There are so many reasons why VueJS is worth considering for your next project. Vue is a lightweight component-based JavaScript framework that you can use to create new, nimble applications without requiring a lot of resources. In this post, we'll look at the key advantages of the framework's architecture (which I've come to enjoy) and show you why it might be the most reasonable option for your next software development project.
VueJS is a technology that provides a progressive framework for building user interfaces. It offers developers the opportunity to build using new technologies. Due to its scalability and simple learning curve, Vue is becoming more famous every day. In the list of several JavaScript frameworks.
VueJS was created by a former Google employee, Evan You. It was launched for public use in 2014. This JavaScript framework has earned almost 77.4 million GitHub likes for its unique features and web interfaces.
Unlike some other common frameworks, there are no major tech firms behind it. While React was developed and funded by Facebook and Angular has Google support, Vue is completely produced and maintained by the community. By comparison to the monolithic frameworks on the market, Vue is progressively adoptable, ensuring that you don't have to go all in from the very beginning.
I seriously enjoy creating apps in Vue, and here's why I believe the future looks promising for the project and web technologies in general. Some of the main reasons for using VueJS for developing web applications are listed below.
Crank Out The Minimum Viable Product Faster
Due to the reusability of the code and the simplified configuration process, development time in VueJS is significantly shorter compared to Angular and React.
Writing boilerplate is a time and money sink hole. VueJS helps you avoid this kind of "busy work" by providing a large number of built-in solutions and effort-saving conventions.
Some of these include native support for things like state management, animation, and composing components. While this might sound like techno jargon, the take-away here is simply this: Why waste time reinventing the web when you can just use Vue?
Component-Based Architecture
VueJS is both modular and scalable. In practice , this means it can be used for a large modular SPA's (Single Page Apps) as well as for the construction of small interactive components to be integrated into a existing tech stack. In other words, it can be everything you need - just a library in your project, or a full-featured system used to create the whole package.
The facility to reuse a component is not new in JS frameworks. Majority of the JS frameworks support this concept. But VueJS provides a browser-independent component system which provides an edge when compared to other frameworks.
Future Proof
Maintenance is a frequently forgotten part of the development of software. Once you've designed and launched the app, you do need to stay up to date with bug fixes, updated functionality, and other enhancements. Vue makes it simple to upgrade. New revisions, including big upgrades, are designed to preserve as much backward compatibility as possible (90 percent between versions 1 and 2).
In addition, a Vue-based project will not need constant refactor, freeing up your valuable resources for feature development rather than what is basically reworked from a business point of view.
Vue CLI
The Vue CLI (command line interface) renders it easy to launch as well as install, operate, evaluate, and test a new project. It is much more flexible than its competitors' similar offerings. It's very quick to set up a project thanks to the Vue CLI.
The Vue CLI was developed and sponsored by the Vue Core Team. It provides a project generator that encourages the process of creating a new project and developing an ecosystem.
npm install @vue / cli -g vue create my-killer-app
Note: Starting with Vue 3.0+, an alternative Vite, is picking up traction. Vue CLI is still in active development is as of this writing, has reached version 4.5.x
Vue GUI
There is a graphical interface (Vue GUI) available, which will help you get started on your project without typing confusing commands to the terminal.
With the new Vue GUI you can create and manage your local VueJS applications. All you need to get started is to have the latest vue cli installed.
npm install -g @vue/cli vue gui
Developer Friendliness
Developers enjoy Vue not just because it's a brilliant framework, but also because it 's made with them in mind. There's the awesome documentation, so well-written that learning the framework is like walking in the park.
Also, while we're on the subject of learning, Vue's learning curve is very smart. You don't really need a lot of time to get acquainted with this technology, plus there's no need to figure out a ton of tools. If you're stuck, just reach out to the community – you'll usually get a quick answer.
Learning Curve
The main complaint I hear about Vue is that its API has a wider surface area than any other prominent frameworks, and I agree (depending on the framework) to some degree. Ironically, one thing I hear over and over in some of these comparisons is that Vue is easy to learn. While this argument is theoretical and empirical, it has taken place with those I've met from, irrespective of prior familiarity with JavaScript applications and JavaScript in general.
You don't need to learn the entire API to get started with Vue. You don't need to learn new syntax like JSX. And as such, while it's easier to find developers who are already familiar with React or Angular, Vue's learning curve makes it really easy to train your staff to use the technology.
Learn from the mistakes of others
Another thing that makes Vue a solid technological choice is the fact that since it was newer, the creators had the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of their predecessors, especially the issues presented in AngularJS 1.x.
Vue was developed to address the shortcomings in AngularJS, but it offers the best of ReactJS and AngularJS in a single framework. The clunky, illogical and hacky bits of other major frames are nowhere to be seen in Vue.
Vue adopted similar templates with good syntax and the process of using it in existing projects from AngularJS and component-based approach, props, virtual rendering ability, one-way data flow for component hierarchy, and proper state management of apps from ReactJS.
