Configuring the IDE
Which IDE should I choose?
Vue is recommended by Microsoft VS Code. The second most popular is WebStorm
In VS Code, new official extensions for Vue appear much earlier, and in general this environment is very convenient for development in general, there are a lot of useful extensions - for example, you can run a GitHub Action and see its output right in the editor.
WebStorm gives more possibilities to work in js, html, but it glitches with TypeScript and not only in SFC script setup, and in general it doesn't keep up with changes in Vue.
For beginners VS Code is the best choice
Necessary VS Code extensions
When working with Vite and Vue 3:
- ESlint
- Volar
Could be useful:
- Typescript Vue Plugin
- Codeium
- SFTP
- GitHub Actions
VS Code Customization
VS Code allows you to do very fine customization. For example, try creating this local customization file .vscode/setting.json and see how the editor changes.
settings.json
json
{
"editor.formatOnSave": false,
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode",
"[vue]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
},
"typescript.tsdk": "node_modules/typescript/lib",
"[typescript]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
},
"[javascript]": {
"editor.defaultFormatter": "esbenp.prettier-vscode"
},
"eslint.codeActionsOnSave.rules": null,
"vue.codeActions.enabled": false,
// Visuals
"workbench.activityBar.visible": true,
"workbench.colorTheme": "Default Dark Modern",
"workbench.fontAliasing": "antialiased",
"workbench.list.smoothScrolling": true,
"workbench.tree.expandMode": "singleClick",
"workbench.tree.indent": 10,
"editor.fontFamily": "Fira Code, Input Mono, monospace",
"editor.fontLigatures": "'ss01', 'ss02', 'ss03', 'ss06', 'zero'",
// Editor
"editor.accessibilitySupport": "off",
"editor.cursorSmoothCaretAnimation": "on",
"editor.find.addExtraSpaceOnTop": false,
"editor.guides.bracketPairs": "active",
"editor.inlineSuggest.enabled": true,
// "editor.lineNumbers": "interval",
// "editor.multiCursorModifier": "ctrlCmd",
"editor.renderWhitespace": "boundary",
"editor.suggestSelection": "first",
"editor.tabSize": 2,
"editor.unicodeHighlight.invisibleCharacters": false,
"editor.stickyScroll.enabled": true,
"editor.hover.sticky": true,
"editor.codeActionsOnSave": {
"source.fixAll": false,
"source.fixAll.eslint": true, // this allows ESLint to auto fix on save
"source.organizeImports": false
},
"editor.wordSeparators": "-`~!@#%^&*()=+[{]}\\|;:'\",.<>/?",
// "explorer.confirmDelete": false,
// "explorer.confirmDragAndDrop": false,
"window.autoDetectColorScheme": false,
"window.dialogStyle": "custom",
"window.nativeTabs": true, // this is great, macOS only
"window.titleBarStyle": "custom",
"workbench.editor.closeOnFileDelete": true,
"workbench.editor.highlightModifiedTabs": true,
"workbench.editor.limit.enabled": true,
"workbench.editor.limit.perEditorGroup": true,
"workbench.editor.limit.value": 30,
"extensions.autoUpdate": "onlyEnabledExtensions",
"extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
"files.eol": "\n",
"files.insertFinalNewline": true,
"files.simpleDialog.enable": true,
"git.autofetch": false,
"git.confirmSync": false,
"git.enableSmartCommit": true,
"git.untrackedChanges": "separate",
"terminal.integrated.cursorBlinking": true,
"terminal.integrated.cursorStyle": "line",
"terminal.integrated.fontWeight": "300",
"terminal.integrated.persistentSessionReviveProcess": "never",
"terminal.integrated.tabs.enabled": true,
"scm.diffDecorationsGutterWidth": 2,
"debug.onTaskErrors": "debugAnyway",
"diffEditor.ignoreTrimWhitespace": false,
"search.exclude": {
"**/.git": true,
