties cannot.

What exactly are these dependencies?

Consider this simple Vue app, available as a pen at this link...

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Vue.js Quick Start Guide
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Publisher: Packt
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