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Why and How I Used Vue.js for My Python/Django Web App (and why not React)

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Here’s why and how I used Vue.js for my Python/Django web app. You can try using this website here: https://csqa.io/ And here’s the article I used for setting up Django with React for my previous project: https://medium.com/uva-mobile-devhub/set-up-react-in-your-django-project-with-webpack-4fe1f8455396 Other Relevant Resources: The source code of this project: https://github.com/ykdojo/csqa Django Rest Framework’s serializer library: https://www.django-rest-framework.org/api-guide/serializers/ Using Axios with Vue: https://vuejs.org/v2/cookbook/using-axios-to-consume-apis.html

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11.353, 'text': "And as I mentioned in that video, I didn't use Vue or React or anything like that just to keep it simple.", 'start': 6.131, 'duration': 5.222}, {'end': 16.815, 'text': 'Later though, I decided to add Vue.js on top of it instead of React.', 'start': 12.114, 'duration': 4.701}, {'end': 25.339, 'text': "So in this video, I'm going to show you why I decided to make that particular choice, how I did it, and what I was able to accomplish using it.", 'start': 17.636, 'duration': 7.703}, {'end': 28.1, 'text': 'First of all, let me show you what my use case was.', 'start': 26.299, 'duration': 1.801}, {'end': 37.572, 'text': "Basically, it's for the question page that shows the details of a question and the answers to that question.", 'start': 29.025, 'duration': 8.547}, {'end': 47.42, 'text': 'And I wanted to use Vue to add these upvote and downvote buttons for the question as well as each answer.', 'start': 38.833, 'duration': 8.587}], 'summary': 'Developed q&a website using django, later added vue.js for upvote and downvote buttons.', 'duration': 46.831, 'max_score': 0.589, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw589.jpg'}, {'end': 101.484, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 70.143, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 73.827, 'text': 'it would refresh the whole page every time for each answer.', 'start': 70.143, 'duration': 3.684}, {'end': 77.291, 'text': "It's not a very smooth experience right?", 'start': 75.429, 'duration': 1.862}, {'end': 87.131, 'text': 'And the way I solved this particular problem using Vue is I first replaced these upvote and downvote buttons for the question,', 'start': 78.342, 'duration': 8.789}, {'end': 89.373, 'text': "so it doesn't refresh the whole page.", 'start': 87.131, 'duration': 2.242}, {'end': 95.079, 'text': 'And then I replicated the same functionality to each answer.', 'start': 90.014, 'duration': 5.065}, {'end': 101.484, 'text': "And that's when I needed to decide 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of replacing only one page with a React component was chosen for its relative simplicity, yet it was still deemed overly complicated compared to using Vue.']}, {'end': 500.301, 'segs': [{'end': 296.436, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 191.789, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 195.691, 'text': "But with Vue, it's much simpler to set it up, as you'll see in a second.", 'start': 191.789, 'duration': 3.902}, {'end': 199.754, 'text': 'So let me show you how to go about setting it up with Django.', 'start': 196.332, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 206.412, 'text': 'Here, just for a demo, I created a new page called test.', 'start': 201.229, 'duration': 5.183}, {'end': 212.235, 'text': "It's at the local server's URL slash test.", 'start': 207.633, 'duration': 4.602}, {'end': 214.377, 'text': 'This is my local Django server.', 'start': 212.736, 'duration': 1.641}, {'end': 217.5, 'text': 'And it just says, hello.', 'start': 215.639, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 218.441, 'text': "It's a simple page.", 'start': 217.66, 'duration': 0.781}, {'end': 222.903, 'text': "And it's actually already running a view app on top of Django.", 'start': 219.421, 'duration': 3.482}, {'end': 224.804, 'text': 'So let me show you how I set it up.', 'start': 223.384, 'duration': 1.42}, {'end': 231.548, 'text': 'The first thing I did is I created this new view called test view in Django.', 'start': 225.765, 'duration': 5.783}, {'end': 235.991, 'text': 'And this is invoked when that URL is called by a user.', 'start': 232.689, 'duration': 3.302}, {'end': 247.74, 'text': "And this test view is going to retrieve the current user, and then it's going to render my new template called test.html using this context.", 'start': 237.273, 'duration': 10.467}, {'end': 257.987, 'text': 'This context contains the username of the current user as well as the