express-vue-dev

Vue.js development server middleware for Express.js.

This is a middleware for Express.js and provides a fully featured development server built on top of Webpack which renders the Vue.js application for client-side and server-side. The middleware is configurable and supports hot module replacement out of the box. This middleware should be used in development only. Please check the express-vue-builder middleware for a production ready alternative.

This is an open source package for Vue.js and Express.js. The source code is available on GitHub where you can also find our issue tracker.

Related

Packages

• vue-builder: Server-side and client-side rendering for Vue.js.
• express-vue-builder: Vue.js server-side rendering middleware for Express.js.
• koa-vue-builder: Vue.js server-side rendering middleware for Koa.js.
• koa-vue-dev: Vue.js development server middleware for Koa.js.
• vue-cli-template: A simple server-side rendering CLI template for Vue.js.

Examples

• vue-example: Vue.js example application

Install

Run the command below to install the package.

$ npm install --save-dev vue-builder [email protected]
$ npm install --save-dev express-vue-dev

Usage

To create a middleware, create a Webpack configuration objects for client-side and server-side, then pass it the the devServer method. Use the vue-webpack package to simplify the setup.

const {build} = require('vue-webpack');
const {devServer} = require('express-vue-dev');

let middleware = devServer({
  server: build({
    mode: 'server',
    inputFilePath: `./app/server-entry.js` // Vue application entry file for server-side
  }),
  client: build({
    mode: 'client',
    inputFilePath: `./app/client-entry.js` // Vue application entry file for client-side
  })
}); // pass this to app.use() of your Express application

Check the included ./example directory or run the npm run example command to start the application.

API

devServer({server, client, verbose})

Development server middleware for serving Vue.js application.

| Option | Type | Required | Default | Description |--------|------|----------|---------|------------ | server | Object | Yes | - | Webpack configuration object for server-side rendering. | client | Object | Yes | - | Webpack configuration object for client-side rendering. | verbose | Boolean | No | false | When true detailed logging is enabled.

License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Kristijan Sedlak <[email protected]>

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