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Quasar CLI with Webpack — @quasar/app-webpack

Familiarize yourself with the list of available commands inside a Quasar project:

$ quasar

  Example usage
    $ quasar <command> <options>

  Help for a command
    $ quasar <command> --help
    $ quasar <command> -h

  Options
    --version, -v Print Quasar App CLI version

  Commands
    dev, d        Start a dev server for your App
    build, b      Build your app for production
    clean, c      Clean all build artifacts
    new, n        Quickly scaffold page/layout/component/... vue file
    mode, m       Add/remove Quasar Modes for your App
    inspect       Inspect generated Webpack config
    ext, e        Manage Quasar App Extensions
    run, r        Run specific command provided by an installed
                    Quasar App Extension
    describe      Describe a Quasar API (component)
    test, t       Run @quasar/testing App Extension command
                    - requires @quasar/testing App Extension to be installed
                    - this is an alias command for convenience purposes
    info, i       Display info about your machine and your App
    help, h       Displays this message

  If the specified command is not found, then "quasar run"
  will be executed with the provided arguments.

  Commands supplied by @quasar/cli global installation:

    upgrade       Check (and optionally) upgrade Quasar packages
                    from a Quasar project folder
    serve         Create an ad-hoc server on App's distributables

See help for any command:

$ quasar [command name] --help

Upgrade

Check (and optionally) upgrade Quasar packages from a Quasar project folder:

# view all options:
$ quasar upgrade -h

# checks for non-breaking change upgrades and displays them,
# but will not carry out the install
$ quasar upgrade

# checks for pre-releases (alpha/beta):
$ quasar upgrade -p

# checks for major new releases (includes breaking changes):
$ quasar upgrade -m

# to perform the actual upgrade,
# combine any of the params above and add "-i" (or "--install"):
$ quasar upgrade -i

Info

The Quasar CLI is equipped with a stable combination of multiple NPM build packages (Webpack, Vue, etc) which gets updated frequently after heavy testing.

In order for you to see what versions of Node, Quasar CLI, Quasar, Vue (and many others) you are using, issue this command in a Quasar project folder:

$ quasar info

Dev

$ quasar dev -h

  Description
    Starts the app in development mode (hot-code reloading, error
    reporting, etc)

  Usage
    $ quasar dev
    $ quasar dev -p <port number>

    $ quasar dev -m ssr

    # alias for "quasar dev -m cordova -T ios"
    $ quasar dev -m ios

    # alias for "quasar dev -m cordova -T android"
    $ quasar dev -m android

    # passing extra parameters and/or options to
    # underlying "cordova" or "electron" executables:
    $ quasar dev -m ios -- some params --and options --here
    $ quasar dev -m electron -- --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox
    # when on Windows and using Powershell:
    $ quasar dev -m ios '--' some params --and options --here
    $ quasar dev -m electron '--' --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox

  Options
    --mode, -m       App mode [spa|ssr|pwa|bex|cordova|capacitor|electron] (default: spa)
    --port, -p       A port number on which to start the application
    --hostname, -H   A hostname to use for serving the application
    --help, -h       Displays this message

    Only for Cordova mode:
    --target, -T     (required) App target
                        [android|ios]
    --emulator, -e   (optional) Emulator name
                        Examples: iPhone-7, iPhone-X
                        iPhone-X,com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimRuntime.iOS-12-2
    --ide, -i        Open IDE (Android Studio / XCode) instead of letting Cordova
                        booting up the emulator, in which case the "--emulator"
                        param will have no effect

    --devtools, -d   Open remote Vue Devtools

    Only for Capacitor mode:
    --target, -T     (required) App target
                        [android|ios]

The Quasar development server allows you to develop your App by compiling and maintaining code in-memory. A web server will serve your App while offering hot-reload out of the box. Running in-memory offers faster rebuilds when you change your code.

Hot Reload is much more than just refreshing your browser when code changes. It skips the refresh and updates your code on the fly, while maintaining your App’s state (like your Vue’s model data). Please note that there are cases when this is impossible, so the dev webserver will simply refresh your browser. (Always ensure you are running only one instance of Quasar CLI at a time, otherwise Hot-Reload and other stuff will break!)

