The quick answer
Quite simply, because it makes developing front-end applications — big and small — so much easier. It is not an exaggeration to say that I have blown people away with the speed that Vue has enabled me to produce a prototype of what they thought was a complex application. The first time I started using Vue.js, it was a game changer.
The more detailed answer
A progressive, incrementally adoptable framework
Vue.js is designed to be incrementally adoptable, so it can be gradually introduced to an application of any size — from the smallest website to enterprise-level systems. Its component and template based nature encourages reusability and drives flexibility.
A refined reactivity system and declarative rendering
Vue only updates the parts of the page that have actually changed, and does so in an optimised way, such as batching updates. Components describe what the UI should look like and Vue takes care of keeping it in sync with your data.
Open source, community driven and well led
Vue.js is open source and community driven, with an extremely talented core team at the helm making sure it keeps developing as the web does. It also has excellent documentation.
Light, fast and a great ecosystem
- Compatible with TypeScript, with great IDE support.
- A very light footprint with built-in code splitting.
- Official libraries such as Vue Router and Pinia (state management), and Vite, the next generation front-end build tool, also created by Vue's creator Evan You.
- Support for server-side rendering, static site generation and automated testing.
Trusted by the giants
Vue is used in projects by major companies including Google, Apple, Netflix and GitLab. If you're still not convinced, take some time to watch the excellent Vue.js documentary, in which Laravel founder Taylor Otwell speaks of his love of Vue.
In short
Vue is an extremely flexible, progressive JavaScript framework that developers at every level can quickly learn — and it lets me deliver fast, maintainable front ends for my clients.
