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Create & Publish your first Vue.js library to npm: part 2

As we work along with the javascript framework (vue / react) we will realize that there are custom components in our application that you might need to re-use in different applications or sometimes we have to share with the community.

Let’s see how to publish our first component into npm and use it in our project.

In my previous post, I explain how to create a vuejs plugin and use it in our project. In this post I am going to use the same project to publish in npm

please refer to my previous post here if you miss it

Configuring Package.json

In the last blog, I explain how to create and use the library/plugin. Lets recap important things to do before publishing into npm

After we build library/plugin files into dist folder, we have to update our package.json

Let us add the main entry point in packge.json file

"main": "./dist/lib.umd.min.js",

Now let’s whitelist what are the files needed when someone is using them inside their node_modules. Here we need to include only dist folder from our project.

"files": [ "dist/*"],

Pushing compiled source code is the right way to publish in NPM. Users usually won’t edit this code. if they want to make changes, they can fork from version control systems (like Github).
In case you want to include all files, we add like below

"files": [
  "dist/*",
  "src/*", 
  "folder/*",
],

Let’s add additional details like author details and license also into the package.json

{
  "name": "sb-vue-component-library",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": false,
  "license": "MIT",
  "author": { 
    "name" : "Shabeeb K",
    "email" : "mail@shabeebk.com",
    "url" : "http://shabeebk.com/"
  },
  "main": "./dist/lib.umd.min.js",
  "files": [ "dist/*"],
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
    "build:lib": "vue-cli-service build --name lib --target lib --dest dist src/lib-setup.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "core-js": "^3.8.3",
    "vue": "^2.6.14"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.12.16",
    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.12.16",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-service": "~5.0.0",
    "eslint": "^7.32.0",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3",
    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.14"
  },
  "peerDependencies": {
    "vue": "^2.6.14"
  }
}

What are these fields if you wonder

  • name: Name of the component
  • version: the version number of our plugin/library. You will have to increment this number every time you publish an update for your package. usually we follow semantic versioning
  • private : This means your package is public (i.e. everyone is able to see and install it).
  • license: license for our package
  • author: author details
  • main:  The primary entry point to our plugin.
  • files: specifies which files should be published on NPM.

For more details please refer npmjs

Add license file

In GitHub, it’s easy to add a license, If you are using MIT license,

Click on add file in GitHub and name it as License.md

Then we can see choose from the template. Here i am using  MIT license 

Commit changes to Github.

Publish to npm

If you don’t have an account in npmjs.com. create one.

Lets login from the command line

npm login

This will ask you to enter the user name and password of the npm account. (TFA if you enable it ).

once login it will show message

Logged in as username on https://registry.npmjs.org/.

Let us do a build

 npm run build:lib

now we can publish to npm

npm publish

I faced some issue since my component name is already existing in vue, so I updated component name

It will appear in npmjs immediately

Yey, we did it :). Now anyone can use this package in their project

Using package

To use package in the project

npm install --save sb-vue-component-library

To use it globally , in main.js

import myButton from "sb-vue-component-library";
Vue.use(myButton);

To use it inside a component,

import myButton from "sb-vue-component-library";

Thats it, Now we publish our component into npm and use it in different project

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Build a Vue.js component library and push it to npm : part 1

I have been working with Vue for a long time, Sometimes I have to create vue project as a library, and I have to use it in multiple projects, Here I am explaining how to create a small Vue js (vue 2) component library, push to npm and use in our project

we are going to create two Vue.js apps:

  • A library or package that will contain a basic component
  • An app that will use the just created library

Prerequisites

I’m going to use npm as the package manager and vueCLI to create and build both our library and app.

Project Setup

I created a blog to set up a Vue js project in my previous article briefly, please refer here. Here I am pasting all the comments I used.

APP setup

Let’s create our app first

vue create vue-app

Then we can cd vue-app and npm run serve to run the server.
This will run our server in http://localhost:8080/

Library setup

Let’s create a basic project for the library now

vue create sb-vue-component-library

Then we can cd vue-app and npm run serve to run the server
This will run our server in http://localhost:8081/ (since our app is running on 8080)

Now let’s create a button component and add functionality

Lets us remove component/Helloworld.vue and create a new file component/Button.vue

<template>
  <div>
    <button @click="incrementCount" class="simple-button">{{ text }}</button>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: "myButton",
  data() {
    return {
      buttonCount: 0,
    };
  },
  computed: {
    times() {
      return this.buttonCount > 1 ? "times" : "time";
    },
    text() {
      return `Button clicked ${this.buttonCount} ${this.times}`;
    },
  },
  methods: {
    incrementCount() {
      this.buttonCount += 1;
    },
  },
};
</script>

<!-- Add "scoped" attribute to limit CSS to this component only -->
<style scoped>
.simple-button {
  background: #1966c0;
  color: white;
  min-height: 30px;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  font-size: 18px;
  font-weight: 600;
}
</style>

Letus creat a index.js inside component and export above component from there.