"**/.github": true,
"**/.nuxt": true,
"**/.output": true,
"**/.pnpm": true,
"**/.vscode": true,
"**/.yarn": true,
"**/bower_components": true,
"**/dist/**": true,
"**/logs": true,
"**/node_modules": true,
"**/out/**": true,
"**/package-lock.json": true,
"**/pnpm-lock.yaml": true,
"**/tmp": true,
"**/yarn.lock": true
},
// Extension configs
"emmet.showSuggestionsAsSnippets": true,
"emmet.triggerExpansionOnTab": false,
// ESLint config: https://github.com/antfu/eslint-config
"eslint.codeAction.showDocumentation": {
"enable": true
},
"eslint.quiet": false,
"eslint.validate": [
"javascript",
"typescript",
"vue",
"html",
"markdown",
"json",
"jsonc",
"json5"
],
"cSpell.allowCompoundWords": true,
"cSpell.language": "en,en-US,ru,ru-RU",
"css.lint.hexColorLength": "ignore",
"githubIssues.workingIssueFormatScm": "#${issueNumberLabel}",
"githubPullRequests.fileListLayout": "tree",
"gitlens.codeLens.authors.enabled": false,
"gitlens.codeLens.enabled": false,
"gitlens.codeLens.recentChange.enabled": false,
"gitlens.menus": {
"editor": {
"blame": false,
"clipboard": true,
"compare": true,
"history": false,
"remote": false
},
"editorGroup": {
"blame": true,
"compare": false
},
"editorTab": {
"clipboard": true,
"compare": true,
"history": true,
"remote": true
},
"explorer": {
"clipboard": true,
"compare": true,
"history": true,
"remote": true
},
"scm": {
"authors": true
},
"scmGroup": {
"compare": true,
"openClose": true,
"stash": true
},
"scmGroupInline": {
"stash": true
},
"scmItem": {
"clipboard": true,
"compare": true,
"history": true,
"remote": false,
"stash": true
}
},
"i18n-ally.autoDetection": false,
"i18n-ally.displayLanguage": "en",
"i18n-ally.ignoredLocales": [],
"iconify.annotations": true,
"iconify.inplace": true,
"svg.preview.mode": "svg",
// only use Prettier for manually formatting
"prettier.enable": true,
// "prettier.printWidth": 200,
// "prettier.semi": false,
// "prettier.singleQuote": true,
"volar.autoCompleteRefs": false,
"volar.codeLens.pugTools": false,
"volar.completion.preferredTagNameCase": "pascal",
// File Nesting
// this might not be up to date with the repo, please check yourself
// https://github.com/antfu/vscode-file-nesting-config
"explorer.fileNesting.enabled": true,
"explorer.fileNesting.expand": false,
"explorer.fileNesting.patterns": {
"*.asax": "$(capture).*.cs, $(capture).*.vb",
"*.ascx": "$(capture).*.cs, $(capture).*.vb",
"*.ashx": "$(capture).*.cs, $(capture).*.vb",
"*.aspx": "$(capture).*.cs, $(capture).*.vb",
"*.bloc.dart": "$(capture).event.dart, $(capture).state.dart",
"*.c": "$(capture).h",
"*.cc": "$(capture).hpp, $(capture).h, $(capture).hxx",
"*.cjs": "$(capture).cjs.map, $(capture).*.cjs, $(capture)_*.cjs",
"*.component.ts": "$(capture).component.html, $(capture).component.spec.ts, $(capture).component.css, $(capture).component.scss, $(capture).component.sass, $(capture).component.less",
"*.cpp": "$(capture).hpp, $(capture).h, $(capture).hxx",
"*.cs": "$(capture).*.cs",
"*.cshtml": "$(capture).cshtml.cs",
"*.csproj": "*.config, *proj.user, appsettings.*, bundleconfig.json",
"*.css": "$(capture).css.map, $(capture).*.css",
"*.cxx": "$(capture).hpp, $(capture).h, $(capture).hxx",
"*.dart": "$(capture).freezed.dart, $(capture).g.dart",
"*.ex": "$(capture).html.eex, $(capture).html.heex, $(capture).html.leex",
"*.go": "$(capture)_test.go",
"*.java": "$(capture).class",
"*.js": "$(capture).js.map, $(capture).*.js, $(capture)_*.js",
"*.jsx": "$(capture).js, $(capture).*.jsx, $(capture)_*.js, $(capture)_*.jsx",
"*.master": "$(capture).*.cs, $(capture).*.vb",
"*.mjs": "$(capture).mjs.map, $(capture).*.mjs, $(capture)_*.mjs",
