Whenever a web client uploads a file to a server, it is generally submitted through a form and encoded as multipart/form-data. Multer is a middleware for Express.js and Node.js that makes it easy to handle this so-called multipart/form-data whenever your users upload files. In this article, Deve Rathore introduces how Multer streamlines the process of handling file uploads. It also introduces how to use Mongoose to interact with our database by building a music manager app using Express.js alongside Multer for the music upload and Nuxt.js (Vue framework) for our frontend.
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Almost all JavaScript projects that can be found out in the wild interact with a web service or API and either use it for authentications or getting user-related data. In this article, Kelvin Omereshone introduces Mirage JS, an API mocking library that lets you build, test and share a complete working JavaScript application without having to rely on any backend API or services. You’ll also learn how to set up Mirage JS with the progressive front-end framework, Vue.js.
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Unless you’re creating your entire Vue app in one component (which wouldn’t make any sense), you’re going to encounter situations where you need to share data between components. With so many different ways to share data across components, you should know which technique is best for your situation. In this article, Matt Maribojoc will analyze three of the most common ways to pass data in VueJS.
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In any project that requires any user interaction, there is one critical factor that makes the difference between success and failure: good documentation. This holds true regardless of how small or large your project is. One of the most overlooked aspects of creating and/or maintaining any software library is good documentation. Luckily for you, a new tool on the market is here to make it easy for you to create great documentation for your projects. Whether you like it or not, you will never hear from users who give up after being unable to solve their problem due to inadequate documentation.
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Slots are a powerful tool for creating reusable components in Vue.js, though they aren’t the simplest feature to understand. Vue’s slots take component-based development to a whole new level, and while in this article you will discover a lot of great ways slots can be used, there are countless more out there. Today, Joseph Zimmerman takes a look at how to use slots and some examples of how they can be used in your Vue applications.
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Do websites created with reactive frameworks get indexed by Google and other search engines? Is it compulsory to set up pre-rendering, as your SEO consultants suggest? Or are they wrong? In this article, Paolo Mioni will talk mostly about Vue.js, since it is the framework he’s used most, and with which he has direct experiences in terms of indexing by the search engines on major projects, but most of what will be covered is valid for other frameworks, too.
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When designing interfaces for IoT web page, one always has many options. In the previous part of this article, Richard Leddy shed light on the meaning of IoT and how Vue.js can be used to hosts groups of IoT human-machine interfaces. Today, Richard Leddy will take a closer look at lazy-loading panels and how to keep the Vue state in sync with devices. More about the editing process may be considered in some other discussion. There is a lot to it. But, for now, we have the tools we need in order to load hierarchal components and make them come alive.
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IoT is growing to include many devices with many owners. Web developers will be faced with the problem of finding ways to enable owners to interact with their devices. But, this problem gives rise to a great deal of business. In this article, Richard Leddy will explore some aspects of web page development for the Internet of Things (IoT) that are already in demand. This discussion delves into the interface requirements using Vue.js as a catalyst and illustrates one method of webpage to device communication out of many subsitutions.
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With Spotify, machine learning and social media has gone musical. With their app, your friends can check out what you’re jamming to. What if the rest of the Internet could experience your algo-rhythm, too? In this article, Cher Scarlett will show you how to compose your own application to share what you’re listening to on Spotify using Vue.js and Nuxt. This tutorial is moderately complex, and it requires knowledge of HTML, CSS, Javascript (ES6), but is broken down into very consumable sections.
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The popularity of Vue.js shows no signs of slowing down, with a huge amount of credit being due to the framework’s progressive approach. One of the key advantages of Vue.js is that it plays nicely with other code: it is easy to embed progressively into other applications, but it is also easy to wrap up non-Vue code into Vue. In this article, Kevin Ball explores this second advantage, covering three distinct types of third-party JavaScript and ways to embed each of them in Vue.
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