Wails + Vue 3 Typescript

About

This is a Wails template project with Vue 3 and TypeScript, using Vite for asset bundling. It comes with the bare minimum, and can be extended by following the guides in this README.

If you would like a more feature packed version that includes all features documented below already added, please check out my feature packed Vite + Vue3 TypeScript template

Live Development

To run in live development mode, run wails dev in the project directory. In another terminal, go into the frontend directory and run npm run dev. Navigate to http://localhost:34115 in your browser to connect to your application.

Note: Typechecking is disabled. If you want to do type checking, use npm run type-check

Extending Features

This template does not ship with things like routing, vuex, or sass. To add any of these features, simply follow the instructions below. Please note that all commands should be run in the frontend directory.

Sass

Installation:

$ npm install --save-dev sass

Usage:

You can now add Sass to your single file component styling like this:

<style lang="scss">
  /* scss styling */
</style>

ESLint + Prettier

Installation:

$ npm install --save-dev eslint prettier eslint-plugin-vue eslint-config-prettier @vue/eslint-config-typescript @typescript-eslint/parser @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
$ touch .eslintrc && touch .prettierrc

Usage: eslintrc

{
  "extends": [
    "plugin:vue/vue3-essential",
    "eslint:recommended",
    "prettier",
    "@vue/typescript/recommended"
  ],
    "rules": {
    // override/add rules settings here, such as:
    // "vue/no-unused-vars": "error"
  }
}

Usage: .prettierrc

{
  "semi": false,
  "tabWidth": 2,
  "useTabs": false,
  "printWidth": 120,
  "endOfLine": "auto",
  "singleQuote": true,
  "trailingComma": "all",
  "bracketSpacing": true,
  "arrowParens": "always"
}

Vuex

Installation:

$ npm install --save vuex@next
$ touch src/store.ts

Usage: src/store.ts

import { InjectionKey } from 'vue'
import { createStore, Store, useStore as baseUseStore } from 'vuex'

// define your typings for the store state
export interface State {
  count: number
}

// define injection key
export const key: InjectionKey<Store<State>> = Symbol()

export const store = createStore<State>({
  state() {
    return {
      count: 0
    }
  },
  mutations: {
    increment(state) {
      state.count++
    }
  }
})

export function useStore() {
  return baseUseStore(key)
}

Usage: src/main.ts

import { createApp } from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import { store, key } from './store'

createApp(App).use(store, key).mount('#app')

Usage: src/components/Home.vue

import { useStore } from '../store'
const store = useStore()
const increment = () => store.commit('increment')

Vue Router

Installation:

$ npm install --save vue-router@4
$ touch src/router.ts

Usage: src/router.ts

import { createRouter, createWebHashHistory } from 'vue-router'
import Home from './components/Home.vue'

const routes = [
  {
    path: '/',
    name: 'Home',
    component: Home,
  }
]

const router = createRouter({
  history: createWebHashHistory(),
  routes,
})

export default router

Usage: src/main.ts

import { createApp } from 'vue'
import App from './App.vue'
import router from './router'

createApp(App).use(router).mount('#app')

Usage: src/App.vue

<template>
    <router-link to="/">Home</router-link>
    <router-view />
</template>

Building

To build this project in debug mode, use wails build. For production, use wails build -production. To generate a platform native package, add the -package flag.

Known Issues

• When making changes to the frontend, the browser reload will often happen too fast, causes issues. A refresh will fix the page.
• Typechecking is turned off due to Wails depending on the frontend to build before it will compile the backend and generate bindings.
• If you find any other problems, please create an issue.