This will help us when we are adding more component and use as library

component/index.js

import Button from "./Button.vue";
export default { Button };

In App.vue, we remove Helloworld and import our button component

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <Button />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import Button from "./components/Button.vue";

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    Button,
  },
};
</script>

We can run the server and it will look like below. Every time you click on the button the text should update.

Library Build

Let’s make a new file lib-setup.js in src

import OurVue from "vue";
import components from "./components";
// import Button from "@/components/Button";

/**
 * install function
 *
 * @param {*} Vue parent component vue contructor
 */
function install(Vue) {
  if (OurVue !== Vue) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
    console.error("Multiple instances of Vue detected ");
  }

  if (install.installed) return;
  install.installed = true;

  // registering component to use as  plugin
  //   if we need to use a single component only use below line only
  //   Vue.component("my-button", Button);
  for (const prop in components) {
    // eslint-disable-next-line no-prototype-builtins
    if (components.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
      const component = components[prop];
      Vue.component(component.name, component);
    }
  }
}

const plugin = {
  install,
};

let GlobalVue = null;
if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
  GlobalVue = window.Vue;
} else if (typeof global !== "undefined") {
  GlobalVue = global.vue;
}

if (GlobalVue) {
  GlobalVue.use(plugin);
}

plugin.install = install;

export default plugin;

In the above code, we are saying to register all the components in component/index.js as individual components with defined names in the component file.

If we need only one file to export as a library we can do as below (commented code in above code section)

import myButton from "@/components/myButton";

define the name (here I am giving “my-button” as the name of the component) as below.

Vue.component("my-button", Button);

Update package with a build script

in package.json, we can add one more line to build our library using lib-setup.js the file. So we can add the below line

    "build:lib": "vue-cli-service build --name lib --target lib --dest dist src/lib-setup.js"

Let us add Vue 2 in peerDependencies, so npm will warn if the version is not matching

"peerDependencies": {
    "vue": "^2.6.14"
  },

Now let’s build our library, by typing in the comment line

npm run build:lib

The output of the build process will create a folder dist and 4 files inside, let’s see what are those:

  • dist/lib.umd.js: UMD (Universal Module Definition) bundle can be consumed directly in the browser as a module.
  • dist/lib.umd.min.js: minified UMD bundle.
  • dist/lib.common.js: CommonJS bundle which can be consumed by other bundlers, this file will be used as an entry point.
  • dist/lib.css: CSS file which was extracted from the components.

Now, we want to add the entry point to our library, we will add it to package.json:

"main": "./dist/lib.umd.min.js",

 After that, we want to whitelist the files which will be included in our npm package, add this to package.json: (Here we need to add only compiled files in the package)

"files": [ "dist/*"],

final library packages.json

{
  "name": "sb-vue-component-library",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "private": false,
  "license": "MIT",
  "author": { 
    "name" : "Shabeeb K",
    "email" : "mail@shabeebk.com",
    "url" : "http://shabeebk.com/"
  },
  "main": "./dist/lib.umd.min.js",
  "files": [ "dist/*"],
  "scripts": {
    "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
    "build": "vue-cli-service build",
    "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
    "build:lib": "vue-cli-service build --name lib --target lib --dest dist src/lib-setup.js"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "core-js": "^3.8.3",
    "vue": "^2.6.14"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@babel/core": "^7.12.16",
    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.12.16",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-babel": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-plugin-eslint": "~5.0.0",
    "@vue/cli-service": "~5.0.0",
    "eslint": "^7.32.0",
    "eslint-plugin-vue": "^8.0.3",
    "vue-template-compiler": "^2.6.14"
  },
  "peerDependencies": {
    "vue": "^2.6.14"
  },
  "eslintConfig": {
    "root": true,
    "env": {
      "node": true
    },
    "extends": [
      "plugin:vue/essential",
      "eslint:recommended"
    ],
    "parserOptions": {
      "parser": "@babel/eslint-parser"
    },
    "rules": {}
  },
  "browserslist": [
    "> 1%",
    "last 2 versions",
    "not dead"
  ]
}

How to import library

Now you can use the npm package as a dependency in your other projects.

