Features
- Composition API for flexible logic organization
- Single-File Components (.vue) with scoped styles
- Reactive system with fine-grained dependency tracking
- Built-in transition and animation system
- Template syntax with optional JSX support
Pros
- Gentle learning curve with excellent documentation
- Progressive adoption — use as much or as little as needed
- Strong official ecosystem (Router, Pinia, Devtools)
- Great TypeScript integration with Composition API
Cons
- Smaller ecosystem compared to React
- Fewer enterprise adoption stories in Western markets
- Options API and Composition API split can confuse beginners
Overview
Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework for building user interfaces, created by Evan You in 2014. It is designed to be incrementally adoptable — you can use it as a lightweight view layer or scale it up to a full-featured framework with official supporting libraries for routing, state management, and build tooling.
Vue’s reactivity system automatically tracks dependencies and efficiently updates the DOM when state changes. The Composition API, introduced in Vue 3, provides a flexible way to organize component logic by concern rather than by option type, making it easier to extract and reuse stateful logic across components.
When to Use
Vue is an excellent choice when you want a framework with a gentle learning curve but powerful capabilities. It works well for teams that prefer template-based syntax, projects that need progressive adoption, or when building applications where developer experience and documentation quality are priorities.
Getting Started
npm create vue@latest my-app
cd my-app && npm install && npm run dev<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from "vue";
const count = ref(0);
</script>
<template>
<button @click="count++">Count: {{ count }}</button>
</template>