I was trying to organize my vue app code, and came across this question , since I have a lot of logic in my component and can not use other sub-coponents , it makes sense to use many functions in a separate js file and call them in the vue file, so here is my attempt
1)The Component (.vue file)
//MyComponent.vue file
<template>
<div>
<div>Hello {{name}}</div>
<button @click="function_A">Read Name</button>
<button @click="function_B">Write Name</button>
<button @click="function_C">Reset</button>
<div>{{message}}</div>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import Mylib from "./Mylib"; // <-- import
export default {
name: "MyComponent",
data() {
return {
name: "Bob",
message: "click on the buttons"
};
},
methods: {
function_A() {
Mylib.myfuncA(this); // <---read data
},
function_B() {
Mylib.myfuncB(this); // <---write data
},
function_C() {
Mylib.myfuncC(this); // <---write data
}
}
};
</script>
2)The External js file
//Mylib.js
let exports = {};
// this (vue instance) is passed as that , so we
// can read and write data from and to it as we please :)
exports.myfuncA = (that) => {
that.message =
"you hit ''myfuncA'' function that is located in Mylib.js and data.name = " +
that.name;
};
exports.myfuncB = (that) => {
that.message =
"you hit ''myfuncB'' function that is located in Mylib.js and now I will change the name to Nassim";
that.name = "Nassim"; // <-- change name to Nassim
};
exports.myfuncC = (that) => {
that.message =
"you hit ''myfuncC'' function that is located in Mylib.js and now I will change the name back to Bob";
that.name = "Bob"; // <-- change name to Bob
};
export default exports;
3)see it in action :
https://codesandbox.io/s/distracted-pare-vuw7i?file=/src/components/MyComponent.vue
edit
after getting more experience with Vue , I found out that you could use mixins too to split your code into different files and make it easier to code and maintain see https://vuejs.org/v2/guide/mixins.html