Based on what you want to develop, you can start the development server by using “quasar dev” command as follows:

# Developing a SPA
$ quasar dev
# ...or
$ quasar dev -m spa

# Developing for SSR
$ quasar dev -m ssr

# Developing a PWA
$ quasar dev -m pwa

# Developing a BEX for production
$ quasar dev -m bex

# Developing a Mobile App (through Cordova)
$ quasar dev -m cordova -T [android|ios]
# or the short form:
$ quasar dev -m [android|ios]

# Developing an Electron App
$ quasar dev -m electron

# Developing a Browser Extension (BEX)
$ quasar dev -m bex

# passing extra parameters and/or options to
# underlying "cordova" or "electron" executables:
$ quasar dev -m ios -- some params --and options --here
$ quasar dev -m electron -- --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox
# when on Windows and using Powershell:
$ quasar dev -m ios '--' some params --and options --here
$ quasar dev -m electron '--' --no-sandbox --disable-setuid-sandbox

If you wish to change the hostname or port serving your App you have 3 options:

• Edit ‘/quasar.config.js’:

  devServer: {
    host: '...',
    port: ...
  }
  

• Through ‘-H’ (hostname) and ‘-p’ (port) command options.
• If this is a one time thing, specify the hostname and/or port as an environment variable:

  $ PORT=3000 quasar dev
  $ HOSTNAME=1.1.1.14 quasar dev
  

If there appears to be an issue with hot reload, you can try two fixes:

• Change the permissions for the project folder with

  sudo chown -R username: .
  

• or run the dev server with root privileges

  sudo quasar dev
  

Build

$ quasar build -h

  Description
    Builds distributables of your app.

  Usage
    $ quasar build
    $ quasar build -p <port number>

    $ quasar build -m ssr

    # alias for "quasar build -m cordova -T ios"
    $ quasar build -m ios

    # alias for "quasar build -m cordova -T android"
    $ quasar build -m android

    # passing extra parameters and/or options to
    # underlying "cordova" executable:
    $ quasar build -m ios -- some params --and options --here
    # when on Windows and using Powershell:
    $ quasar build -m ios '--' some params --and options --here

  Options
    --mode, -m      App mode [spa|ssr|pwa|bex|cordova|capacitor|electron] (default: spa)
    --target, -T    App target
                      - Cordova (default: all installed)
                        [android|ios]
                      - Capacitor
                        [android|ios]
                      - Electron with default "electron-packager" bundler (default: yours)
                        [darwin|win32|linux|mas|all]
                      - Electron with "electron-builder" bundler (default: yours)
                        [darwin|mac|win32|win|linux|all]
    --publish, -P   Also trigger publishing hooks (if any are specified)
                      - Has special meaning when building with Electron mode and using
                        electron-builder as bundler
    --debug, -d     Build for debugging purposes
    --skip-pkg, -s  Build only UI (skips creating Cordova/Capacitor/Electron executables)
                      - Cordova (it only fills in /src/cordova/www folder with the UI code)
                      - Capacitor (it only fills in /src/capacitor/www folder with the UI code)
                      - Electron (it only creates the /dist/electron/UnPackaged folder)
    --help, -h      Displays this message

    ONLY for Cordova and Capacitor mode:
    --ide, -i       Open IDE (Android Studio / XCode) instead of finalizing with a
                    terminal/console-only build

    ONLY for Electron mode:
    --bundler, -b   Bundler (electron-packager or electron-builder)
                      [packager|builder]
    --arch, -A      App architecture (default: yours)
                      - with default "electron-packager" bundler:
                          [ia32|x64|armv7l|arm64|mips64el|all]
                      - with "electron-builder" bundler:
                          [ia32|x64|armv7l|arm64|all]

    ONLY for electron-builder (when using "publish" parameter):
    --publish, -P  Publish options [onTag|onTagOrDraft|always|never]
                     - see https://www.electron.build/configuration/publish

The Quasar CLI can pack everything together and optimize your App for production. It minifies source code, extracts vendor components, leverages browser cache and much more.

# Build a SPA for production
$ quasar build
# ...or
$ quasar build -m spa

# Build a SSR for production
$ quasar build -m ssr

# Build a PWA for production
$ quasar build -m pwa

# Build a BEX for production
$ quasar build -m bex

# Build a Mobile App (through Cordova)
$ quasar build -m cordova -T [android|ios]
# or the short form:
$ quasar build -m [android|ios]

# Build an Electron App for production
$ quasar build -m electron

# passing extra parameters and/or options to
# underlying "cordova" executable:
$ quasar build -m ios -- some params --and options --here
# when on Windows and using Powershell:
$ quasar build -m ios '--' some params --and options --here

# Create a production build with ability to debug it
# (has source-maps and code is NOT minified)
$ quasar build -d [-m <mode>]

Clean

Cleans up all the build assets:

$ quasar clean

New

Generates Components, Pages, Layouts, Vuex Store.

$ quasar new -h

  Description
    Quickly scaffold files.

