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Updated on 2025-04-13

Explore how Vue can efficiently build reusable components

introduction

As a leader in modern front-end development, its component systems are key to building efficient, flexible and scalable user interfaces. In actual development, how to maximize the use of component features? This article will take you to explore the core mysteries of components in depth and help you become a development efficiency expert!

1. The core value of components: multiplexing and decoupling

Components can not only help us realize code reuse, but also improve the readability and maintainability of code through modular development:

(1) Reusability:

Extract the common UI and logic into independent components to reduce code duplication.

Flexible data transfer through props and events.

(2) Decoupling:

Each component only focuses on its own functions and independently develop, test and debug.

The communication between the parent-child components is clear and clear, avoiding too deep coupling.

2. Start from scratch: How to define an efficient component

(1) Basic components: Start with the template

Each component consists of templates, scripts, and styles:

<template>
  <div>
    <p>{{ message }}</p>
    <button @click="handleClick">Click me</button>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
export default {
  props: ['message'], // Receive props passed by the parent component  methods: {
    handleClick() {
      this.$emit('button-clicked', 'The button was clicked!  '); // Communicate with parent component via event    }
  }
};
</script>

<style scoped>
/* Define the style unique to the component */
p {
  color: blue;
}
</style>

(2) Modularity: Single File Component (SFC)

Use Single File Component to separate logic, templates, and styles.

Use scoped style to avoid global pollution and ensure component independence.

3. Advanced usage: slots and dynamic components

(1) Slot: Flexible component content

Slots allow parent components to embed HTML content into child components for more flexible content management.

Default slot:

<template>
  <div>
    <slot>Default slot content</slot> <!-- If there is no content delivery,Then the default content is displayed -->
  </div>
</template>

Named slots:

<template>
  <div>
    <slot name="header">Default header</slot>
    <slot>Default content</slot>
    <slot name="footer">Default bottom</slot>
  </div>
</template>

<!-- Parent component -->
<ChildComponent>
  &lt;template #header><h1>Custom header</h1></template>  &lt;p&gt;Custom content&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;template #footer><footer>Custom bottom</footer></template>&lt;/ChildComponent&gt;

(2) Dynamic components: loading and switching on demand

Dynamic components allow components to be switched as required at runtime.

&lt;template&gt;
  &lt;component :is="currentComponent" /&gt;
&lt;/template&gt;

&lt;script&gt;
import ComponentA from './';
import ComponentB from './';

export default {
  data() {
    return { currentComponent: 'ComponentA' }; // The currently displayed component  },
  components: { ComponentA, ComponentB }
};
&lt;/script&gt;

4. Key Tips for Improved Performance

(1) Load components on demand

Use asynchronous components to load on demand to reduce resource usage for first-screen rendering.

const AsyncComponent = () => import('./');

(2) Cache component status

Caches the state of dynamic components through keep-alive to avoid repeated rendering.

<template>
  <keep-alive>
    <component :is="currentComponent" />
  </keep-alive>
</template>

(3) Use v-once to optimize static content

For content that does not require dynamic updates, you can use v-once to improve rendering efficiency.

&lt;template&gt;
  &lt;div v-once&gt;Static content,Render only once&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/template&gt;

5. Component best practices

(1) Naming Specifications

Component names use PascalCase, such as MyComponent.

The file name is consistent with the component name.

(2) Separate logic and style

Concentrate the logic into properties such as methods, computed, etc. to avoid complex nesting.

The style uses scoped modifier to ensure that the style is localized.

(3) Documents and comments

Add clear comments to components that describe functions, parameters, and events.

If the components are general, it is recommended to write a dedicated usage document.

6. Future Outlook: 3 Composition API

3 The Composition API was introduced, allowing developers to organize component logic more elegantly. The setup function allows you to integrate data, methods, and lifecycle hooks:

import { ref, onMounted } from 'vue';

export default {
  setup() {
    const count = ref(0); // Define responsive data
    const increment = () =&gt; {
      ++;
    };

    onMounted(() =&gt; {
      ('Component mounted');
    });

    return { count, increment }; // Return the data and methods used by the template  }
};

Summarize

Mastering component development is not only the key to mastering front-end development, but also an important way to improve team development efficiency. From basic component definitions to advanced slot and dynamic components, to performance optimization and best practices, the charm of component development is endless.

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