Options API

Noun · Development

Definitions

  1. The original Vue.js component authoring style in which a component is defined as an object with declarative option properties — `data`, `methods`, `computed`, `watch`, and lifecycle hooks — organized by option type rather than by logical concern. Contrast with the Composition API introduced in Vue 3.

    In plain English: The classic way of building Vue.js components by filling in predefined sections like 'data' and 'methods' in a structured object.

    Example: "The Options API is simpler for small components, but once the component grew to 500 lines the related logic was scattered across five different option blocks."

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