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This issue is all about boosting performance, enhancing validation, and leveling up your automation skills. Let’s roll:

• HTML Form Validation: Why it’s underused and how to make the most of it.

• Speed Up Vue: Optimize your Vue app with Server-Side Rendering.

• Page Speed Importance: Learn why every millisecond matters for your website.

• Vue & Markdown: Import .md files as Vue.js components seamlessly.

• Tutorial of the Day: Create an infinite scroll in Vue3 with just a few lines of code.

• Coding Toolbox:

  • bash-it: Supercharge your Bash shell with community commands.

  • selenium: Automate web browsers effortlessly.

  • puppet: Automate admin tasks on multiple OS systems.

  • text: Collaborate on Markdown documents in real-time.

• HTML Form Validation is heavily underused

• How To Speed Up Your Vue App With Server Side Rendering

• Why Does Page Speed Matter?

• Import .md file as Vue.js Components

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How to create an infinite scroll with just a few lines of code in Vue3

Picture this: you’re exploring an endless gallery of articles or code snippets, scrolling effortlessly as new content loads smoothly, without any breaks. This magic is what infinite scroll is all about, and we’re going to uncover how to create it in Vue 3.

The Core Setup: Managing State and Fetching Data

At the heart of our system is app-items.vue, which handles loading content page by page as the user scrolls. We use reactive variables to track loaded items, the current page, and whether more items are available:

const items_loaded = ref([]);
const current_page = ref(0);
const isLoading = ref(false);
const has_more = ref(true);

//Our fetchItems function does the heavy lifting, fetching data from the store and updating our state:

const fetchItems = async (page = 1) => {
    if (isLoading.value || !has_more.value) return;
    isLoading.value = true;
    
    let items = await props.__store.getItems({ tag_id: selected_tag.value?.id || 0, page });
    if (!items.length) has_more.value = false;
    else items_loaded.value.push(...items);
    
    isLoading.value = false;
};

This function ensures smooth data fetching without redundant requests, updating the UI seamlessly.

The Infinite Scroll Mechanism

In infinite-scroller.vue, we use an Intersection Observer to detect when the user reaches the bottom of the list. This observer triggers loadMoreItems, incrementing the page and fetching the next set of items.

User Feedback: Keeping Things Engaging

We provide feedback with a spinner during loading and a message when there’s no more content:

<div v-if="isLoading" class="loading-text"><div class="spinner-border" /></div>
<div v-if="!has_more" class="no-more-items">No more items to load.</div>

The Experience in Motion

Our setup delivers a fluid experience where content loads dynamically, and the user never has to think about the next page. With Vue 3, careful state management, and Intersection Observers, we choreograph an infinite scroll experience that feels magical.

Creating an endless, engaging scroll isn’t just about functionality; it’s about crafting an experience where every detail, from smooth loading to graceful UI feedback, makes the journey delightful.

⭐️ For the full details, check out the full article here

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Newsletter Recommendation

• bash-it - is a collection of community Bash commands and scripts for Bash 3.2+

• selenium - is an umbrella project encapsulating a variety of tools and libraries enabling web browser automation

• puppet - an automated administrative engine for your Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, performs administrative tasks (such as adding users, installing packages, and updating server configurations) based on a centralized specification.

• text - Collaborative document editing using Markdown

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