Vue
Manage SVG Icons in Nuxt
· ☕ 4 min read
Gone are the days when we depended on styling libraries to provide fast access to icons and go through untold suffering due to payload size, performance issues etc.. With the advent of SVG, we can use icons from a variety of sources. We will see how to do just that.

Use Dynamic Images in Nuxt
· ☕ 3 min read
First, let me clarify what I mean by “dynamic image”. Imagine the below situations - You are rendering a list of products and their images. The image may be stored in local folder or coming in from S3/comparable infrastructure You want to change image / make image interactive. For e.

Nuxt/Vue and Next/React - A Predicament
· ☕ 9 min read
I have a full-time job that does not involve active web development. I am, however, on the constant look-out for the next big thing that will solve all my life’s problems.., by quickly creating apps that is. Vue has always been a tool that I depend on. Vue is quite easy to understand, use and build apps with.

Building a Todo App using Nuxt, PrimeVue and SQLite
· ☕ 12 min read
Let us create a simple Todo app using Nuxt - PrimeVue for styling Store todos in a database Setup Ensure NodeJS is installed. Download and follow instructions here if you don’t have Node installed on your computer. I use pnpm as my package manager. You can use npm or yarn if you prefer.

Teleport in VueJS
· ☕ 3 min read
Teleport is a new feature introduced in Vue 3. Teleport provides better control to developers on where exactly an element is rendered. Get Teleporting Let us create a new Vue 3 app to start playing around with teleport. We will use Vite, because it is 2021. 1 npm init @vitejs/app Provide a project name (teleport) and select vue as the template.

Create Reddit Reader Using Vue 3 & Vite
· ☕ 7 min read
Hello everyone! Hope you are all set for the new year. While you are waiting for the Y2020 to end with bated breath, here’s a post to kick start your Vue 3 journey. We will create a Reddit reader using Vue3 and Vite! This post is more useful for someone with basic knowledge of Vue and Vue 2.

Save div as Image in Vue
· ☕ 3 min read
We have previously seen how a div element can be saved to a file. In this post we will see how we can save div tag contents as an image in Vue. How do we print the div? Here are the steps at a high level - Draw contents of div to canvas.

Build a Simple Timesheet App using Vue & Vuetify
· ☕ 21 min read
In this post we will see how to create a simple timesheet app using Vue and Vuetify. This is not quite a comprehensive tutorial on Vue or Vuetify, rather a demo of front-end features, see how easy it is to build an usable app, and in general, how modern app development makes the whole process enjoyable.

Create Simple Tooltips in Vue
· ☕ 3 min read
Tooltips are omnipresent, or rather have to be. While there have been excellent standardisation of user experience since we saw what Bootstrap was capable of, there are days and applications that can throw off users with strange icons, buttons and navigation. Ergo, tooltips. The humble tooltip can provide helpful hints, short messages and guide user on what a particular button, text box or any other element will do before clicking the thingy and causing destruction of a planet.

Reusable Confirmation Dialog in Vuetify
· ☕ 3 min read
Dialogs are those thingies that popup on your UI and are handy to allow users to perform actions without navigating away from the screen. For example, here’s one that enables users to create new request.. .. and here’s an example from Vuetify site that shows a short message. The v-dialog component is the recommended way to show confirmation dialogs too.

Social Share Buttons in Vuetify
· ☕ 2 min read
Enabling social share buttons in Vuetify is quite easy. All you have to do is stitch together three components provided out of the box - Speed dial Buttons Icons We will create a quick demo on Codepen. Create a new Codepen, click on Settings, navigate to JS and add the below libraries -

Using Vue with Firestore
· ☕ 12 min read
Firestore can make up for a great backend application. You can get started quite easily, scale it up nicely, and in general, worry less about the “server” side of things. While it is quite easy to use Firestore as-is, using it in Vue opens up a whole new universe. But, first - let’s go through the grind of knowing why we would want to do this?

Masonry Layout in Vuetify
· ☕ 4 min read
Vuetify is a God-send for lazy developers like me. Thanks to Vuetify I have all styles standardized, customise UI to my heart’s content and create an app that is ready to take on any device. But, Vuetify does not support masonry layout for your grid. Here’s a look at available options if you need masonry layouts in your projects.