The Rear-Vue Mirror: My Open-Source Origin Story

• MathPlayground

  1 8 10.0 JavaScript

  An exploration of dynamic animations

Web development was hard, but it was also inherently accessible. You could get started with any editor, run your code in any browser, and share it with anyone on any device, anywhere in the world. I could build content sites or highly dynamic apps, and I could easily prototype new ideas. I was hooked.

• 2021-data-by-design

  1 3 0.0 Vue

  Alpha version of Data by Design, an interactive book on the history of data visualization

  

I used Vue for three or four years, for every project. I earned my first paycheck as a developer writing in Vue. I built my first popular demo in Vue. I got my first real exposure by leading a development team building an interactive textbook in Vue. I didn't quite know how to do open source (though I certainly tried), so I wasn't part of the Vue ecosystem per se. But I Vued myself as a user of Vue, through-and-through!

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• daf-renderer

  1 17 10.0 JavaScript

  DOM render library for creating Talmud pages on the web.

  

I used Vue for three or four years, for every project. I earned my first paycheck as a developer writing in Vue. I built my first popular demo in Vue. I got my first real exposure by leading a development team building an interactive textbook in Vue. I didn't quite know how to do open source (though I certainly tried), so I wasn't part of the Vue ecosystem per se. But I Vued myself as a user of Vue, through-and-through!

• vue-class-component

  13 5,808 2.9 TypeScript

  ES / TypeScript decorator for class-style Vue components.

  

This was a good change. Evan has always been extremely good at putting his finger on the pulse of the frontend community. If there's a feature or paradigm that people love that would fit in Vue, Evan will incorporate it. Over the years, Vue has implemented (and sometimes later deprecated) dependency injection, JSX support, custom elements, Angular-style class components, Svelte-style ref sugar, and now Solid-inspired compiler optimizations. They even changed the order of a Vue file to match that of Svelte: first the script, then the template.

• core

  283 44,581 9.8 TypeScript

  🖖 Vue.js is a progressive, incrementally-adoptable JavaScript framework for building UI on the web. (by vuejs)

  

I tried Angular and React but ultimately chose a less popular framework called Vue. It clicked with me as soon as I tried it. It used what it called an Options API, which was perfect for a beginner. (An API contains the "ingredients" that a framework gives you to cook with.)

• rfcs

  74 4,827 2.9

  RFCs for substantial changes / feature additions to Vue core (by vuejs)

  

This was a good change. Evan has always been extremely good at putting his finger on the pulse of the frontend community. If there's a feature or paradigm that people love that would fit in Vue, Evan will incorporate it. Over the years, Vue has implemented (and sometimes later deprecated) dependency injection, JSX support, custom elements, Angular-style class components, Svelte-style ref sugar, and now Solid-inspired compiler optimizations. They even changed the order of a Vue file to match that of Svelte: first the script, then the template.

• React

  1,694 221,803 9.9 JavaScript

  The library for web and native user interfaces.

  

I tried Angular and React but ultimately chose a less popular framework called Vue. It clicked with me as soon as I tried it. It used what it called an Options API, which was perfect for a beginner. (An API contains the "ingredients" that a framework gives you to cook with.)

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• astro

  503 42,342 10.0 TypeScript

  The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

  

My short career in open source looks like a success story. I get paid to do what I love: build open source docs and communities. I work on projects that hundreds of thousands of people use every month, and I do it with people that I look up to and learn from every day. (If this is your first time meeting me—I'm on the core team of Astro and SolidJS. Also, hi!) But it wasn't always like that.

• Angular

  699 94,541 10.0 TypeScript

  Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀

  

I tried Angular and React but ultimately chose a less popular framework called Vue. It clicked with me as soon as I tried it. It used what it called an Options API, which was perfect for a beginner. (An API contains the "ingredients" that a framework gives you to cook with.)

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