September 2021
Beginner to intermediate
164 pages
2h 7m
English
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Chapter 2: Vue Tooling
Just as has occurred with other established frameworks, a collection of tools has sprung up around Vue. These tools facilitate the development of applications (such as code generation), prepare it for release or deployment (for example, compilation and packaging), or assist with debugging when the inevitable bugs creep in.
In this chapter, I’d like to focus on the latter two of these categories—build tooling, and debugging. Both are well served by official Vue tools, which we’ll be taking a look at.
Why Use Build Tooling?
While including Vue from a CDN can be a good option when you’re just starting out, or when you’re whipping up a quick proof-of-concept app, we’ll want to introduce some build tools to assist us in producing ...