Plugins

Introduction#

Vue plugins adds global functionality as, global methods, directives, transitions, filters, instance methods, objects and inject some component options using mixins

Syntax#

MyPlugin.install = function (Vue, options) {}

Parameters#

Name	Description
Vue	Vue constructor, injected by Vue
options	Additional options if needed
## Remarks#
In most cases you will need to explicitly tell Vue to use a plugin

// calls `MyPlugin.install(Vue)`
Vue.use(MyPlugin)

To pass options

Vue.use(MyPlugin, { someOption: true })

Simple logger

//myLogger.js
export default {

  install(Vue, options) {
     function log(type, title, text) {
       console.log(`[${type}] ${title} - ${text}`);
     }

     Vue.prototype.$log = {
       error(title, text) { log('danger', title, text) },
       success(title, text) { log('success', title, text) },
       log
     }
  }
}

Before your main Vue instance tell to register your plugin

//main.js
import Logger from './path/to/myLogger';

Vue.use(Logger);

var vm = new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  template: '<App/>',
  components: { App }
})

Now you can call this.$log on any child component

//myComponent.vue
export default {
  data() {
    return {};
  },
  methods: {
    Save() {
      this.$log.success('Transaction saved!');
    }
  }
}