Vue.js in Action

Chapter 2. The Vue instance

This chapter covers

• Creating a Vue instance
• Observing the Vue lifecycle
• Adding data to a Vue instance
• Binding data to markup
• Formatting our output

Over the course of this book we’re going to build a complete web application: a webstore with product listings, a checkout process, an administrative interface, and more. The completed webstore may seem like it’s a long way off, especially if you’re new to web application development, but Vue allows you to start small, build on what you learn, and ship a sophisticated product in one smooth progression.

The key to Vue’s consistency at every stage of an application’s growth is the Vue instance. A Vue application is a Vue instance, Vue components are all Vue instances, ...