Vue is very lightweight around 20KB and Vue 2.0 is one of the fastest frameworks ever created. The upcoming Vue 3.0 is even faster!
Bundle Size & Performance
Vue is really making the best out of whatever resources you devote to it. Vue apps are smaller in size (so they 're easier to launch and consume less bandwidth) and usually more efficient than seen in other frameworks. This is not a matter of opinion. There is a clear benchmark to justify this point.
When we're thinking about results, Vue takes care of a lot of optimizations on its own, and there's no reason for developers to think about changing the code while it develops. They should work on bringing fresh, value-driven items to it. It also ensures that the Vue applications are scalable: it's fairly straightforward to switch them from a basic one-page app to a complex progressive web app.
Vue has seen success majorly because of its size. The size of the Vue, just 18-21 KB, has enabled more people to use and like it. It requires very little or shall we say almost no time for the user to download it and use it. We can say that with such small size and high speed it easily beats all bulky frameworks like ReactJS and EmberJS.
Vue applications are very small in size and therefore offer better performance than similar frameworks - which ensures that developers can concentrate on adding new capabilities to the application and think less about modifying the framework code.
Progressive - Build Step Optional
VueJS is progressive. This ensures that the system can be slowly integrated into the application stack. You can work it into the stack piecemeal, making the whole process more manageable.
Due to its pragmatic existence, the architecture can be slowly integrated into the code base – there is no need to rework the entire thing in one fell swoop. Go component by component to make the entire thing more accessible instead.
The critical feature of Vue's ideology is that it is easy to get going. Unlike some other common frameworks, it is not mandatory to use a sophisticated webpack development platform to build an application using it. Only add a script tag that refers to the new version for development or distribution, and you have access to the Vue runtime.
If you have a project that needs a boost in performance, rewriting it in Vue may be a silver bullet. Vue can in injected into any front-end stack via a simple script tag
< script src="https:/cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/vue@2.6.12/dist/vue.js"></script >
Thus, Vue is very flexible and scalable. So, what does that mean? It states that Vue can be used as a library in a project or it can be used to build a complete project as a full-featured framework.
Vue can be used to add interactivity to your existing application, client-side form validation, and more. With webpack integration, we can do bundling, tree-shaking, and/or code-splitting.
It also offers the advantage of seamless integration with any existing server-rendered app built on frameworks like Laravel, Express, Rails, etc.
Having a low entry barrier, Vue is worth considering as first choice.
Community & Ecosystem
Vue has a well-distributed hard-working core team that continuously improves the framework without overburdening developers with a bunch of fringe features or painful upgrades.
This means that if you already have a squad of developers on board, you won't actually have to add new ones – just give the current staff enough time to get acquainted with the system.
Before Vue, I've gotten frustrated with the fractured nature of learning best practices beyond the basics. What client-side router should I use? Which data management/Flux implementation should I use? How do I test my components? How should I configure my build system? Over time, answering these questions has gotten easier, depending on the community, but I've liked Vue's approach since the start.
Vue provides official support for several essential add-ons, including vue-router for client-side routing, vuex for managing state, vue-test-utils for unit testing components, the vue-devtools browser extension for debugging, Vue CLI as described earlier. None of these tools are required Vue can work quite well with alternatives for these libraries, like redux or mobx instead of vuex, or another router. The critical point is that the community assists developers by supporting a set of very good recommended defaults, something that a back-end framework like Ruby on Rails has traditionally done very well.
VueJS is sponsored by an engaged, growing group of committed developers who can provide assistance as needed.
The Vue ecosystem provides ready-to-use extensions that tackle a range of important problems in the development of applications. Vue also provides excellent tools and efficient state management and routing options. Vue has a very well-defined ecosystem that enhances the rate of growth. Vue 's architecture helps developers to select the most effective approach to any given problem without wasting time on it.\
Reactivity System
The most potent aspect of Vue is its reactivity system. We can tap into it through the Vue instance.
This invocation is how every Vue application is initialized. It also creates a fully reactive root component of the application. A Vue instance can also be used as an event bus or for tracking dependency changes separately from the application component tree, say, as an implementation detail of a Vue plugin.
Vue 's system of reactivity is beautiful in its simplicity.
The Upcoming Vue 3.0
Speaking of Vue's reactivity system, Vue 3.0 is expected to ship this year. Among some architectural and performance improvements and minor API changes, Vue 3 provides a new proxy-based implementation of its reactivity system. This proxy-based system solves some of the known caveats with Vue change detection.
Vue 3's proxy-based reactivity makes these annoying issues go away along with many more improvements beyond the scope of this article
It Just Feels Right
Before hopping on the JS bandwagon (NodeJS, MeteorJS, ReactJS, VueJS), I was mainly a Ruby and Rails developer. One thing I have always loved about Ruby is its creator's explicit goal of inventing a language optimized for developer happiness. I get these same feelings with VueJS. I was spending less time wrestling with configuration and APIs and more time building and having fun doing it.