There are multiple ways to use this library in our project.

1. Using the npm link

We can consume the library locally by configuring the npm link or can just publish it to npm and install it in your project.

npm link

This will create a global symbolic link to the package. Do you remember we created another sample project to use this library, which is running in http://localhost:8080/? Inside that project we can run the below the comment and use it in our vue-app project

npm link sb-vue-component-library

2. Using Github

We can push our code to GitHub and install the plugin directly from Github. To do so,

We have to build our library and commit dist folder.

I removed /dist from .gitignore file and commit all changes to Github.

Now our vue-app project we can install the plugin using the below comment

npm i https://github.com/shabeeb/sb-vue-component-library.git --save

3. publishing to npm

Please refer to part 2 of this blog to publish to npm, here

once it is published, we can use

npm i sb-vue-component-library --save

How to use the library

Now we have our sb-vue-component-library in our package.json and inside our node_modules. Let’s use it

since our folder name is different from the package name (I changed it since the name is not available in npmjs) we use the package name here.

in main.js

import myButton from "sb-vue-component-library";

Let’s import CSS also for styles

import "sb-vue-component-library/dist/lib.css";

and we can use it globally

Vue.use(myButton);

Final main.js code looks like

import Vue from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";
import myButton from "sb-vue-component-library";
import "sb-vue-component-library/dist/lib.css";

Vue.config.productionTip = false;
Vue.use(myButton);

new Vue({
  render: (h) => h(App),
}).$mount("#app");

We can use it in our App.vue

<my-button />

Final App.vue

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <img alt="Vue logo" src="./assets/logo.png" />
    <my-button />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: "App",
};
</script>

Conclusion

We created a button as a library and we used it on our sample project. This can be used in multiple projects and save a lot of development time.

You can find the GitHub repos here:

library: https://github.com/shabeeb/sb-vue-component-library

project: https://github.com/shabeeb/vue-library-app

Demo: https://vue-library-app.pages.dev/

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Simple Vue 2 Tutorial with Example app


Let’s make a simple vue project example with a TODO list

Setup and Installation

There are two ways to set up Vue: through a VueCLI, or by including a script inside of your HTML file. Let’s do with VueCLI, We can install vue vueCLI globally

npm install -g @vue/cli or yarn global add @vue/cli

Once install complete, let’s create a project by using the below comment

vue create vue-simple-todo

Lets select Vue 2 for this example

Lets select Vue 2 for this example and click enter

Then it will ask for package manager ( Here i am going with npm in this case)

Here is my final screenshot after completing project stup

Now as mentioned there we can cd into folder and start server

npm run serve

Now server will run on http://localhost:8080/. We can open a browser and see basic vue template in browser

deafault vue page

Now let’s take a look on codebase (I am using VS Code for editing files)

We can see App.vue and components folder below

Let’s start our coding 🙂

Let’s start with some cleanup, remove HelloWorld.vue from components, and create a new file TodoList.vue

Then we can import TodoList.vue inside App.vue

<template>
  <div id="app">
    <TodoList />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import TodoList from "./components/TodoList.vue";

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    TodoList,
  },
};
</script>

In TodoList.vue, We can start with the todo Skelton template, a very basic HTML todo Layout, and a simple vue class.

<template>
  <div class="hello">
    <section class="vh-100" style="background-color: #eee">
      <div class="container py-5 h-100">
        <div class="row d-flex justify-content-center align-items-center h-100">
          <div class="col col-lg-9 col-xl-7">
            <div class="card rounded-3">
              <div class="card-body p-4">
                <h4 class="text-center my-3 pb-3">Simple Vue To Do App</h4>

                <form
                  class="row row-cols-lg-auto g-3 justify-content-center align-items-center mb-4 pb-2"
                >
                  <div class="col-12">
                    <div class="form-outline">
                      <input type="text" id="form1" class="form-control"
placeholder="Enter a task here" />
                      
                    </div>
                  </div>

                  <div class="col-12">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Save</button>
                  </div>

                  <div class="col-12">
                    <button type="submit" class="btn btn-warning">
                      Get tasks
                    </button>
                  </div>
                </form>

                <table class="table mb-4">
                  <thead>
                    <tr>
                      <th scope="col">No.</th>
                      <th scope="col">Todo item</th>
                      <th scope="col">Status</th>
                      <th scope="col">Actions</th>
                    </tr>
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                    <tr>
                      <th scope="row">1</th>
                      <td>Buy groceries for next week</td>
                      <td>In progress</td>
                      <td>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger">
                          Delete
                        </button>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success ms-1">
                          Finished
                        </button>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                    <tr>
                      <th scope="row">2</th>
                      <td>Renew car insurance</td>
                      <td>In progress</td>
                      <td>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger">
                          Delete
                        </button>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success ms-1">
                          Complete
                        </button>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </section>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  name: "TodoList",
};
</script>

