CategoryVue

August 31, 2020 — Vue Router is the official router for Vue that is mostly used for creating multiple pages living on different routes (/home, /profile) in your application but has some features that some people do not know about. In this tutorial, Timi Omoyeni is going to show you some amazing features the Vue Router has and how we can make use of them in our app. You can find all the code used in this article on GitHub. If you are interested in doing more with the router, you’ll benefit from this tutorial. Read more…

July 21, 2020 — Electron is an open-source software framework developed and maintained by GitHub. It allows for the development of desktop GUI applications using web technologies. In this tutorial, Timi Omoyeni explains what you need to keep in mind when building a desktop application with Vue.js using the Vue CLI Plugin Electron Builder. Read more…

July 20, 2020 — In this article, Kelvin Omereshone is going to be looking at how to use Chakra UI and NuxtJS in building accessible front-end applications. In order to follow along, you should be familiar with using the progressive front-end framework Vue.js with Nuxt. If not, see the Vue.js and NuxtJS docs to get started. In order to make the web more accessible, there are a couple of best practices and standards that you will have to implement in your applications. Learning to implement these standards can seem like a daunting task when you factor in project deadlines and other constraints that you have to work with as a developer. Read more…

July 10, 2020 — Transitions are a nice way to remove, change, or update data in an application because their occurrence adds a nice effect and is good for the user experience. In this tutorial, Timi Omoyeni will look at the different ways to apply transitions in both Vue.js and Nuxt.js applications. Using these transitions in your applications and websites create a better visual experience and sometimes draws and holds the user’s attention while a piece of information is being introduced to or leaving the screen. Read more…

July 8, 2020 — Tauri is a toolchain for creating small, fast, and secure desktop apps from your existing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. In this article, Kelvin explains how Tauri plays well with the progressive framework Vue.js by integrating both technologies in bundling an example web app called nota as a native application. Read more…

June 12, 2020 — Adding Internationalization to your Vue.js application has a lot of use cases and in this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to do this with the Vue I18n plugin and how to set it up in our application. Read more…

May 26, 2020 — Axios is a promise-based HTTP client that works in the browser and Node.js environment or, in simpler terms, it is a tool for making requests in client-side applications and Node.js environment. In this tutorial, Timi Omoyeni will learn how to make a request in our Nuxt.js applications using the Axios module. You will also learn how to use the ayncData and fetch methods to fetch data on the server-side using Axios and the differences between the two methods. Finally, you will learn how to add authentication to our application using the Auth module. Read more…

May 8, 2020 — This tutorial would take you on a step by step guide to build a functional survey app using Vue.js and Firebase. From validating the user’s data through Vuelidate, to authentication, storing the user’s data, route protection and sending data to Firebase servers. All the steps used in the tutorial are practical, and can be reproduced in any real-life project, even with a custom backend. Read more…

April 30, 2020 — Mirage JS borrowed some terms and concepts which are very much familiar to back-end developers, however, since the library would be used mostly by front-end teams, it’s appropriate to learn what these terms and concepts are. In this first part of the Mirage JS Deep Dive series, Kelvin Omereshone will be looking at Mirage JS models and associations. He’ll take a closer look at what they are and the roles they play in crafting out production-ready frontend without an actual backend with Mirage JS. Read more…

April 27, 2020 — Developers often worry about the SEO of their SPAs (Single Page Applications) and how well they would do on Google searches (blogs, portfolio websites, product websites, and so on). Sometimes, they also worry about how complex building a server-side rendered application might be. In this tutorial, we’re going to learn how to create server-side rendered applications by using Nuxt.js, how to configure your application for development, and how to deploy to Heroku. Read more…