Vue Tables

This Vue package offers an easy and intuitive way of displaying Bootstrap-styled grids with data coming either from the client or from the server.

• Dependencies
• Installation
• Usage
  • Client Side
  • Server Side
• Options

Dependencies

• Vue.js (>=1.0). Required.
• Bootstrap (CSS). Optional.

Installation

Option 1 - Using browserify with the stringify transform

npm install vue-tables

Require the script:

var VueTables = require('vue-tables');

Option 2

Import the compiled standalone file into your HTML, which will expose a global VueTables variable.

Usage

Register the component(s)

Vue.use(VueTables.client, options);
Vue.use(VueTables.server, options);

Client Side

Add the following element to your page wherever you want it to render. Make sure to wrap it with a parent element you can latch your vue instance into.

<div id="people">
  <v-client-table :data="tableData" :options="options"></v-client-table>
</div>

Create a new Vue instance (You can also nest it within other components). An example works best to illustrate the syntax:

new Vue({
  el:"#people",
  data: {
    tableData: [
      {id:1, name:"John",age:"20"},
      {id:2, name:"Jane",age:"24"},
      {id:3, name:"Susan",age:"16"},
      {id:4, name:"Chris",age:"55"},
      {id:5, name:"Dan",age:"40"}
    ],
    options: {
      columns:['id','name','age']
    }
  }
});

Note: you must pass an id field as it is used to track the data for faster rendering.

Check out the live client-side demo

Server side

<div id="people">
  <v-server-table url="/people" :options="options"></v-server-table>
</div>

Javascript:

new Vue({
    el:"#people",
    data: {
      options: {
       columns:['id','name','age']
     }
  }
});

All the data is passed in the following GET parameters: query,limit,page,orderBy,ascending,byColumn. You need to return a JSON object with two properties:

data array - An array of row objects with identical keys.

count number - Total count before limit.

Events

vue-tables.loading

Fires off when a request is sent to the server. Sends through the request data.

vue-tables.loaded

Fires off after the response data has been attached to the table. Sends through the response.

You can listen to those complementary events on a parent component and use them to add and remove a loading indicator, respectively.

Programmatic reload

At times you might want to refresh the data as a reaction to data alteration on the server-side. To do so hunt down the component's instance using $parent and $children and call the refresh() method on it.

Check out the live server-side demo, including a code sample

Implementations

I have included an Eloquent implementation for Laravel Users. If you happen to write other implementations for PHP or other languages, a pull request would be most welcome, under the following guidelines:

a. Include the class under ./server/{language}.

b. Name it according to convention: {concrete}VueTables.

c. if this is the first implementation in this language add an interface similar to the one found in the PHP folder.

d. Have it implement the interface.

e. TEST IT.

Options

Options are set in three layers, where the more particular overrides the more general.

1. Pre-defined component defaults.
2. Applicable user-defined defaults for the global Vue Instance. Passed as the second paramter to the Use statement.
3. Options for a single table, passed through the options prop.

EXPLORE OPTIONS

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CSS Note: to center the pagination apply text-align:center to the wrapping element