  Usage
    $ quasar new <p|page> [-f <option>] <page_file_name>
    $ quasar new <l|layout> [-f <option>] <layout_file_name>
    $ quasar new <c|component> [-f <option>] <component_file_name>
    $ quasar new <b|boot> [-f ts] <boot_name>
    $ quasar new <s|store> [-f ts] <store_module_name>
    $ quasar new ssrmiddleware [-f ts] <middleware_name>

  Examples
    # Create src/pages/MyNewPage.vue:
    $ quasar new p MyNewPage

    # Create src/pages/MyNewPage.vue and src/pages/OtherPage.vue:
    $ quasar new p MyNewPage OtherPage

    # Create src/layouts/shop/Checkout.vue
    $ quasar new layout shop/Checkout.vue

    # Create src/layouts/shop/Checkout.vue with TypeScript options API
    $ quasar new layout -f ts-options shop/Checkout.vue

    # Create a store with TypeScript (-f ts is optional if tsconfig.json is present)
    $ quasar new store -f ts myStore

  Options
    --help, -h            Displays this message

    --format -f <option>  (optional) Use a supported format for the template
                          Possible values:
                             * default - Default JS template
                             * ts-composition - TS composition API (default if using TS)
                             * ts-composition-setup - TS composition API with <script setup>
                             * ts-options - TS options API
                             * ts-class - [DEPRECATED] TS class style syntax
                             * ts - Plain TS template (for boot, store, and ssrmiddleware files)

Mode

$ quasar mode -h

  Description
    Add/Remove support for PWA / BEX / Cordova / Capacitor / Electron modes.

  Usage
    $ quasar mode [add|remove] [pwa|ssr|bex|cordova|capacitor|electron] [--yes]

    # determine what modes are currently installed:
    $ quasar mode

  Options
    --yes, -y     Skips the "Are you sure?" question
                  when removing a Quasar mode
    --help, -h    Displays this message

When you initialize a project with the CLI, you can build SPA (Single Page Website/Application), SSR (Server-side Render Website/Application with optional PWA client takeover), PWA (Progressive Web App), Mobile App (through Cordova), and/or Electron Apps. When you develop for SSR, PWA, Cordova or Electron, you need these modes installed. If you issue “quasar dev” or “quasar build” they will automatically be installed.

These modes will add a “src-*” folder into your project with very specific code for it:

If for some reason you decide you don’t need a mode, you can remove it. This will permanently delete the respective “src-*” folder.

$ quasar mode remove pwa

Describe

This command is useful to describe the API of any Quasar components/directives/plugins that your project is using. It is specific to your Quasar version installed in your project folder.

Examples: $ quasar describe QIcon, $ quasar describe TouchPan, $ quasar describe Cookies.

$ quasar describe -h

  Description
    Describes a component API for project's Quasar version being used

  Usage
    $ quasar describe <component/directive/Quasar plugin>

    # display everything:
    $ quasar describe QIcon

    # displaying only props:
    $ quasar describe QIcon -p
    # displaying props and methods only:
    $ quasar describe QIcon -p -m
    # filtering by "si":
    $ quasar describe QIcon -f si
    # filtering only props by "co":
    $ quasar describe QIcon -p -f co

    # Open docs URL:
    $ quasar describe QIcon -d

  Options
    --filter, -f <filter> Filters the API
    --props, -p           Displays the API props
    --slots, -s           Displays the API slots
    --methods, -m         Displays the API methods
    --events, -e          Displays the API events
    --value, -v           Displays the API value
    --arg, -a             Displays the API arg
    --modifiers, -M       Displays the API modifiers
    --injection, -i       Displays the API injection
    --quasar, -q          Displays the API quasar conf options
    --help, -h            Displays this message

$ quasar describe QIcon

 Describing QIcon component API
 Description is based on your project's Quasar version

 Properties

   name (String)
     Description: Name of the icon, following Quasar convention
     Examples:
       map
       ion-add

   color (String)
     Description: Color name for component from the Quasar Color Palette
     Examples:
       primary
       teal-10

   size (String)
     Description: Size in CSS units, including unit name
     Examples:
       16px
       2rem

   left (Boolean)
     Description: Apply a standard margin on the left side. Useful if icon is on the right side of something.

   right (Boolean)
     Description: Apply a standard margin on the right side. Useful if icon is on the left side of something.

 Slots

   default
     Suggestions: QTooltip or QMenu

 Scoped Slots

   *No scoped slots*

 Events

   *No events*

 Methods

   *No methods*

Inspect

This command can be used to inspect the Webpack config generated by Quasar CLI.

$ quasar inspect -h

  Description
    Inspect Quasar generated Webpack config

  Usage
    $ quasar inspect
    $ quasar inspect -c build
    $ quasar inspect -m electron -p 'module.rules'

  Options
    --cmd, -c        Quasar command [dev|build] (default: dev)
    --mode, -m       App mode [spa|ssr|pwa|bex|cordova|electron] (default: spa)
    --depth, -d      Number of levels deep (default: 5)
    --path, -p       Path of config in dot notation
                        Examples:
                          -p module.rules
                          -p plugins
    --help, -h       Displays this message

Ext

This command is used to manage App Extensions.