current user object itself, so that this template, test.html,', 'start': 248.22, 'duration': 9.767}, {'end': 260.168, 'text': 'has access to those two variables.', 'start': 257.987, 'duration': 2.181}, {'end': 264.931, 'text': "So now let's take a look at the template that I just mentioned, test.html.", 'start': 261.189, 'duration': 3.742}, {'end': 271.23, 'text': 'It has two simple components, three if you want to count everything.', 'start': 266.828, 'duration': 4.402}, {'end': 272.29, 'text': 'So let me explain those.', 'start': 271.41, 'duration': 0.88}, {'end': 279.333, 'text': 'The first one is we need to import the view library, which is done in this simple statement.', 'start': 272.891, 'duration': 6.442}, {'end': 283.695, 'text': "But it's actually done in the head part of the HTML.", 'start': 280.514, 'duration': 3.181}, {'end': 287.777, 'text': "So we can just comment this out because we don't have to import it twice.", 'start': 284.295, 'duration': 3.482}, {'end': 296.436, 'text': "And the second part is the main div that we're going to use that's associated with our view instance.", 'start': 288.954, 'duration': 7.482}], 'summary': "Setting up vue with django to create a new test page at local server's url, displaying 'hello'.", 'duration': 55.951, 'max_score': 191.789, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw191789.jpg'}, {'end': 368.256, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 333.266, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 345.095, 'text': 'because the default delimiters of Vue are the same as the default delimiters of Django, which are double curly brackets.', 'start': 333.266, 'duration': 11.829}, {'end': 352.701, 'text': "So we need to use something else for Vue, and that's why we're using double square brackets here instead of double curly brackets.", 'start': 345.656, 'duration': 7.045}, {'end': 360.17, 'text': 'And this is what tells Vue which things are Vue variables.', 'start': 354.446, 'duration': 5.724}, {'end': 368.256, 'text': "So for example, here in my HTML, we're saying this thing message is a Vue variable.", 'start': 361.391, 'duration': 6.865}], 'summary': 'Using double square brackets as delimiters in vue instead of double curly brackets to distinguish vue variables.', 'duration': 34.99, 'max_score': 333.266, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw333266.jpg'}, {'end': 500.301, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 475.892, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 488.256, 'text': 'here all I needed to do is I needed to import Vue with a single line and then set up a new Vue instance and set up a single div element with a particular ID.', 'start': 475.892, 'duration': 12.364}, {'end': 489.197, 'text': "And that's it.", 'start': 488.797, 'duration': 0.4}, {'end': 490.777, 'text': 'And I have a Vue app here.', 'start': 489.537, 'duration': 1.24}, {'end': 497.16, 'text': "You know, I don't need to use any other libraries like a Node.js server or Babel webpack.", 'start': 491.818, 'duration': 5.342}, {'end': 500.301, 'text': "So it's definitely simpler than React, I would say.", 'start': 497.62, 'duration': 2.681}], 'summary': 'Vue app setup is simpler, requiring only one line to import vue and a single div element with an id, without the need for additional libraries like node.js or babel webpack.', 'duration': 24.409, 'max_score': 475.892, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw475892.jpg'}], 'start': 191.789, 'title': 'Vue-django integration', 'summary': 'Covers the process of integrating vue with django, including creating a new page and view, rendering a template, and setting up a vue app with django, highlighting the simplicity of the setup compared to react.', 'chapters': [{'end': 272.29, 'start': 191.789, 'title': 'Integrating vue with django', 'summary': "Illustrates the process of setting up vue with django by creating a new page called test at the local server's url, invoking a new view called test view in django to retrieve the current user, and rendering a new template called test.html with user-related context.", 'duration': 80.501, 'highlights': ["The chapter demonstrates setting up Vue with Django by creating a new page called test at the local server's URL, where a new view called test view in Django is invoked to retrieve the current user and render a new template called test.html with user-related context.", 'The test view in Django is invoked when the URL is called by a user, retrieving the current user and rendering the test.html template with user-related context variables, enabling access to the username of the current user and the current user object.']