This repo is an experiment in getting a Go based web server to load and integrate Vue 3 components.
I've been playing with this idea for a while: trying to figure out how the Vue build system works so I can get Go to expose the correct components via Golang handlers, renderers, and templates. I did not get this to work with the old Vue 3 build system, but since Evan You of Vue.js fame decided to write himself the new Vite build system and loader, I thought it might be a good time to try this again.
The actual vue glue code has been separated into a go module. It's marked as "pre-release" because it is: the code is proof of concept, may not be safe, may eat your dog or other family members. But it works with the test program in this repo. See it here.
This test build does the following:
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It demonstrates a simple Go-based web server with a couple of pages implemented.
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It has code that analyzes a Vite-based dist/ directory, and uses Go 1.16 embedding to probe the Vite based assets. There's a bit of template logic to decorate the Go page adding the link, script and style sections to serve the Vite assets with the generated page.
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It includes a Makefile and vite.config.ts file that rebuilds the Vue 3 app as needed, and runs go via
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It integrates a Vue 3 app as a non-trivial demo of a webform with client side validation.
Much obliged to Máximo Mussini (@maximomussini on Twitter), rubist and Vite expert, for his help. I now understand, more or less, how Vite configuration works and how to integrate Vue into frameworks like Rails. This demo uses an approach inspired by Vite Ruby, a library Máximo wrote.
--Rob Thorne
Copyright © 2022 Rob Thorne
This template should help get you started developing with Vue 3 and Typescript in Vite. The template uses Vue 3 <script setup> SFCs, check out the script setup docs to learn more.
Since TypeScript cannot handle type information for .vue imports, they are shimmed to be a generic Vue component type by default. In most cases this is fine if you don't really care about component prop types outside of templates. However, if you wish to get actual prop types in .vue imports (for example to get props validation when using manual h(...) calls), you can enable Volar's .vue type support plugin by running Volar: Switch TS Plugin on/off from VSCode command palette.