"*.module.ts": "$(capture).resolver.ts, $(capture).controller.ts, $(capture).service.ts",
"*.pubxml": "$(capture).pubxml.user",
"*.resx": "$(capture).*.resx, $(capture).designer.cs, $(capture).designer.vb",
"*.tex": "$(capture).acn, $(capture).acr, $(capture).alg, $(capture).aux, $(capture).bbl, $(capture).blg, $(capture).fdb_latexmk, $(capture).fls, $(capture).glg, $(capture).glo, $(capture).gls, $(capture).idx, $(capture).ind, $(capture).ist, $(capture).lof, $(capture).log, $(capture).lot, $(capture).out, $(capture).pdf, $(capture).synctex.gz, $(capture).toc, $(capture).xdv",
"*.ts": "$(capture).js, $(capture).d.ts.map, $(capture).*.ts, $(capture)_*.js, $(capture)_*.ts",
"*.tsx": "$(capture).ts, $(capture).*.tsx, $(capture)_*.ts, $(capture)_*.tsx",
"*.vbproj": "*.config, *proj.user, appsettings.*, bundleconfig.json",
"*.vue": "$(capture).*.ts, $(capture).*.js, $(capture).story.vue",
"*.xaml": "$(capture).xaml.cs",
"+layout.svelte": "+layout.ts,+layout.ts,+layout.js,+layout.server.ts,+layout.server.js,+layout.gql",
"+page.svelte": "+page.server.ts,+page.server.js,+page.ts,+page.js,+page.gql",
".clang-tidy": ".clang-format, .clangd, compile_commands.json",
".env": "*.env, .env.*, .envrc, env.d.ts",
".gitignore": ".gitattributes, .gitmodules, .gitmessage, .mailmap, .git-blame*",
".project": ".classpath",
"//": "Last update at 4/29/2023, 2:04:58 PM",
"BUILD.bazel": "*.bzl, *.bazel, *.bazelrc, bazel.rc, .bazelignore, .bazelproject, WORKSPACE",
"CMakeLists.txt": "*.cmake, *.cmake.in, .cmake-format.yaml, CMakePresets.json",
"I*.cs": "$(capture).cs",
"artisan": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, rspack.config.*, server.php, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, webpack.mix.js, windi.config.*",
"astro.config.*": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, rspack.config.*, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, windi.config.*",
"cargo.toml": ".clippy.toml, .rustfmt.toml, cargo.lock, clippy.toml, cross.toml, rust-toolchain.toml, rustfmt.toml",
"composer.json": ".php*.cache, composer.lock, phpunit.xml*, psalm*.xml",
"default.nix": "shell.nix",
"deno.json*": "*.env, .env.*, .envrc, api-extractor.json, deno.lock, env.d.ts, import-map.json, import_map.json, jsconfig.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*",
"dockerfile": ".dockerignore, docker-compose.*, dockerfile*",
"flake.nix": "flake.lock",
"gatsby-config.*": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, gatsby-browser.*, gatsby-node.*, gatsby-ssr.*, gatsby-transformer.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, rspack.config.*, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, windi.config.*",
"gemfile": ".ruby-version, gemfile.lock",
"go.mod": ".air*, go.sum",
"go.work": "go.work.sum",
"mix.exs": ".credo.exs, .dialyzer_ignore.exs, .formatter.exs, .iex.exs, .tool-versions, mix.lock",
"next.config.*": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, next-env.d.ts, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, rspack.config.*, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, windi.config.*",
"nuxt.config.*": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, rspack.config.*, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, windi.config.*",
