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iview/iview

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TLDR

A collection of pre-built UI components for Vue.js 2 apps, buttons, tables, modals, date pickers, and more, so you can build polished interfaces without designing from scratch.

Mindmap

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  root((iView))
    What it does
      Pre-built UI components
      Consistent visual style
      Production-ready
    Components included
      Buttons and forms
      Tables and lists
      Modals and dialogs
      Date pickers
    Tech stack
      Vue.js 2
      TypeScript support
      Server-side rendering
    Use cases
      Speed up web apps
      Desktop apps with Electron
      Admin dashboards

Things people build with this

USE CASE 1

Build a Vue.js web app with a polished UI in half the time by using pre-styled components instead of designing your own.

USE CASE 2

Create an admin dashboard with tables, forms, and modals that work consistently across browsers.

USE CASE 3

Build a desktop application using Electron and Vue.js with native-looking UI components.

USE CASE 4

Develop a server-rendered Vue app with Nuxt.js using a complete component library out of the box.

Tech stack

Vue.js 2JavaScriptTypeScriptCSSNuxt.jsElectron

Getting it running

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min
Use freely for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice and license text.

In plain English

iView is a UI component library for Vue.js 2, a collection of pre-built, styled interface elements like buttons, dropdowns, date pickers, tables, modals, and sliders that you can drop into a Vue-based web application without designing or coding them from scratch. The problem it solves is that building a professional-looking web interface from scratch takes a lot of time. iView provides dozens of ready-made, consistently designed components that follow a clean visual style, so developers can focus on application logic rather than UI details. The components come with straightforward APIs designed to be approachable for developers of all skill levels. It supports Vue.js 2 (and also Vue.js 1 in older versions), server-side rendering (SSR), Nuxt.js, TypeScript, and Electron (for building desktop apps). Most components work in IE9 and above browsers. It was adopted widely in China, with notable users including Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, and Meituan. You would use iView when building a Vue.js 2 web application and you want a polished, production-ready component library to speed up development. It is installed via npm and styled with CSS.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Show me how to install iView in a Vue.js 2 project and use a button component in a template.
Prompt 2
How do I customize the theme colors and styling of iView components in my Vue app?
Prompt 3
Give me an example of building a data table with sorting and pagination using iView's Table component.
Prompt 4
How do I use iView components in a Nuxt.js project with server-side rendering?
Prompt 5
Show me how to build a modal dialog with a form inside using iView components.
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