Top 5 Online Courses to Learn Vue or Vue.js in 2020 - Best of Lot

After Angular and React.js changed the frontend development space, I thought that they are going to rule the frontend world for many years and no more frameworks will come close, but, like many of you, I was wrong; the Vue.js was knocking the door. To be honest, I ignored Vue.js for a long time, hoping that it will slowly fade away, but again I was wrong, Vue.js was not just knocking the door, it was there to stay. So, what does Vue.js offer which Angular and React doesn't? Why should a JavaScript or front-end developer learn Vue.js if he already knows Angular, and React? Well, these are the same questions I asked myself and my friends when I started thinking about Vue.js seriously.

I know in my heart that Vue.js might just be providing the best of both world by combining the best of both Angular and React, but the most definitive answer about Angular vs. React vs. Vue.js I found on an article on Medium which I am quoting here:

Angular is the entire kitchen that gives you all the tools necessary for you to build the meal that is your web app. If I am a bank with lots of developers, I like Angular to keep everyone working in the same pattern.

React is the oven.  You most likely will need more tools to bake that cake, but it allows you the flexibility to pick and chose what tools you want based on your needs. If I’m a tech company with active senior developers that can make the right decisions, I like React.js.

Vue is the microwave that allows you to get up and running really fast and make your cooking life efficient and comfortable. If I am a startup with a young developer team and a strict deadline, I like Vue.js.

As it says, all Angular, React, and Vue.js all are stable, have proper documentation and can help in server-side rendering, but the scale and need are different. Depending upon your situation you can choose either Angular, React or Vue.js but since we are here to learn Vue.js, let me highlight  a couple of things about Vue.js which I liked and which forced me to learn and recommend this excellent front-end framework:

1. Vue.js is very small with minimized and gzipped size hovering around 16KB, which makes it faster to load. It also provides fantastic Runtime Performance, sometimes even better than Angular and React.js.

2. Vue.js is easy because if you know HTML and CSS you can pick it up fast and every web developer knows HTML and CSS, No? If you don't, learn them first before jumping on Vue.js. To be honest, HTML and CSS are also super easy to understand quickly.

This means if you hire developers that have little to no experience, they can quickly get up to speed with the rest of your team. If you don't know HTML and CSS, see these courses and tutorials to learn it.

3. Vue.js also has very descriptive attributes that you can add to elements or components. For example, you can use a v-model to synchronize the value a user has typed into a text box with that component’s state.

4. Vue.js has built-in type validation for all properties on a component, and it also has Slots, a great way to build complex components without a complex solution.

5 Best Vue.js Online Training Courses for Web Developers

All these features make Vue.js a great choice to develop the frontend of your application and if you are already convinced to learn Vue.js, here are some of the best online training courses you can join in kick-starting your journey.

These are some of the best routes to learn Vue.js for both beginners, and intermediate web developers and even experts will find something on them. It contains some of the free and paid courses from Udemy, Pluralsight, and other websites. I also intend to add more courses on this list when I found something worth adding, so you can bookmark this list for future reference.

Anyway, without wasting any more of your time, here is my list of best courses to learn Vue.js in 2020:

1. Vue JS 2 - The Complete Guide

If you have been a regular reader here than you might know that I am a big fan of Maximilian Schwarzmüller, one of the best Udemy instructors teaching web development.

Having attended his Angular and React.js courses, I was actually looking for his Vue.js course when I first thought about learning Vue.js, and this was the course I took.

Let me tell you, I wasn't disappointed because Max's teaching skill is both power-packed and engaging, I learned about much Vue.js stuff which I didn't even know existed, and that's why I recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn Vue.js.

It's a great, in-depth course on Vue.js, best for beginners and intermediate developers, packed with 21.5 hours of super engaging content and also provides a Certificate of completion.

More than 90,000 students have already taken this course which speaks volumes about its greatness, and it's also one of the highest-rated Vue.js courses for beginners in Udemy with on average 4.7 ratings from close to 30,000 participants.

The course is also available in German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, and Turkish apart from English.

