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Vue.js: Understanding its Tools and Ecosystem

You're reading from   Vue.js: Understanding its Tools and Ecosystem Take a crash course in the main concepts and syntax of the Vue.js library

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2019
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ISBN-13 9781800206625
Length 194 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dave Berning Dave Berning
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Backstop Media LLC Backstop Media LLC
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface
1. Getting Started with Vue.js 2. Scaffolding Projects With Vue CLI 3 FREE CHAPTER 3. Navigation with Vue Router 4. State Management with Vuex 5. Debugging With Vue DevTools 6. Server-Side Rendering with Nuxt.js 7. Static Site Generation with VuePress 8. Mobile App Development with NativeScript for Vue.js 9. Greater Control of JavaScript and Type Casting with TypeScript 10. The Future of Vue.js and Adoption Rates

Using Actions to Mutate the State

As of now, you have the data of the application stored in the state and read in the component’s view. Bue, what if you want to edit that data? Well, you can do so easily with something called, actions and mutations.

As stated before (eh, state? okay, moving on...) state management is confusing at first. Like everything, there is an “ah hah!” moment where everything makes perfect sense. One of the more difficult things to wrap your head around at first is, “Why have actions and mutations? I just want to edit the data directly”. That’s a good question. The reason for the additional steps is that you want your state and it’s mutations to be tracked. Meaning, you want every change to be intentional. It helps reduce errors and bugs as the application grows.

In short...your actions perform logic and sends the modified data (if applicable) to the mutation so the mutation can replace the state property with the...

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