Overview:

The Moralis Application Template for Vue.js and TailwindCSS is a basic template that is designed for web and blockchain application development using the Moralis platform. It utilizes various libraries and tools such as Moralis v0.0.184, Hardhat for local development environment for Ethereum, Vue.js v3.2 as the frontend application framework, tailwindcss v3.1 as the CSS framework, and mitt as the global event bus for Vue.

Features:

• Moralis web3 application development platform
• Components for web and blockchain applications
• Utilizes Hardhat as a local development environment for Ethereum
• Uses Vue.js as the frontend application framework
• Integrates tailwindcss as the CSS framework
• Includes mitt as the global event bus for Vue
• Supports loading environment variables from .env files using dotenv package
• Provides a mixin() to inject the Moralis instance into the Vue application globally
• Offers a global event bus for scenarios when two unrelated components need to share state or for non-vue objects
• Provides composer.js as a place to store Moralis object definitions outside the Vue application

Installation:

To install the Moralis Application Template, follow these steps:

1. Install the necessary packages by running the following command:

   npm install
   

2. Run the Hardhat development server in node mode with the command:

   npx hardhat node
   

3. Start the web application with the following command:

   npm run serve
   

4. To load environment variables from your .env files, use the dotenv package. It is installed as a dependency of Vue. To avoid committing secret variables, create a .env.local file and update your variables there. The .env.local file will be ignored by git.

5. The Moralis instance is injected into the Vue application globally using mixin(). It will be available for all components automatically and can be accessed with this.moralis.

6. The mitt based global event bus is also available in a similar manner via this.emitter. Note that Vue also has its own event system, so use the global event bus only for scenarios when two unrelated components need to share state or for non-vue objects.

7. The composer.js file is used to store Moralis object definitions outside the Vue application. This logic is kept separate from the components files. If you have any suggestions or improvements, you can make them via pull requests on GitHub.

8. The template includes a MoralisLogin component as an example for login/logout logic. More Moralis based components are encouraged and can be contributed under the MIT license.

9. Lastly, the @dicebear/avatars and @dicebear/avatars-bottts-sprites packages are used only for this example application and may not be needed for your project. You can remove them by deleting the AvatarGenerator.vue, AvatarList.vue component files, and their usage in App.vue.

Summary:

The Moralis Application Template for Vue.js and TailwindCSS is a basic template that provides a starting point for web and blockchain application development using the Moralis platform. It includes various features such as the Moralis web3 application development platform, integration with Hardhat for local Ethereum development, Vue.js as the frontend framework, tailwindcss as the CSS framework, and mitt as the global event bus for Vue. The template also provides instructions for installation and emphasizes the flexibility to customize and contribute to the template.