ASP.NET Core 2.1 and its [lack of] Support for Vue.Js

Despite Vue’s undeniably meteoric rise to prominence, Vue remains unsupported by Core’s SpaServices. Meanwhile, ASP.NET Core’s two officially supported JavaScript frameworks — Angular and React — are both backed by massive corporations — coincidence?

(My design skills could use some work)

Preface (Post-Feedback)

I’ve received some (constructive) criticism on this article, and it was warranted. There’s a few things I should have been more clear on up-front.

First, my opinions and speculation regarding Microsoft’s dropping of Vue as an officially supported framework are just that — opinions and speculation. The larger goal of that discussion was to spark more conversation about the .NET ecosystem’s (as a whole) growing interaction with JavaScript front-end frameworks on the client side.

Second, I should have mentioned earlier in the piece that the second half of the article is devoted to explaining the work I did in finding a viable .NET Core 2.1 / Vue.js setup. If you aren’t interested in commentary about Vue/.NET, please — scroll down. Additionally, I’ll be expanding on that portion significantly in the coming days. I definitely could/should have made that section more robust.

Finally, I just wanted to note that despite any perceived negativity, I’m a huge fan of…