Quasar is a good approach, because the components it offers can cover a wide variety of applications. It also makes it easier to jump into PWAs or native mobile apps over Cordova. You can even build out an Electron app, if you want.

Scott

Um, if they aren’t using Vue’s Virtual DOM, then they can’t say it is a Vue based system or Vue Native and it would be silly to attach Vue in some other way just to get the publicity. Whatever, it sounds like someone or a group I’d not want to be associated with and I’d certainly avoid using their software.

Scott

Sails.js is an allrounder MVC framework made for Nodejs. It’s sort of like Laravel, but for Node. It comes with its own templating engine, which means, it isn’t really built to support Quasar. Or rather, if you want to create a SPA or SSR site, you can use Quasar alone, but it will only fulfill, for the most part, half of your project needs. You’ll still need a backend API. The better solutions for this is either Feathers for REST/ SocketIO interface, or with something like Apollo through GraphQL Yoga/ Prisma.

So, you might be looking at Quasar with the wrong intentions. It is basically a RAD system for frontend applications.

Scott

Well, Bootstrap - the framework - does use jQuery. What they might mean is they have ported their work completely to Vue, and are only using the Boostrap CSS for the look of their application. I don’t know for sure. I’d have to sniff around in their code to find out.

Scott

Had a chat with Razvan. Although my idea has merit, it’s not feasible in a component based system like Quasar. At least not where the system should be performant enough to be considered “excellent”, which Quasar is. And I was told, the Quasar components can be reworked so that they “look” like Bootstrap. It’s just a big job to get it done and it won’t be quite the same dev experience like one would have with Bootstrap.

Scott

@rhobur - It isn’t quite clear. Are you starting a project or do you have the project already started with a good bit of code? If you are just starting, it would be best to use Quasar CLI to build your site. It will be mobile ready from the start. If you already have a code base, trying to “jimmy in” Quasar will be a challenge. I’m not going to say it isn’t doable, but if it is a PHP based website and not a SPA with a PHP built API, you’re probably not going to do well. You might get it done if you already have a SPA with a PHP API.

Scott

It’s just tabs inside of tabs. Should be doable.

http://jsfiddle.net/smolinari/ut7z5hrk/

Scott

Are you feeding an array of objects into the data prop?

Scott

Although I agree with NOT needing jQuery to build a Bootstrap like theme. It would be super excellent, if the theming feature of Quasar was more abstracted out of the source code. By that I mean, one could come up with a similar look to bootstrap with Quasar “base” components. In other words, the Quasar components should be broken down so far, that other devs can create their own themed components with them.

Currently what Quasar has isn’t theming. It’s styling. The title of that section of the docs has always bothered me.

For instance, currently QBtn has the ripple directive built in. This is a step too far in terms of theming. QBtn should be “theme free”. There shouldn’t be any decision making code for any theme in any “base” component! So, let’s call the base button QBtn and have QBtn-md or something to that effect. With this kind of direction/ thinking/ concept, another dev could take up QBtn and make a QBtn-bs for Bootstrap. Or QBtn-ios for an iOS theme, or Billy Bob could come up with some new theme standard and call it QBtn-bb, etc. etc.

Oh, and the ability to include components into the package system should be extended to any component “theme built”, not just Q’s components. So, if devland wants to package either iOS and MD or even BB as part of their Quasar usage, they can.

I’m just rambling with no idea if this is feasible. But, it certainly would be super cool, if it were possible. For sure, currently, Quasar is much too opinionated for it to be theme-able. It is an iOS or Material Design themed component framework, with a styling option. It is not an open component framework with packaged MD and iOS themes, with components which are “theme-able” from other devs. Quasar would be THE most awesome framework, if it were.

Scott

That is correct.

Scott