}, {'end': 500.301, 'start': 272.891, 'title': 'Setting up vue with django', 'summary': 'Explains the process of setting up a vue app with django, emphasizing the simplicity of the setup compared to react, requiring just a single import statement and setup of a new vue instance and a div element with a particular id.', 'duration': 227.41, 'highlights': ['Setting up Vue with Django is simpler than setting up React with Django The process of setting up a Vue app with Django is much simpler than setting up React with Django, requiring just a single import statement and setup of a new Vue instance and a div element with a particular ID.', 'Vue setup requires importing the view library, defining delimiters, and setting up a new Vue instance The Vue setup involves importing the view library, defining delimiters, such as double square brackets, and setting up a new Vue instance with specific data attributes and an associated div element.', 'Defining delimiters for Vue is necessary to distinguish Vue variables from regular HTML elements Defining delimiters, such as double square brackets, is necessary to differentiate Vue variables from regular HTML elements, allowing Vue to identify and replace these variables with their corresponding values.']}], 'duration': 308.512, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw191789.jpg', 'highlights': ['Setting up Vue with Django is simpler than setting up React with Django, requiring just a single import statement and setup of a new Vue instance and a div element with a particular ID.', "The chapter demonstrates setting up Vue with Django by creating a new page called test at the local server's URL, where a new view called test view in Django is invoked to retrieve the current user and render a new template called test.html with user-related context.", 'The test view in Django is invoked when the URL is called by a user, retrieving the current user and rendering the test.html template with user-related context variables, enabling access to the username of the current user and the current user object.', 'Vue setup requires importing the view library, defining delimiters, and setting up a new Vue instance The Vue setup involves importing the view library, defining delimiters, such as double square brackets, and setting up a new Vue instance with specific data attributes and an associated div element.', 'Defining delimiters for Vue is necessary to distinguish Vue variables from regular HTML elements Defining delimiters, such as double square brackets, is necessary to differentiate Vue variables from regular HTML elements, allowing Vue to identify and replace these variables with their corresponding values.']}, {'end': 828.357, 'segs': [{'end': 536.313, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 501.28, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 506.826, 'text': "Anyway, if you want to use a Django variable within this Vue app, that's pretty simple too.", 'start': 501.28, 'duration': 5.546}, {'end': 509.929, 'text': 'The simplest way to do it.', 'start': 507.646, 'duration': 2.283}, {'end': 522.16, 'text': 'it might not be the correct way to do it would be to in this message, for example, I can just write double curly brackets username.', 'start': 509.929, 'duration': 12.231}, {'end': 536.313, 'text': "So what happens with this script is when Django sees this template, it's going 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variable username and then make it available to the HTML and to JavaScript by putting it in an element called username.', 'start': 621.302, 'duration': 12.047}, {'end': 639.23, 'text': 'So this way we can make this Django variable available to JavaScript.', 'start': 634.386, 'duration': 4.844}, {'end': 646.756, 'text': 'And we can retrieve it in JavaScript with this little thing right here.', 'start': 640.171, 'duration': 6.585}], 'summary': "Mixing django's template language with javascript can be improved by using a more clean approach to make django variables available to javascript.", 'duration': 37.801, 'max_score': 596.408, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw596408.jpg'}, {'end': 802.678, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 766.883, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 778.766, 'text': "But if we had a more complex object, for example, the current user that we were passing from our Django view, it doesn't always work.", 'start': 766.883, 'duration': 11.883}, {'end': 781.748, 'text': 'So I got this error.', 'start': 780.163, 'duration': 1.585}, {'end': 784.856, 'text': 'Object of type user is not JSON serializable.', 'start': 782.309, 'duration': 2.547}, {'end': 802.678, 'text': 'What that means is that Django provides us with a default serializer that serializes this given object into a JSON object that can be used within JavaScript.', 'start': 785.765, 'duration': 16.913}], 