Creating a carousel in Vue 3 and Vite is a straightforward process, and in this tutorial, I'll walk you through the steps to build one.
Step 1: Set up a new Vite project
First, make sure you have Vite installed by running the following command:
npm install -g @vite/cli
Once Vite is installed, you can create a new Vue 3 project by running the following command:
vite create my-carousel
This will set up a new Vue 3 project with a basic template.
Step 2: Install the Vue Carousel package
To create a carousel, we'll use the popular vue-carousel
package. You can install this package by running the following command in your project's root directory:
npm install vue-carousel
Step 3: Register the Vue Carousel plugin
Next, register the Vue Carousel plugin in your main.js
file:
import { createApp } from "vue";
import App from "./App.vue";
import VueCarousel from 'vue-carousel';
const app = createApp(App);
app.use(VueCarousel);
app.mount("#app");
Step 4: Create the carousel template
Now, open the App.vue
file and replace the existing template with the following:
<template>
<div id="app">
<carousel>
<slide v-for="slide in slides" :key="slide.id">
<img :src="slide.image" :alt="slide.description" width="100%" height="300px">
</slide>
</carousel>
</div>
</template>
This template creates a carousel
component and a slide
component for each item in the slides
array.
Step 5: Define the carousel data
In the <script>
section of App.vue
add a data
property that defines the slides
array, like this:
<script>
export default {
name: "App",
data() {
return {
slides: [
{
id: 1,
image: "https://via.placeholder.com/1200x300.png?text=Slide+1",
description: "Slide 1",
},
{
id: 2,
image: "https://via.placeholder.com/1200x300.png?text=Slide+2",
description: "Slide 2",
},
{
id: 3,
image: "https://via.placeholder.com/1200x300.png?text=Slide+3",
description: "Slide 3",
},
],
};
},
};
</script>
The slides
array contains an array of objects, with each object having an id
, an image
and a description
property. This will be used to render the slide
component in the template.
Step 6: Serve the project
Finally, to serve the project, you can run the following command in your project's root directory:
vite
This will start a development server, and you should be able to see your carousel in the browser at http://localhost:3000
.
That's it! You've created a simple carousel in Vue 3 and Vite. You can now customize the carousel to your liking by adding more slides, customizing the styles, or adding additional functionality using the options provided by the vue-carousel
package.