<!-- Add "scoped" attribute to limit CSS to this component only -->
<style scoped>
h3 {
  margin: 40px 0 0;
}
ul {
  list-style-type: none;
  padding: 0;
}
li {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0 10px;
}
a {
  color: #37dd92;
}
.stricked {
  text-decoration: line-through;
}
</style>

To get bootstrap let’s add bootstrap CDN to index.html (Or we install and add in App.vue also)

<link
      href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.1.3/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css"
      rel="stylesheet"
      integrity="sha384-1BmE4kWBq78iYhFldvKuhfTAU6auU8tT94WrHftjDbrCEXSU1oBoqyl2QvZ6jIW3"
      crossorigin="anonymous"
    />

Now We can define data inside vue class, and move HTML labels from template to todos variable inside data. Here we define our todo list variable and assign some values.

data() {
    return {
      todos: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: "Buy groceries for next week",
          completed: false,
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: "Renew car insurance",
          completed: false,
        },
      ],
    };
  },

Let’s add some logic to template also,
Since we moved todos from HTML table to vue, we can use v-for to show data in HTML as shown below.

<table class="table mb-4">
                  <thead>
                    ......
                  </thead>
                  <tbody>
                    <tr v-for="(todo, idx) in todos" :key="todo.id">
                      <th scope="row">{{ idx + 1 }}</th>
                      <td>{{ todo.title }}</td>
                      <td>
                        {{ todo.completed ? "Completed" : "In progress" }}
                      </td>
                      <td>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-danger">
                          Delete
                        </button>
                        <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success ms-1">
                          Complete
                        </button>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
                </table>

Now the out will show as below

Now let us add some logic to save functionality

Add v-modal for input button and define v-modal inside data()

<input
                        type="text"
                        id="form1"
                        v-model="newTodo"
                        class="form-control"
                        placeholder="Enter a task here"
                      />

......
data() {
    return {
      newTodo: "",
      todos: [
        {
          id: 1,
          title: "Buy groceries for next week",
          completed: false,
        },
        {
          id: 2,
          title: "Pay credit card bill ",
          completed: false,
        },
      ],
    };
  },

Let’s add the click functionality for the save button, We can add methods below data() add functionality as below.
Finally, we will clear newTodo once we added to the current list. On the template, we call this method on the save button as below

<template>
....
<button
                      type="button"
                      class="btn btn-primary"
                      @click="addToDo"
                    >
                      Save
                    </button>
</tempate>
<script>
data() {
.....
},
methods: {
    addToDo(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      this.todos.push({
        id: this.todos.length + 1,
        title: this.newTodo,
        completed: false,
      });
      this.newTodo = "";
    },
    
  },
.....

Now run server and see in action, we can type todo and on click, it will come on below list.

let’s add remove functionality and toggle functionality. To add both

<template>
.....
<tbody>
                    <tr
                      v-for="(todo, idx) in todos"
                      :key="todo.id"
                      :class="todo.completed && 'stricked'"
                    >
                      <th scope="row">{{ idx + 1 }}</th>
                      <td>{{ todo.title }}</td>
                      <td>
                        {{ todo.completed ? "Completed" : "In progress" }}
                      </td>
                      <td>
                        <button
                          type="submit"
                          class="btn btn-danger"
                          @click="removeItem(todo)"
                        >
                          Delete
                        </button>
                        <button
                          type="submit"
                          class="btn btn-success ms-1"
                          @click="toggleCompleted(todo)"
                        >
                          {{ todo.completed ? "Re-open" : "Complete" }}
                        </button>
                      </td>
                    </tr>
                  </tbody>
.....
</template>
<script>
......

 methods: {
    addToDo(e) {
      e.preventDefault();
      this.todos.push({
        id: this.todos.length + 1,
        title: this.newTodo,
        completed: false,
      });
      this.newTodo = "";
    },
    toggleCompleted: function (item) {
      item.completed = !item.completed;
    },
    removeItem: function (item) {
      this.todos = this.todos.filter((newItem) => newItem.id !== item.id);
    },
  },
......

This is a simple TODO app using vue2.
Please check out GitHub for the full codebase. https://github.com/shabeeb/vue2-todo

Demo: https://vue2-todo.pages.dev/
Thank you for reading.
please comment

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