prefetch

package.json

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@
     "build:server": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.server.config.js  --progress --hide-modules"
   },
   "dependencies": {
+    "es6-promise": "^3.2.1",
     "express": "^4.14.0",
+    "lru-cache": "^4.0.1",
     "serialize-javascript": "^1.3.0",
     "serve-favicon": "^2.3.0",
     "vue": "^2.0.0-beta.6",

src/App.vue

@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <div id="app">
     <img src="./assets/logo.png">
     <h1>{{ msg }}</h1>
-    <p>Current URL is: {{ $store.state.url }} (from the store)</p>
+    <p>Store state:</p>
+    <pre>{{ JSON.stringify($store.state, null, 2) }}</pre>
     <ul>
       <li><router-link to="/">News</router-link></li>
       <li><router-link to="/about">About</router-link></li>

src/app.js

 import Vue from 'vue'
 import App from './App.vue'
-import router from './router'
 import store from './store'
+import router from './router'
+import { sync } from 'vuex-router-sync'
+
+sync(store, router)
 
 const app = new Vue({
   router,

src/client-entry.js

+require('es6-promise').polyfill()
+
 import { app } from './app'
 
 app.$mount('#app')

src/router/index.js

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import About from '../views/About.vue'
 export default new Router({
   mode: 'history',
   routes: [
-    { path: '/', component: News },
-    { path: '/about', component: About }
+    { path: '/news/:page', component: News },
+    { path: '/about', component: About },
+    { path: '*', redirect: '/news/1' }
   ]
 })

src/server-entry.js

@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ export default context => {
   // set router's initial location
   router.setInitialLocation(context.url)
   // resolve store state
-  return store.dispatch('setURL', context.url).then(() => {
+  return Promise.all(router.history.current.matched.map(m => {
+    return Promise.all(Object.keys(m.components).map(key => {
+      const component = m.components[key]
+      if (component.prefetch) {
+        return component.prefetch(store)
+      }
+    }))
+  })).then(() => {
     context.initialState = store.state
     return app
   })

src/store/api.js

+export function fetchItems (ids) {
+  return new Promise(resolve => {
+    resolve([{ id: 1, title: 'foo' }, { id: 2, title: 'bar' }])
+  })
+}

src/store/index.js

 import Vue from 'vue'
 import Vuex from 'vuex'
+import { fetchItems } from './api'
 
 Vue.use(Vuex)
 
@@ -8,19 +9,29 @@ const serverState = typeof window !== 'undefined' && window.__INITIAL_STATE__
 
 // default state
 const defaultState = {
-  url: '/'
+  storiesPerPage: 30,
+  topStoryIds: [],
+  items: {}
 }
 
 export default new Vuex.Store({
   state: serverState || defaultState,
   mutations: {
-    setURL: (state, url) => state.url = url
+    RECEIVE_ITEMS: (state, { items }) => {
+      for (const id in items) {
+        Vue.set(state.items, id, items[id])
+      }
+    }
   },
   actions: {
-    // just simulating an async action here
-    setURL: ({ commit }, url) => new Promise(resolve => {
-      commit('setURL', url)
-      setTimeout(resolve, 0)
+    FETCH_NEWS_BY_PAGE: ({ commit, state }, { page }) => {
+      const { storiesPerPage, topStoryIds } = state
+      const start = (page - 1) * storiesPerPage
+      const end = page * storiesPerPage
+      const ids = topStoryIds.slice(start, end)
+      return fetchItems(ids).then(items => {
+        commit('RECEIVE_ITEMS', { items })
       })
     }
+  }
 })

src/views/News.vue

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
 
 <script>
 export default {
-  name: 'news'
+  name: 'news',
+  prefetch (store) {
+    const page = store.state.route.params.page
+    return store.dispatch('FETCH_NEWS_BY_PAGE', page)
+  }
 }
 </script>