BalmUI

Next Generation Material UI for Vue.js

Introduction

BalmUI is a modular and customizable Material Design UI library for Vue 3.

balm-ui@8 supports for Vue 2

Features

• Enterprise-class UI designed for web applications
• A set of high-quality Vue components/plugins/directives/utils out of the box
• Powerful theme customization in every detail
• Integrated a complete set of the latest Material Icons
• All components and plugins is highly customizable, and can be used individually
• TypeScript support (updating)

Documentation & Demos

• Visit material.balmjs.com
• Visit v8.material.balmjs.com (for Vue 2)

Quick Start

Requirements

• Vue.js@3.0+
• 🚀 Balm CLI or Vue CLI/Vite or other toolchains

1. For Balm CLI

1.0 Create a project

balm init vue my-project
cd my-project

1.1 Installing balm-ui

yarn add balm-ui
# OR
npm install --save balm-ui

1.2 Configuration

update balm.config.js

• get Material Icons without downloading (or, download and extract to my-project/app/fonts)

  const api = (mix) => {
    if (mix.env.isDev) {
      mix.copy('node_modules/balm-ui/fonts/*', 'app/fonts');
    }
  };

• edit my-project/config/balmrc.js for using Dart Sass

  module.exports = {
    styles: {
      extname: 'scss'
    }
    // Other Options...
  };

1.3 Usage

Default Usage

• edit my-project/app/styles/global/_vendor.scss

  /* import BalmUI styles */
  @use 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui';

  Recommend to use Sass in /path/to/project-name/styles/_vendor.scss, and you can use more advanced style usage of the BalmUI.

• edit my-project/app/scripts/main.js

  import { createApp } from 'vue';
  import App from '@/views/layouts/app';
  import BalmUI from 'balm-ui'; // Official Google Material Components
  import BalmUIPlus from 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui-plus'; // BalmJS Team Material Components
  
  const app = createApp(App);
  
  app.use(BalmUI); // Mandatory
  app.use(BalmUIPlus); // Optional
  
  app.mount('#app');

Standalone Usage

• edit my-project/app/styles/global/_vendor.scss

  @use 'balm-ui/components/core';
  @use 'balm-ui/components/button/button';
  @use 'balm-ui/components/icon/icon';
  @use 'balm-ui/components/dialog/dialog';
  @use 'balm-ui/plugins/alert/alert';

• edit my-project/app/scripts/main.js

  import { createApp } from 'vue';
  import App from '@/views/layouts/app';
  import UiButton from 'balm-ui/components/button';
  import $alert from 'balm-ui/plugins/alert';
  
  const app = createApp(App);
  
  app.use(UiButton);
  app.use($alert);
  
  app.mount('#app');

1.4 Development and testing

npm run dev

• edit a vue component: my-project/app/scripts/views/components/hello.vue

  <template>
    <div class="hello">
      ...
      <!-- Add a test button -->
      <ui-button @click="$alert('Hello BalmUI')">Click Me</ui-button>
    </div>
  </template>

1.5 Bundling and deployment

npm run prod

2. For Vue CLI or Vite

2.0 Create a project

• vue-cli

  vue create my-project
  
  cd my-project

• vite

  # npm 6.x
  npm init @vitejs/app my-project --template vue
  
  # npm 7+, extra double-dash is needed:
  npm init @vitejs/app my-project -- --template vue
  
  # yarn
  yarn create @vitejs/app my-project --template vue
  
  cd my-project

2.1 Installing balm-ui

yarn add balm-ui
# OR
npm install --save balm-ui

2.2 Configuration

• vue-cli

  // vue.config.js
  module.exports = {
    runtimeCompiler: true,
    // NOTE: set alias via `configureWebpack` or `chainWebpack`
    configureWebpack: {
      resolve: {
        alias: {
          'balm-ui-plus': 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui-plus.js',
          'balm-ui-css': 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui.css'
        }
      }
    }
    // chainWebpack: (config) => {
    //   config.resolve.alias
    //     .set('balm-ui-plus', 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui-plus.js')
    //     .set('balm-ui-css', 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui.css');
    // }
  };

• vite

  // vite.config.js
  import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
  import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue';
  
  export default defineConfig({
    plugins: [vue()],
    resolve: {
      alias: {
        vue: 'vue/dist/vue.esm-bundler.js',
        'balm-ui-plus': 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui-plus.esm.js',
        'balm-ui-css': 'balm-ui/dist/balm-ui.css'
      }
    }
  });

2.3 Usage

• edit my-project/src/main.js

  import { createApp } from 'vue';
  import App from './App.vue';
  
  import BalmUI from 'balm-ui'; // Official Google Material Components
  import BalmUIPlus from 'balm-ui-plus'; // BalmJS Team Material Components
  import 'balm-ui-css';
  
  const app = createApp(App);
  
  app.use(BalmUI);
  app.use(BalmUIPlus);
  
  app.mount('#app');

3. For <script>

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <title>Hello BalmUI</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/balm-ui/dist/balm-ui.css" />
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="app">
      <ui-button icon="add" @click="$alert(message)">SayHi</ui-button>
    </div>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/vue"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/balm-ui"></script>
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/balm-ui/dist/balm-ui-plus.js"></script>
    <script>
      const app = Vue.createApp({
        setup() {
          var message = 'Hello BalmUI';

          return {
            message
          };
        }
      });

      app.use(BalmUI);
      app.use(BalmUIPlus);

      app.mount('#app');
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Enjoy 👻

Contributing

We'd love for you to contribute and make BalmUI even better than it is today! Please make sure to read the Contributing Guide before making a pull request. You can submit any ideas as pull requests or as GitHub issues.

Browser support

We officially support the last two versions of every major browser. Specifically, we test on the following browsers:

• Chrome on Android, Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Firefox on Windows, macOS, and Linux
• Safari on iOS and macOS
• Edge on Windows

Special Thanks to

• BalmJS
• Vue.js
• MDC Web