"package.json": ".browserslist*, .circleci*, .commitlint*, .cz-config.js, .czrc, .dlint.json, .dprint.json, .editorconfig, .eslint*, .firebase*, .flowconfig, .github*, .gitlab*, .gitpod*, .huskyrc*, .jslint*, .lintstagedrc*, .markdownlint*, .node-version, .nodemon*, .npm*, .nvmrc, .pm2*, .pnp.*, .pnpm*, .prettier*, .releaserc*, .sentry*, .simple-git-hooks*, .stackblitz*, .styleci*, .stylelint*, .tazerc*, .textlint*, .tool-versions, .travis*, .versionrc*, .vscode*, .watchman*, .xo-config*, .yamllint*, .yarnrc*, Procfile, apollo.config.*, appveyor*, azure-pipelines*, bower.json, build.config.*, commitlint*, crowdin*, dangerfile*, dlint.json, dprint.json, eslint*, firebase.json, grunt*, gulp*, jenkins*, lerna*, lint-staged*, nest-cli.*, netlify*, nodemon*, npm-shrinkwrap.json, nx.*, package-lock.json, package.nls*.json, phpcs.xml, pm2.*, pnpm*, prettier*, pullapprove*, pyrightconfig.json, release-tasks.sh, release.config.*, renovate*, rollup.config.*, rspack*, simple-git-hooks*, stylelint*, tslint*, tsup.config.*, turbo*, typedoc*, unlighthouse*, vercel*, vetur.config.*, webpack*, workspace.json, xo.config.*, yarn*",
"pubspec.yaml": ".metadata, .packages, all_lint_rules.yaml, analysis_options.yaml, build.yaml, pubspec.lock, pubspec_overrides.yaml",
"pyproject.toml": ".pdm.toml, pdm.lock, pyproject.toml",
"quasar.conf.js": "*.env, .babelrc*, .codecov, .cssnanorc*, .env.*, .envrc, .htmlnanorc*, .lighthouserc.*, .mocha*, .postcssrc*, .terserrc*, api-extractor.json, ava.config.*, babel.config.*, contentlayer.config.*, cssnano.config.*, cypress.*, env.d.ts, formkit.config.*, formulate.config.*, histoire.config.*, htmlnanorc.*, jasmine.*, jest.config.*, jsconfig.*, karma*, lighthouserc.*, playwright.config.*, postcss.config.*, puppeteer.config.*, quasar.extensions.json, rspack.config.*, svgo.config.*, tailwind.config.*, tsconfig.*, tsdoc.*, uno.config.*, unocss.config.*, vitest.config.*, webpack.config.*, windi.config.*",
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"shims.d.ts": "*.d.ts",
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}
}ESlint
Linter is a coder's right hand. It checks for errors, formats code, and does many other useful things
At the same time, it is quite a nontrivial task to set up ESlint well. There are a lot of plugins for it, some of them are outdated, many of them conflict with each other.
That's why for not very sophisticated ESlint connoisseurs it's best to use a ready-made solution. The second person in Vue ecosystem Antony Fu shared his config.
To install it, just add the @antfu/eslint-config package to package.json devDependencies. If you look inside, there are dozens of picked packages and configurations.
Unfortunately, formatting the <style> block in .vue files doesn't work, so you have to enable Prettier in manual mode as well.
Online sandboxes for Vue 3
More programs useful in web development
- Hoppscotch/ - API requests
- Postman - API requests, API creation
- Xshell - handy SSH client
- HeidiSQL - client for accessing SQL databases
What computer configuration is suitable for frontend development?
At least 16GB RAM and a good (fast) SSD disk, everything else is secondary, including the processor. Spend your money on a quality second 22+ inch monitor, a comfortable keyboard and mouse.
For fullstack development (and not only) it is convenient to have a mini-PC where you can transfer database, webserver and other [micro]services. It can work as a server, without a monitor and keyboard.
You can also put a source code repository on it. From the main machine the connection goes to VS Code via SSH Remote connection. As a result, both back and front end (Node.js) run on your miniserver, and your laptop no longer gets warm and tries to take off with the help of frantically spinning fans.
It is much more productive (MySQL, webservers, Docker run faster and more reliably on Linux, as does Node.js), comfortable and quieter. The cooler of the mini-PC in normal mode is turned on only for a couple of seconds when the OS is booting.