'summary': "Django's default serializer cannot serialize the current user object into json.", 'duration': 35.795, 'max_score': 766.883, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw766883.jpg'}], 'start': 501.28, 'title': 'Integrating django variables in vue app and javascript', 'summary': 'Covers integrating django variables within a vue app using double curly brackets to display the username, and discusses making django variables available to javascript, retrieving 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The chapter demonstrates a clean approach to making Django variables available to JavaScript, enhancing separation between Django templating and JavaScript, ultimately leading to cleaner code.', 'Challenges arise in dealing with more complex objects, leading to the need for a custom serializer using Django rest frameworks. The chapter highlights the challenges in dealing with more complex objects, such as the current user, and the need for a custom serializer using Django rest frameworks due to the limitations of the default serializer provided by Django.', "Explanation of the error 'Object of type user is not JSON serializable' is provided, emphasizing the limitations of the default serializer. The chapter explains the error 'Object of type user is not JSON serializable' and emphasizes the limitations of the default serializer provided by Django, prompting the need for a custom serializer using Django rest frameworks."]}], 'duration': 327.077, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw501280.jpg', 'highlights': ['The integration of Django variables within the Vue app is demonstrated through a method that replaces the specified template part with the current username, resulting in dynamic content display in the browser.', 'Django variable username is made available to JavaScript using a clean approach, enhancing separation between Django templating and JavaScript.', 'Challenges arise in dealing with more complex objects, leading to the need for a custom serializer using Django rest frameworks.']}, {'end': 1040.198, 'segs': [{'end': 861.097, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 828.357, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 834.361, 'text': 'and you can look at my code as an example about how to do that too.', 'start': 828.357, 'duration': 6.004}, {'end': 837.364, 'text': "and that's what i used to serialize.", 'start': 834.361, 'duration': 3.003}, {'end': 842.867, 'text': "you know each answer object that's sent to my view app too,", 'start': 837.364, 'duration': 5.503}, {'end': 850.662, 'text': "so that my view app will be able to use each answer object as if that's a JavaScript object.", 'start': 842.867, 'duration': 7.795}, {'end': 861.097, 'text': 'Now, the second thing is what if you wanted to send some data from Vue to Django, not just from Django to Vue?', 'start': 851.892, 'duration': 9.205}], 'summary': 'The code provides an example of serializing answer objects for use in a vue app, and also discusses sending data from vue to django.', 'duration': 32.74, 'max_score': 828.357, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw828357.jpg'}, {'end': 1040.198, 'src': 'heatmap', 'start': 987.39, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 1000.419, 'text': 'And when the Django server handles that request and says, OK, that vote was accepted, some kind of response is returned to the Vue app.', 'start': 987.39, 'duration': 13.029}, {'end': 1004.901, 'text': 'And within the Vue app, within this function, you can handle that request.', 'start': 1000.939, 'duration': 3.962}, {'end': 1011.305, 'text': 'So with my particular app, let me show you how that works quickly.', 'start': 1006.522, 'duration': 4.783}, {'end': 1021.068, 'text': "When I upload, let's say, this answer right here, That request is sent to the Django server.", 'start': 1013.027, 'duration': 8.041}, {'end': 1029.372, 'text': 'When that is successful, I can change the color of this upload button within Vue.', 'start': 1022.008, 'duration': 7.364}, {'end': 1032.414, 'text': 'Okay, so all of this is pretty technical.', 'start': 1030.453, 'duration': 1.961}, {'end': 1040.198, 'text': 'You might say, is it really worth the effort? 