watch computed property vue code example

Example 1: computed setter

// ...
computed: {
  fullName: {
    // getter
    get: function () {
      return this.firstName + ' ' + this.lastName
    },
    // setter
    set: function (newValue) {
      var names = newValue.split(' ')
      this.firstName = names[0]
      this.lastName = names[names.length - 1]
    }
  }
}
// ...

Example 2: vue watch props

new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  data: {
    text: 'Hello'
  },
  components: {
    'child' : {
      template: `<p>{{ myprop }}</p>`,
      props: ['myprop'],
      watch: { 
      	myprop: function(newVal, oldVal) { // watch it
          console.log('Prop changed: ', newVal, ' | was: ', oldVal)
        }
      }
    }
  }
});

Example 3: vue computed

var vm = new Vue({
  el: '#example',
  data: {
    message: 'Hello'
  },
  computed: {
    // a computed getter
    reversedMessage: function () {
      // `this` points to the vm instance
      return this.message.split('').reverse().join('')
    }
  }
})

Example 4: vue add watcher

vm.$watch('person.name.firstName', function(newValue, oldValue) {
	alert('First name changed from ' + oldValue + ' to ' + newValue + '!');
});