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VueJS: The Golidilocks of JS Frameworks?

Lisa Armstrong on March 17, 2019

There's a number of Javascript frameworks out there and like many developers I recently had to figure out which one worked best for me and my clien...
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Michael Brooks

Nice writeup and I definitely agree. I've used and still use React, but Vue was a lot easier to get started with, and it can do a lot of complicated things without getting too awry.

Also, I believe Vue is here to stay due to Laravel supporting the JS framework heavily. Laravel is a huge PHP framework which has been around for a while now and they bundle Vue by default.

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C.S. Rhymes

I really like vue single file components where you can put the template, script and styles in one file. It just seems like a really nice way to make a reusable component. I also really like the way you can use components inside components, you just need to think about handling the state.

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Anwar

You will love Vuex. It just feels so right. No more, no less, just what you needs. The Flux design pattern is a bit tricky to catch, but it solves so many problems you (will?) have with SPAs.

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Felix Terkhorn

This article was my first exposure to Vue. Well-written. Thanks!

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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

I find it sad I never see MithrilJS in a javascript-framework lineup.

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theCodingStoic

Interesting. I wonder if the name was inspired by The Hobbit/LOTR

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Andrew Brown 🇨🇦

Yes, I believe it was

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theCodingStoic

Which makes it even cooler, imo.