Hello fellow developers! 👋 I hope you're doing excellent today! As an experienced Senior Full Stack developer, I've tried a vast array of technologies over my career. And let me tell you, Vue.js is one of those tools that continuously impresses me due to its simplicity and power. So, today we'll go through a short step-by-step guide to help you start your journey with this sophistically simple JS framework. 🚀
🛠️ Step 1: Setting Up Your Environment
We begin with setting up our environment. Installing Vue.js is a breeze. There are two simple ways to do this:
- You can add it directly to your HTML using the
<script>tag, or - You can install via NPM, a package manager for the JavaScript programming language.
To keep things neat, we'll follow the second path. Open your terminal and type in the following command:
npm init vue@latest
Fire up this command, and NPM will do the rest for you! 🚀 Just follow the flow.
🌱 Step 2: Creating a Vue Instance
Great job! You've made it to the next step. With Vue.js correctly installed, it's now time to create your first Vue instance. This instance is essentially the heart of every Vue application.
Now, quickly create a new file app.js and add the following code:
import { createApp } from 'vue'
const app = createApp({
/* root component options */
}).mount('#app')
This is a fundamental example of Vue.js, but trust me, the framework goes way deeper, and the things you can do with it are simply amazing. 😊
In the code above we created a new application instance using the createApp function. Then the function accepts an options onbject that will be our app root component.
So, that's it! You've taken your first steps into Vue.js. Keep exploring and building! The sky's the limit when it comes to what you can do with Vue.js.
For further reading into Vue.js, check out this Vue.js guide on the official Vue.js docs. Remember, technology evolves quickly, so some links might become outdated over time. Happy coding! 🚀
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