Introduction to Vue lifecycle hooks

Vue is a progressive JavaScript framework created by Evan You and the Vue core team, with contributions from a large open-source community. It focuses on the view layer of the MVC model and is supported by an ecosystem of libraries for building complex single-page applications. The article outlines the lifecycle of a Vue application from creation to destruction, detailing various lifecycle hooks such as setup(), onBeforeMount(), onMounted(), onBeforeUpdate(), onUpdated(), onBeforeUnmount(), and onUnmounted(). These hooks provide developers with the ability to add custom logic at different stages of an application's lifecycle. The Vue Composition API, introduced in Vue 3, enhances code organization by allowing developers to group related functions, facilitating modular and scalable codebases. The article also includes a guide to setting up a Vue development environment and highlights the use of Vue CLI.