Learning Vue.js 2 oleh Olga Filipova

Key FeaturesLearn how to propagate DOM changes across the website without writing extensive jQuery callbacks code.Learn how to achieve reactivity and easily compose views with Vue.js and understand what it does behind the scenes.Explore the core features of Vue.js with small examples, learn how to build dynamic content into preexisting web applications, and build Vue.js applications from scratch.Book DescriptionVue.js is one of the latest new frameworks to have piqued the interest of web developers due to its reactivity, reusable components, and ease of use.This book shows developers how to leverage its features to build high-performing, reactive web interfaces with Vue.js. From the initial structuring to full deployment, this book provides step-by-step guidance to developing an interactive web interface from scratch with Vue.js.You will start by building a simple application in Vue.js which will let you observe its features in action. Delving into more complex concepts, you will learn about reactive data binding, reusable components, plugins, filters, and state management with Vuex. This book will also teach you how to bring reactivity to an existing static application using Vue.js. By the time you finish this book you will have built, tested, and deployed a complete reactive application in Vue.js from scratch.What you will learnBuild a fully functioning reactive web application in Vue.js from scratch.The importance of the MVVM architecture and how Vue.js compares with other frameworks such as Angular.js and React.js.How to bring reactivity to an existing static application using Vue.js.How to use plugins to enrich your applications.How to develop customized plugins to meet your needs.How to use Vuex to manage global applications state.About the AuthorOlga Filipova was born in Ukraine, in Kyiv. She grew up in a family of physicists, scientists, and professors. She studied system analysis at the National University of Ukraine Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. At the age of 20, she moved to Portugal where she did her bachelors and masters degrees in computer science in the University of Coimbra. During her studies, she participated in research and development of European projects and became an assistant teacher of operating systems and computer graphics. After obtaining her masters degree, she started to work at Feedzai. At that time, it was a small team of four who developed a product from scratch, and now it is one of the most successful Portuguese startups. At some point, her main responsibility became to develop a library written in JavaScript whose purpose was to bring data from the engine to the web interface. This marked Olgas main direction in tech—web development. At the same time, she continued her teaching practice in a course of professional web development in the local professional education center in Coimbra.In 2013, along with her brother and her husband, she started an educational project based in Ukraine. This projects name is EdEra and it has grown from a small platform of online courses into a big player in the Ukrainian educational system. Currently, EdEra is pointing in an the international direction and preparing an awesome online course about IT. Dont miss it!In 2014, Olga, with her husband and daughter, moved from Portugal to Berlin, where she started working at Meetrics as a frontend engineer, and after a year she became the lead of an amazing team of frontend software developers.Olga is happily married to an awesome guy called Rui, who is also a software engineer. Rui studied with Olga at the University of Coimbra and worked with her at Feedzai. Olga has a smart and beautiful daughter called Taissa, a fluffy cat called Patusca, and two fluffiest chinchillas called Barabashka and Cheburashka.Table of ContentsGoing Shopping with Vue.jsFundamentals – Installing and UsingComponents – Understanding and UsingReactivity – Binding Data to Your ApplicationVuex – Managing State in Your ApplicationPlugins – Building Your House with Your Own BricksTesting – Time to Test What We Have Done So Far!Deploying – Time to Go Live!What Is Next?Solutions to Exercises