VueKeepAliveDev

This plugin resolves an issue where webpack's Hot Module Replacement (MHR) doesn't work for keep-alive components (e.g. router-view, etc).

I was struggling to deal with the suggested workarounds that just disable keep-alive in development with exclude patterns or a dynamic component. I quickly noticed that this creates a completely different hook flow where the created/activated/deactived/destroyed hooks would have be tuned based on local vs production and it was getting ugly! Hoping this solution helps others avoid having to create confusing patterns between dev & production.

Credit

Full credit to nailfar & ericwu-wish in https://github.com/vuejs/vue-loader/issues/1332 for this entire solution. I just packaged it up to make this easier.

Installation

1. Install

yarn add vue-keep-alive-dev
# or 
npm i vue-keep-alive-dev --save

2. Activate

import VueKeepAliveDev from 'vue-keep-alive-dev'
 
Vue.use(VueKeepAliveDev, {
  environment: 'development' // Your environment when HMR is in use
});

3. Run

In your package.json ensure that the NODE_ENV lines up with whatever you're setting when compiling Vue.

Example:

{
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "cross-env NODE_ENV=development node_modules/webpack-dev-server/bin/webpack-dev-server.js --progress --inline --hot --config=webpack.config.js"
  }
}

Configuration

• environment - The NODE_ENV when HMR is in use. Defaults to development.

License

MIT