Vuetensils and HTML: Exploring HTML Forms with Austin Gil – VUE 215

Vuetensils is a library developed by Austin Gil that provides a set of easy-to-use and customizable Vue components for building HTML forms. In this tutorial, we will be focusing on how to use Vuetensils in conjunction with HTML forms to create dynamic and interactive user interfaces.

First and foremost, ensure that you have Vue.js installed in your project before proceeding with Vuetensils. You can install Vue.js using npm by running the following command in your terminal:

npm install vue

Next, install Vuetensils using npm as well:

npm install vuetensils

Once you have both Vue.js and Vuetensils installed, you can start incorporating Vuetensils components into your HTML forms. To get started, create a new Vue component or use an existing one where you would like to add an HTML form with Vuetensils components.

In your Vue component, import the necessary Vuetensils components that you will be using. For this tutorial, we will be using the <VForm>, <VField>, and <VInput> components:

import { VForm, VField, VInput } from 'vuetensils'

Next, within the template section of your Vue component, you can start building your HTML form using the Vuetensils components. Here is an example of a basic form with a single input field:

<VForm>
  <VField label="Name">
    <VInput v-model="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your name" />
  </VField>
</VForm>

In the example above, we have wrapped the <VInput> component within a <VField> component to add a label for the input field. The v-model directive is used to bind the value of the input field to a data property named name in the Vue component’s data.

You can add additional input fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, and other form elements using the Vuetensils components. Here is an example of a form with multiple input fields:

<VForm>
  <VField label="Name">
    <VInput v-model="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your name" />
  </VField>

  <VField label="Email">
    <VInput v-model="email" type="email" placeholder="Enter your email address" />
  </VField>

  <VField label="Message">
    <VInput v-model="message" type="textarea" placeholder="Enter your message" />
  </VField>
</VForm>

You can also add validation to your form inputs using the rules prop on the <VInput> component. Here is an example of adding a required rule to an input field:

<VForm>
  <VField label="Name">
    <VInput v-model="name" type="text" placeholder="Enter your name" :rules="{ required: true }" />
  </VField>
</VForm>

In this example, the required rule validates that the input field is not empty. You can add custom validation rules as well by defining them in the Vue component’s data and using them in the rules prop.

Overall, Vuetensils simplifies the process of building HTML forms in Vue.js by providing a set of reusable and customizable components. By following this tutorial, you should now have a good understanding of how to integrate Vuetensils components into your Vue projects to create dynamic and interactive forms.