HTML 5 drag and drop API: A tutorial
Blog post from LogRocket
The tutorial explores the HTML 5 drag and drop API, which allows developers to create draggable elements for building interactive applications with rich user interfaces. As a practical exercise, the tutorial guides users through creating a simple Kanban board using Vue.js, where tasks can be visually managed and tracked across different stages of progress, similar to tools like Trello and Jira. It details the process of setting up the Vue CLI application, creating and styling UI components such as cards and columns, and implementing the drag and drop functionality through JavaScript event listeners and the DataTransfer API. The tutorial emphasizes the importance of managing application state within Vue components and demonstrates how to handle custom events for adding new cards and moving existing ones between columns. The tutorial concludes by highlighting that the drag and drop functionality is applicable beyond Vue.js, adaptable to other frameworks or vanilla JavaScript, and offers resources for further exploration and debugging using LogRocket.