Vue CLI 3 Quick Start Guide

Vue CLI is a standard tool for building VueJS applications using either a command line interface or a Graphical user interface. This book will walk you through examples that will help you gain hands-on experience of developing apps. You’ll learn to use a set of web utilities that simplify Vue.js development process with the Vue CLI 3.

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Build Vue apps the right way using Vue CLI 3. Understand how the building blocks of Vue CLI 3 work including npm, webpack, babel, eslint, plugins, GUI, testing, and SCSS. Import third-party libraries and maintain your project.

Key Features

Learn to work with Vue CLI 3 both on the command line and with a GUI
Manage VueJS apps, settings, Vue plugins, and third-party libraries
Learn how to build Vue apps from scratch using webpack, babel, ES6, vue-router, Jest, Cypress, SCSS, and Git

Book DescriptionThe sprawling landscape of various tools in JavaScript web development is becoming overwhelming. This book will show you how Vue CLI 3 can help you take back control of the tool chain. To that end, we'll begin by configuring webpack, utilizing HMR, and using single-file .vue components. We'll also use SCSS, ECMAScript, and TypeScript. We'll unit test with Jest and perform E2E testing with Cypress.

This book will show you how to configure Vue CLI as your default way of building Vue projects. You'll discover the reasons behind using webpack, babel, eslint, and other modern JavaScript toolchain technologies. You'll learn about the inner workings of each through the lens of Vue CLI 3. We'll explore the extendibility of Vue CLI with the built-in settings, and various core and third-party plugins.

Vue CLI helps you work with Vue components, routers, directives, and services in the Vue ecosystem. While learning these concepts, you'll examine the evolution of JavaScript. You'll learn about use of npm, IIFEs, modules in JavaScript, Common.js modules, task runners, npm scripts, module bundlers, and webpack. You'll get familiar with the reasons why Vue CLI 3 is set up the way it is. You'll also learn to perform linting with ESLint and Prettier.

Towards the end, we'll introduce you to working with styles and SCSS. Finally, we'll show you how to deploy your very own Vue project on Github Pages.

What you will learn

Work with nvm, install Node.js and npm, use Vue CLI 3 with no configuration, via the command line and the graphical user interface
Build a Vue project from scratch using npm and webpack, and learn about hot module replacement
Work with Babel settings, configurations, and presets
Work with Vue plugins, including testing plugins such as Jest and Cypress
Write, run, and watch unit and E2E tests using TDD assertions in the red-green-refactor cycle
Work with Vue router and use, nested, lazy-loading, and dynamic routes
Add SCSS to your projects and work with third-party Vue plugins
Deploy your Vue apps to Github Pages

Who this book is forThis book is for existing web developers and developers who are new to web development. You must be familiar with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript programming. Basic knowledge of the command line will be helpful but is not necessary.