Passing data to components in vue.js

Question

I'm struggling to understand how to pass data between components in vue.js. I have read through the docs several times and looked at many vue related questions and tutorials, but I'm still not getting it.

To wrap my head around this, I am hoping for help completing a pretty simple example

1. display a list of users in one component (done)
2. send the user data to a new component when a link is clicked (done) - see update at bottom.
3. edit user data and send it back to original component (haven't gotten this far)

Here is a fiddle, which fails on step two: https://jsfiddle.net/retrogradeMT/d1a8hps0/

I understand that I need to use props to pass data to the new component, but I'm not sure how to functionally do it. How do I bind the data to the new component?

HTML:

    <div id="page-content">
       <router-view></router-view>
     </div>

 <template id="userBlock" >
   <ul>
     <li v-for="user in users">{{user.name}} - <a v-link="{ path: '/new' }"> Show new component</a>
     </li>
   </ul>
 </template>

  <template id="newtemp" :name ="{{user.name}}">
    <form>
      <label>Name: </label><input v-model="name">
      <input type="submit" value="Submit">
    </form>
  </template>

js for main component:

Vue.component('app-page', {
  template: '#userBlock',

  data: function() {
    return{

        users: []
      }
    },

ready: function () {
    this.fetchUsers();
},

methods: {
    fetchUsers: function(){
        var users = [
          {
            id: 1,
            name: 'tom'
          },
          {
            id: 2,
            name: 'brian'
          },
          {
            id: 3,
            name: 'sam'
          },
        ];

        this.$set('users', users);
     }
    }
  })

JS for second component:

Vue.component('newtemp', {
  template: '#newtemp',
  props: 'name',
  data: function() {
    return {
        name: name,
        }
   },
})

UPDATE

Ok, I've got the second step figured out. Here is a new fiddle showing the progress: https://jsfiddle.net/retrogradeMT/9pffnmjp/

Because I'm using Vue-router, I don't use props to send the data to a new component. Instead, I need set params on the v-link and then use a transition hook to accept it.

V-link changes see named routes in vue-router docs:

<a v-link="{ name: 'new', params: { name: user.name }}"> Show new component</a>

Then on the component, add data to the route options see transition hooks:

Vue.component('newtemp', {
  template: '#newtemp',
  route: {
   data: function(transition) {
        transition.next({
            // saving the id which is passed in url
            name: transition.to.params.name
        });
     }
  },
 data: function() {
    return {
        name:name,
        }
   },
})

Answer 1

-------------Following is applicable only to Vue 1 --------------

Passing data can be done in multiple ways. The method depends on the type of use.

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If you want to pass data from your html while you add a new component. That is done using props.

<my-component prop-name="value"></my-component>

This prop value will be available to your component only if you add the prop name prop-name to your props attribute.

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When data is passed from a component to another component because of some dynamic or static event. That is done by using event dispatchers and broadcasters. So for example if you have a component structure like this:

<my-parent>
    <my-child-A></my-child-A>
    <my-child-B></my-child-B>
</my-parent>

And you want to send data from <my-child-A> to <my-child-B> then in <my-child-A> you will have to dispatch an event:

this.$dispatch('event_name', data);

This event will travel all the way up the parent chain. And from whichever parent you have a branch toward <my-child-B> you broadcast the event along with the data. So in the parent:

events:{
    'event_name' : function(data){
        this.$broadcast('event_name', data);
    },

Now this broadcast will travel down the child chain. And at whichever child you want to grab the event, in our case <my-child-B> we will add another event:

events: {
    'event_name' : function(data){
        // Your code. 
    },
},

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The third way to pass data is through parameters in v-links. This method is used when components chains are completely destroyed or in cases when the URI changes. And i can see you already understand them.

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Decide what type of data communication you want, and choose appropriately.