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feature that I implemented related to this voting function, and that is the point system.', 'start': 1043.567, 'duration': 8.289}, {'end': 1058.925, 'text': "So how that works is whenever you answer someone's question and someone else uploads your answer,", 'start': 1052.758, 'duration': 6.167}, {'end': 1061.628, 'text': 'you get one point every time someone uploads your answer.', 'start': 1058.925, 'duration': 2.703}, {'end': 1065.774, 'text': 'And that point is shown right here with your username.', 'start': 1062.933, 'duration': 2.841}, {'end': 1068.175, 'text': 'And this is my points.', 'start': 1066.634, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 1071.976, 'text': 'And this is shown in the leaderboard too.', 'start': 1068.975, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 1081.58, 'text': 'So whoever answers most amount of questions and gets most amount of points is shown here.', 'start': 1072.397, 'duration': 9.183}, {'end': 1085.848, 'text': "And I found that it's actually pretty motivating.", 'start': 1083.267, 'duration': 2.581}, {'end': 1095.193, 'text': 'I say this because as soon as I implemented this leaderboard and point functions, I noticed that people started answering questions more.', 'start': 1087.329, 'duration': 7.864}], 'summary': 'Implemented point system for answers, leading to increased user engagement.', 'duration': 54.595, 'max_score': 1040.598, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw1040598.jpg'}, {'end': 1174.928, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1148.26, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 1153.95, 'text': 'You know, should I use Django search function or maybe a third party search library?', 'start': 1148.26, 'duration': 5.69}, {'end': 1163.395, 'text': "But I decided to go with Google's custom search function, I guess, because it's the simplest way to implement it.", 'start': 1155.205, 'duration': 8.19}, {'end': 1164.536, 'text': "It's free for me.", 'start': 1163.795, 'duration': 0.741}, {'end': 1168.16, 'text': "It's not perfect, but I think it's good enough for now.", 'start': 1165.237, 'duration': 2.923}, {'end': 1174.928, 'text': "So if you search for, for example, Django, it's going to show all the questions that are related to Django.", 'start': 1168.581, 'duration': 6.347}], 'summary': "Chose google's custom search for simplicity and cost-effectiveness. not perfect, but good enough for now.", 'duration': 26.668, 'max_score': 1148.26, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw1148260.jpg'}, {'end': 1232.265, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1200.457, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 1202.34, 'text': 'you can just go to the source code of this page.', 'start': 1200.457, 'duration': 1.883}, {'end': 1209.152, 'text': "You can submit a new issue right here on GitHub, and I'll see what I can do about that.", 'start': 1203.142, 'duration': 6.01}, {'end': 1213.101, 'text': "Okay, that's pretty much all I wanted to talk about today.", 'start': 1210.12, 'duration': 2.981}, {'end': 1217.182, 'text': 'Sorry for the delay from the last video,', 'start': 1214.461, 'duration': 2.721}, {'end': 1227.364, 'text': "but I'm hoping to make more progress either on this project or maybe start a new project entirely and talk about it on this channel.", 'start': 1217.182, 'duration': 10.182}, {'end': 1232.265, 'text': "Anyway, thank you as always for watching my videos and I'll see you guys in the next one.", 'start': 1228.304, 'duration': 3.961}], 'summary': 'Discussion on github issues and future project plans.', 'duration': 31.808, 'max_score': 1200.457, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/bI5jpueiCWw/pics/bI5jpueiCWw1200457.jpg'}], 'start': 1040.598, 'title': 'Implementing user motivation and search functions', 'summary': 'Introduces a point system for user participation, resulting in a significant increase in answered questions and activity. it also details the implementation 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earn the most points, effectively incentivizing participation.', "The search function implemented with Google's custom search is capable of displaying all related questions when a specific topic is searched for, for example, 'Django'.", 'Using Axios to send POST request from Vue to Django for upvoting, downvoting, or canceling votes', "The decision to use Google's custom search function over other alternatives, such as Django search function or third-party search library, due to its simplicity and cost-effectiveness.", "The chapter demonstrates setting up Vue with Django by creating a new page called test at the local server's URL, where a new view called test view in Django is invoked to retrieve the current user and render a new template called test.html with user-related context.", 'The approach of replacing only one page with a React component was chosen for its relative simplicity, yet it was still deemed overly complicated compared to using Vue.', 'The complexity of setting up React with Django led to the decision to choose Vue for its simplicity.', 'The use case for integrating Vue.js was to add upvote and downvote buttons for questions and answers, aiming to provide a smoother user experience without page refreshes.']}