2. Vue JS Essentials with Vuex and Vue Router

Apart from Maximilian Schwarzmüller, Stephen Grider is another instructor on Udemy, which I like. I joined this course after completing the first one, and that's why I had enough knowledge about Vue.js to understand what's going on, but I must say, this course help me to solidify by Vue.js experience which was just a couple of weeks old by then.

Having attended his React and Redux courses , I was sure that his Vue.js course will also be similar in quality and I was right, it is another gem of the online course on Udemy.

It's also a fast-track, crash course which will teach you Vue, Vuex, and Vue Router in 11 hours! So, if you have to learn Vue.js over a weekend for your next project in your new company, this is the course you should join. It will teach you most of the things you need to develop your first Vue.js project.

Talking about the social proof, more than 5,339 students have already taken this course, and it has, on average, 4.6 ratings from 860 rating participants, which is just awesome. Apart from English, the course is also available in Indonesian, Polish, Romanian, and Thai.

3. Vue.js: Getting Started By Chad Campbell

As many of you already know, I have Pluralsight membership, and I often go there to learn something new. So, when I started learning Vue.js, I looked Pluralsight as well to find some of the introductory courses, and this is one of them.

This course will quickly get you started with Vue.js by teaching you why Vue.js is valuable, how to get data from a user, handle events, and render efficiently. I strongly recommend this course to any programmer who wants to learn Vue.js and web developers who are upgrading their skills.

4. Vue.js Fundamentals By Jim Cooper

This is another beginner-level course to learn Vue.js online by yourself. If you know, Vue.js is rapidly growing in popularity due to its ease-of-use, which means more and more developers are learning Vue.js for developing single-page applications.

This course will teach you all the fundamentals of Vue development, including creating components, directives, filters, routing, Vuex state management, and deploying to production.

Btw, you would need a Pluralsight membership to access these two courses, which cost around $29 per month or $299 per year (14% saving). I have this membership and it's really worth of your money because you get access to more than 6000 top-quality online courses on the latest technologies, taught by experts.

Anyway, even if you don't have a membership, you can still access this course for free by taking advantage of their 10-day free trial which provides you free access to all of their courses for 10 days. The only catch is that you have just 200 minutes of watch time.

5. Intro to Vue.js (free course)

This is a free course to learn Vue.js from vuemastery.com. They cover all the basics and give you challenges so you can learn by doing. Btw, You don't need to join all the courses, take a look at the couple of them and join the one which is most appropriate for you.

For me, it's easier because I connect to both Max and Stephen Grider, and that's why the first two courses were my preferred courses to learn Vue.js. If you also like Maximilian and Stephen Grider then join them or explore the other three to get a sense of what you are getting.

6.Nuxt.js - Vue.js on Steroids

This is another excellent course by Maximilian Schwarzmüller on Udemy, which will teach you how to build highly engaging Vue JS apps with Nuxt.js. Next add easy server-side-rendering and a folder-based config approach to Vue.js, which makes it development even more comfortable.

If you know, Vue.js is a fantastic Javascript framework that you can use to build highly engaging user interfaces and single-page applications, and Nuxt.js takes it to the next level!

It's a library for Vue.js (kind of a "framework for a framework"), and it adds two important things to Vue.js:

1. Server-side-rendering of your Vue app out of the box

2. Easy Vue app configuration via folders and files

In this course, Max will teach you how to create Nuxt/ Vue apps from scratch! We'll build an entire course project and dive into the core features Nuxt.js offers.

By the end of the course, you'll have a complete Vue app, built with Nuxt.js, which can be rendered on the server (or as a static website!) and which is highly optimized. So, if you like Nuxt.js and want to use it in your next project, this is the course to join.

That's all about some of the best courses to learn Vue.js for beginners and intermediate programmers. As I have said, Vue.js is becoming more and more popular each passing day, and more startups are using Vue.js than React.js or Angular now. Learning Vue.js not only help you to create great front-end for your project but also to get the web developer job you always wanted.

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P. S. - If you don't mind learning from free resources like free online courses, books, and tutorials then you can also check out my earlier list of 5 free resources to learn web development , in which I have shared some useful free resources for web developers.