How to Master Vue from Zero: A Goal‑Driven Learning Blueprint

First, why use learning Vue as an example to discuss my learning method? Many of my followers are Java backend developers; Vue is less known to them, so using Vue from zero provides a good reference for learning new technologies.

Set Clear Goals

When learning a new technology, you must have a

goal

. My goal for Vue was to create a front‑end interface for a backend‑admin system.

There are many front‑end frameworks, but I chose Vue after briefly evaluating React and Angular. Vue had the most GitHub stars, supports progressive learning, and offers comprehensive Chinese documentation.

Vue has the most

Stars

on GitHub, indicating strong community support.

It promotes

progressive learning

, providing a smooth transition from JavaScript.

Its

Chinese documentation

is thorough, aiding self‑study.

Fundamental Learning

After selecting Vue, I strongly recommend reading the official tutorial once, especially when Chinese documentation is available.

Official documentation: https://cn.vuejs.org/v2/guide/

Initially focus on the

Guide

section.

The key is to understand concepts; skip parts that are hard to grasp now, and expand your knowledge of the technology.

Project‑Oriented Learning

Once you have a basic grasp of Vue, find an open‑source project that matches your goal. Search GitHub for "Vue" and sort by

Stars

.

The project

vue-element-admin

(https://github.com/PanJiaChen/vue-element-admin) closely matches the target, but its complexity is high for beginners, so I switched to the simpler

vue-admin-template

(https://github.com/PanJiaChen/vue-admin-template).

Expand Knowledge

After locating the target project, examine its

package.json

to understand the technology stack.

<code>{
  "dependencies": {
    "axios": "0.18.1",
    "element-ui": "2.13.0",
    "js-cookie": "2.2.0",
    "normalize.css": "7.0.0",
    "nprogress": "0.2.0",
    "path-to-regexp": "2.4.0",
    "vue": "2.6.10",
    "vue-router": "3.0.6",
    "vuex": "3.1.0"
  }
}
</code>

Study each dependency to broaden your skill set:

axios

A JavaScript HTTP client for browser requests. See https://github.com/axios/axios

element-ui

A desktop UI component library for Vue 2.0. Documentation: https://element.eleme.cn/

js-cookie

A JavaScript library for handling cookies. https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie

normalize.css

A CSS library that normalizes default HTML element styles across browsers.

nprogress

A JavaScript progress bar UI component. https://github.com/rstacruz/nprogress

path-to-regexp

Converts path strings (e.g., /user/:name) to regular expressions. https://github.com/pillarjs/path-to-regexp

vue

The core Vue framework; refer to the official guide.

vue-router

The official router for Vue.js, enabling single‑page applications. https://router.vuejs.org/zh/

vuex

A state management pattern + library for Vue applications. https://vuex.vuejs.org/zh/

vue-admin-template

After learning the above libraries, follow the Chinese README tutorial to understand the template. https://github.com/PanJiaChen/vue-admin-template/blob/master/README-zh.md

Practice

Allocate time: 1 day to read Vue docs, 2 days to learn the tech stack used by

vue-admin-template

, then 2 days to study its source code. In five days you can become proficient with Vue.

After mastering Vue, apply it by building a backend‑admin front‑end, such as the

mall-admin-web

project, which provides a complete API for practice.

Conclusion

Summarizing the learning method: define clear goals, study the fundamentals, explore a relevant open‑source project to understand its stack, then practice by building a real application. This approach helps you master a new technology efficiently.

Project Repository

https://github.com/macrozheng/mall-admin-web