$ quasar ext -h

  Description
    Manage Quasar App Extensions

  Usage
    # display list of installed extensions
    $ quasar ext

    # Add Quasar App Extension
    $ quasar ext add <ext-id>

    # Remove Quasar App Extension
    $ quasar ext remove <ext-id>

    # Add Quasar App Extension, but
    # skip installing the npm package
    # (assumes it's already installed)
    $ quasar ext invoke <ext-id>

    # Remove Quasar App Extension, but
    # skip uninstalling the npm package
    $ quasar ext uninvoke <ext-id>

  Options
    --help, -h       Displays this message

Run

This command is used to run commands supplied by the App Extensions that you’ve installed into your project folder.

$ quasar run -h

  Description
    Run app extension provided commands

  Usage
    $ quasar run <extension-id> <cmd> [args, params]
    $ quasar <extension-id> <cmd> [args, params]

    $ quasar run iconify create pic -s --mark some_file
    $ quasar iconify create pic -s --mark some_file
        # Note: "iconify" is an example and not a real extension.
        # Looks for installed extension called "iconify"
        # (quasar-app-extension-iconify extension package)
        # and runs its custom defined "create" command
        # with "pic" argument and "-s --mark some_file" params

  Options
    --help, -h       Displays this message

Serve

This command can be used in production too and it is being supplied by the global installation of @quasar/cli package.

$ quasar serve -h

  Description
    Start a HTTP(S) server on a folder.

  Usage
    $ quasar serve [path]
    $ quasar serve . # serve current folder

    If you serve a SSR folder built with the CLI then
    control is yielded to /index.js and params have no effect.

  Options
    --port, -p              Port to use (default: 4000)
    --hostname, -H          Address to use (default: 0.0.0.0)
    --gzip, -g              Compress content (default: true)
    --silent, -s            Suppress log message
    --colors                Log messages with colors (default: true)
    --open, -o              Open browser window after starting
    --cache, -c <number>    Cache time (max-age) in seconds;
                            Does not apply to /service-worker.js
                            (default: 86400 - 24 hours)
    --micro, -m <seconds>   Use micro-cache (default: 1 second)

    --history               Use history api fallback;
                              All requests fallback to /index.html,
                              unless using "--index" parameter
    --index, -i <file>      History mode (only!) index url path
                              (default: index.html)

    --https                 Enable HTTPS
    --cert, -C [path]       Path to SSL cert file (Optional)
    --key, -K [path]        Path to SSL key file (Optional)
    --proxy <file.js>       Proxy specific requests defined in file;
                            File must export Array ({ path, rule })
                            See example below. "rule" is defined at:
                            https://github.com/chimurai/http-proxy-middleware
    --cors                  Enable CORS for all requests
    --help, -h              Displays this message

  Proxy file example
    module.exports = [
      {
        path: '/api',
        rule: { target: 'http://www.example.org' }
      }
    ]
    --> will be transformed into app.use(path, httpProxyMiddleware(rule))

Custom Node server

When building a SPA or PWA, the distributable folder can be served by any static webserver. To test it out (assuming you don’t have a specific publicPath or not using Vue Router “history” mode), you can use the “http-server” npm package.

Or you can build your own server. Here are some examples:

// when using default Vue Router "hash" mode
const
  express = require('express'),
  serveStatic = require('serve-static'),
  port = process.env.PORT || 5000

const app = express()

app.use(serveStatic(...path-to-dist...))
app.listen(port)

// when using Vue Router "history" mode
const
  express = require('express'),
  serveStatic = require('serve-static'),
  history = require('connect-history-api-fallback'),
  port = process.env.PORT || 5000

const app = express()

app.use(history())
app.use(serveStatic(...path-to-dist...))
app.listen(port)

If you need URL rewrites of API, or simply put you want to proxy your API requests, then you can use “http-proxy-middleware” package:

// add this to one of the two previous examples:
const { createProxyMiddleware } = require('http-proxy-middleware')

// ...
app.use('/api', createProxyMiddleware({
  target: `http://my-api.com:5050`,
  pathRewrite: {"^/api" : ""}
}))

// then app.listen(...)

Finally, run one of these files:

$ node my-server.js

Create

Creates a Quasar project (app, AppExtension or UI kit) from CUSTOM starter kits.

$ quasar create <folder_name> --kit <address> [--branch <branch_name>]

You can use a starter kit stored on your machine by providing a local path to a folder (eg. quasar create --kit ./my-custom-starter-kit).

You can use a starter kit stored into any publicly accessible Git repository by providing a reference which follows this schema:

• GitHub — github:owner/name or simply owner/name
• GitLab — gitlab:owner/name
• Bitbucket — bitbucket:owner/name

master branch will be checked out by default, but you can specify the one you prefer via --branch <branch name> (eg. quasar create --kit owner/name --branch my-branch).