How to Share a Method Between Components in Vue?

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Sometimes, we want to share methods between components in our Vue project.

In this article, we’ll look at how to share methods between components in our Vue project.

To share a method between components in Vue, we can create a module that exports the method.

For instance, we can write:

src/shared.js

export default {
  bar() {
    alert("bar")
  }
}

Then we can use it in our component by writing:

src/App.js

<template>...</template>

<script>
import shared from './shared'

export default {
  created() {
    shared.bar();
  }
}
</script>

We imported the shared module and called the bar method inside it.

Alternatively, we can create a mixin, which is a piece of code that can be merged into our component.

For instance, we can write:

const cartMixin = {
  methods: {
    addToCart(product) {
      this.cart.push(product);
    }
  }
};

Then we can use it in our component by writing:

const Store = Vue.extend({
  template: '#app',
  mixins: [cartMixin],
  data(){
    return {
      cart: []
    }
  }
})

We call Vue.extend to create a subclass of the Vue constructor.

We can then make a new instance of Store and render that in our app.

To share a method between components in Vue, we can create a module that exports the method.

By John Au-Yeung