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Vue.js 2.x by Example

You're reading from   Vue.js 2.x by Example Example-driven guide to build web apps with Vue.js for beginners

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788293464
Length 412 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mike Street Mike Street
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Vue.js 2. Displaying, Looping, Searching, and Filtering Data FREE CHAPTER 3. Optimizing your App and Using Components to Display Data 4. Getting a List of Files Using the Dropbox API 5. Navigating through the File Tree and Loading Folders from the URL 6. Caching the Current Folder Structure Using Vuex 7. Pre-Caching Other Folders and Files for Faster Navigation 8. Introducing Vue-Router and Loading URL-Based Components 9. Using Vue-Router Dynamic Routes to Load Data 10. Building an E-Commerce Store – Browsing Products 11. Building an E-Commerce Store – Adding a Checkout 12. Using Vue Dev Tools and Testing Your SPA

Using the Vuex store for the folder path

The first step in using the Vue store for our global Dropbox path variable is to move the data object from the Vue instance to the Store, and rename it to state:

const store = new Vuex.Store({
state: {
path: ''
}
});

We also need to create a mutation to allow the path to be updated from the hash of the URL. Add a mutations object to the store and move the updateHash function from the Vue instance—don't forget to update the function to accept the store as the first parameter. Also, change the method so it updates state.path rather than this.path:

const store = new Vuex.Store({
state: {
path: ''
},
mutations: {
updateHash(state) {
let hash = window.location.hash.substring(1);
state.path = (hash || '');
}
}
});

By moving the path variable and mutation to the store, it makes...

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