88: Blake Newman - Vue.js State Management with Vuex

In this episode, Adam talks to Blake Newman about getting started with Vuex, and how you would use it to manage your application's state using several practical real-world examples.

Show Notes

Topics include:

• What is Vuex and where did it come from?
• The benefits of centralizing all of your application's state into one place
• What sort of state belongs in Vuex and what state should stay local to a component
• What all the Vuex terminology means, like actions, mutations, getters, etc.
• How you initially populate a Vuex store
• Strategies for organizing all of the state in a store
• Common mistakes people make with Vuex
• Dealing with forms when using Vuex

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Links:

• Advanced Vue Component Design, Adam's upcoming course
• Vuex Documentation
• The Elm Architecture
• Intro to Vuex on CSS Tricks by Sarah Drasner

What is Full Stack Radio?

A podcast for developers interested in building great software products. Every episode, Adam Wathan is joined by a guest to talk about everything from product design and user experience to unit testing and system administration.