Are you looking to build out a new website, web app, or platform, and looking for a JavaScript framework to use in your technology stack? If so, you may want to learn about reasons to use Vue.js for your next project.
In today’s development world, there are three common JavaScript frameworks that are being used when developing a website, web applications, and platforms, as they make the entire development, and organization of code a much better. These three frameworks include AngularJS, ReactJS, and Vue.js. In this article, we are going to focus on the reasons for using Vue.js, as this progressive framework has exponentially grown in developers and applications that use it.
To start off, Vue.js uses the MVVM model (Model-View-ViewModel) and is mainly for creating and developing UI’s (user interface). The core library is mainly focused on the view aspect of the MVVM model. It has many capabilities and interesting adaptations that make it unique which we will be discussing later in the article.
Let’s learn why Vue.js is so great.
1. Can be used anywhere
One use case for Vue.js is using it on a single web page, or even using it in a single component of the page. All that is needed to add Vue.js on to the page, is a reference via script tag on to any HTML page, then an entry point to the Vue application via an instance. Below is an example of the reference, and the instance:
Reference
<script src="https://unpkg.com/vue@next/dist/vue.js"></script>Instance
// Vue instance
new Vue({
// Element to attach the app
// on the DOM
el: '#app',
// Bindable data
data: {
message: 'Welcome to Devradius!',
}
})You can then start adding the Vue.js code into the page.
Vue.js is meant to adopt into other new or existing JavaScript applications. So if you have already built a working web app, you can integrate Vue.js, as this framework works directly on top of other JavaScript applications. If you have such an application already built, you have the option of using Vue.js to further alter the application.
2. It is easy to learn
The Vue.js documentation is comprehensive for those that are starting out. It is also said that Vue.js has a faster learning curve than most of the other popular JavaScript frameworks. Due to its fast learning curve, Vue.js has become more popular at a very fast rate over the years. One reason that makes Vue.js easy to learn, is that you can add it to any component of the page. This makes it easy to start and learn the JavaScript framework. If problems occur, it is easy to fix by tracing the blocks with errors. It is the simple structure which Vue.js uses that allows the developer to easily perform the trace. Simple structure makes for easy learning and detection for error.
This simplistic approach is one of the key reasons why many developers are adopting Vue.js. Developers who are familiar with JavaScript, but may not know how to build systems yet, could start writing code using Vue.js and integrating into applications. This video explains the ease of use and learning about Vue.js.
3. Scalable
Vue.js can be implemented anywhere, this makes it very scalable. If you wanted to implement it just on one aspect, or throughout your entire application, this can be done. One reason why you would implement Vue.js to an existing application is to help organize your information. Vue.js uses components. You can use and reuse the components anywhere in your application.
4. Usability
The fast learning curve and scalability of Vue.js will allow you to use it for any type of web application or platform that you need. If you already have a web application, you can still use Vue.js, or you can use throughout the entire application. The decision is yours. This means you can use it with your other technology stacks without worrying about any conflicts
Plus, Vue.js is just 18–21KB which is small compared to its competitors. The larger frameworks such as React are slow speed when compared to the speed of Vue.js. It has been upgraded to using a lightweight DOM that was forked from the Snabbdom library. This upgrade allows for faster streaming, server-side rendering, and caching.
Vue.js will react to changes in variables. This comes in handy when adding to a new application, as it will automatically inform its peers when the variable has been changed.
Test it out
If you have not already tried using Vue.js, you may want to give it a try. It is simple to start with, and advanced enough to be continuously learning about the framework.