Introduction to Vuex

In this tutorial, we will learn how to use Vuex for state management in our Vue.js application. Vuex is the official state management library for Vue.js and it provides a simple and flexible way to manage global state.

Step 1: Installing Vuex

First, we need to install Vuex. We can do this by running the following command in our terminal:

npm install vuex

Step 2: Creating the Store

Next, we need to create the store. We can do this by creating a new file called store.js in the src directory:

// src/store.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import Vuex from 'vuex'

Vue.use(Vuex)

const store = new Vuex.Store({
  state: {
    count: 0
  },
  mutations: {
    increment(state) {
      state.count++
    }
  },
  actions: {
    increment(context) {
      context.commit('increment')
    }
  }
})

export default store

Step 3: Using the Store in Our Application

Now, we can use the store in our application. We can do this by importing the store in our main.js file and using the mapState and mapActions helpers in our components:

// src/main.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import store from './store'

Vue.config.productionTip = false

new Vue({
  store,
  render: h => h(App)
}).$mount('#app')

// src/components/Counter.vue
<template>
  <div>
    <p>Count: {{ count }}</p>
    <button @click='increment'>Increment</button>
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import { mapState, mapActions } from 'vuex'

export default {
  computed: mapState(['count']),
  methods: mapActions(['increment'])
}
</script>