Building Forms with Vue.js: Patterns for building and scaling complex forms with great UX - Softcover

Marina Mosti

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1839213337 ISBN 13: 9781839213335

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

Learn how to build dynamic schema-driven forms with Vue from scratch

Key Features

• Understand the basics of form component composition
• Scale and integrate your forms with libraries such as Vuex and Vuelidate
• Convert any form into a self-generated schema-driven app

Book Description

Almost every web application and site out there handles user input in one way or another, from registration forms and log-in handling to registration and landing pages. Building Forms with Vue.js follows a step-by-step approach to help you create an efficient user interface (UI) and seamless user experience (UX) by building quick and easy-to-use forms.

You'll get off to a steady start by setting up the demo project. Next, you'll get to grips with component composition from creating reusable form components through to implementing the custom input components. To further help you develop a convenient user input experience, the book will show you how to enhance custom inputs with v-mask. As you progress, you'll get up to speed with using Vuelidate and Vuex to effectively integrate your forms. You'll learn how to create forms that use global state, reactive instant user input validation and input masking, along with ensuring that they are completely schema-driven and connected to your application's API. Every chapter builds on the concepts learned in the previous chapter, while also allowing you to skip ahead to the topics you're most interested in.

By the end of this book, you will have gained the skills you need to transform even the simplest form into a crafted user and developer experience with Vue.

What you will learn

• Learn all about the basics of creating reusable form components with the Vue framework
• Understand v-model and how it plays a role in form creation
• Create forms that are completely powered and generated by a schema, either locally or from an API endpoint
• Understand how Vuelidate allows for easy declarative validation of all your form's inputs with Vue's reactivity system
• Connect your application with a Vuex-powered global state management
• Use the v-mask library to enhance your inputs and improve user experience (UX)

Who this book is for

If you are a developer with basic Vue experience who wants to enhance your forms, then this book is for you. No previous experience with any of the libraries used in the book is required.

Table of Contents

1. Setting up the Demo Project
2. A Form in its Simplest Form
3. Creating Reusable Form Components
4. Input Masks with v-mask
5. Input Validation with Vuelidate
6. Moving to a Global State with Vuex
7. Creating Schema-Driven Forms

About this title

About the Author

Marina Mosti is a full-stack web developer with over 13 years of experience in the field. She enjoys mentoring other women on JavaScript and her favorite framework, Vue, as well as writing articles and tutorials for the community.

She currently holds a position as Lead FE Developer at VoiceThread, and is the author of the FormVueLatte library as well as a member of the Vuelidate team. In her spare time, she enjoys playing bass, drums, and videogames.She currently holds a position as Lead FE Developer at VoiceThread, and is the author of the FormVueLatte library as well as a member of the Vuelidate team. In her spare time, she enjoys playing bass, drums, and videogames.

Review

I first became aware of Marina through her education work, writing fun and accessible articles about Vue ranging from the very basics to advanced concepts such as object constancy and configuring Vue CLI. I later learned about her work on the Vuelidate team, building some of the most robust form libraries in the Vue ecosystem. Now I get to work with her directly as one of the first people I go to for help breaking down a difficult new concept for the Vue ecosystem.

I'm the one who recommended she write this book, as it's long overdue and she's the perfect person for the job. Building and maintaining complex forms in Vue is among the topics I get asked about the most, but comprehensive resources are still rare. Marina uses her expertise in this domain to provide the most approachable and complete introduction to the essential tools and strategies I've yet seen. It's a must-read for anyone who uses Vue, builds forms, and still has questions.

--

Chris Fritz, October 2019

Vue Team

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1839213337
• ISBN 13: 9781839213335
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 108