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Building a Vue Project with Vite: A Step-by-Step Guide

Embark on a journey to streamline your Vue projects with Vite. This comprehensive guide walks you through project setup, component creation, and deployment. Harness the power of Vite for rapid and efficient Vue development.

In this blog post, we'll walk through the process of setting up a Vue project using Vite as the build tool. Vite is a blazing fast build tool that significantly speeds up the development process. We'll cover everything from project setup to creating components and building the project for deployment.

Step 1: Project Setup

First, let's set up our project by installing the necessary packages using npm:

npm install @next-vue/vue-loader @vitejs/plugin-vue vue@next

Next, we'll create a vite.config.js file to configure the Vue plugin:

// vite.config.js
import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue';

export default {
  plugins: [
    vue({
      template: {
        transformAssetUrls: {
          base: null,
          includeAbsolute: false,
        },
      },
    }),
  ],
};

Step 2: Creating the App Entry Point

Now, let's create our main entry point for the Vue app. We'll call this file app.js:

// app.js
import { createApp } from 'vue';
import './bootstrap'; // Assuming bootstrap setup file
import SendMessage from './components/SendMessage.vue';

const app = createApp({
  components: {
    SendMessage,
  },
});

app.mount('#app');


Step 3: Component Setup

In this step, we'll create a simple Vue component called SendMessage.vue within the components directory. This component will handle sending messages.


Step 4: HTML Structure

Ensure your HTML file has a <div> element with an id of "app" where your Vue app will mount, and include the <send-message> component:

<!-- index.html -->
<html>
  <head>
    <!-- Head content -->
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <send-message></send-message>
    </div>
    <script type="module" src="/path/to/your/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

Step 5: Testing

Run your development server to test if everything is working as expected:

npm run dev

Step 6: Building

Once satisfied with the development, build your project:

npm run build

Recently used in Laravel 10 project

npm i @next-vue/vue-loader

npm i @vitejs/plugin-vue

In vite.config.js,
import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue'


        vue({
            template: {
                transformAssetUrls: {
                    base: null,
                    includeAbsolute: false,
                },
            },
        }),


in app js 
import './bootstrap';
import { createApp } from 'vue/dist/vue.esm-bundler.js';
import SendMessage from './components/SendMessage.vue'
const app=createApp({
components:{
SendMessage, 
}
});
app.mount('#app'); 
then update node 20 or  add 
    <div id="app">
         <send-message>   
         </send-message>
   </div>
npm run build


Conclusion:
In this blog post, we've learned how to set up a Vue project using Vite as the build tool. We've covered project setup, creating components, and building the project for deployment. By following these steps, you can efficiently develop Vue applications with Vite, taking advantage of its speed and performance.

William Anderson

I am a versatile Full-Stack Web Developer with a strong focus on Laravel, Livewire, Vue.js, and Tailwind CSS. With extensive experience in backend development, I specialize in building scalable, efficient, and high-performance web applications.