1) Install jQuery if it's not installed (properly!):

• npm install --save jquery



• then in your webpack.config file (I just added it in webpack.dev.config.js, but maybe add it in the prod config file):

  
  
  

  in the plugins add a new webpack.ProvidePlugin

  
  
  

  new webpack.ProvidePlugin({
  
      // jquery
  
      $: 'jquery',
  
      jQuery: 'jquery',
  
      'window.jQuery': 'jquery'
  
  })
  
  

  
  
  

  Now jQuery is available for ALL the application and components.

The good thing is this is now the same process for ALL your external libraries you want to use (Numeral, Moment, etc..), and of course semantic-ui!

Let's go :

• npm install --save semantic-ui-css

nb : you can use the main repo (i.e. semantic-ui) but semantic-ui-css is the basis theme for semantic-ui.

So, now, you have to, firstly, define Aliases in the webpack.base.config.js file :

under resolve.alias add the alias for semantic:

resolve: {

    extensions: ['', '.js', '.vue'],

    fallback: [path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules')],

    alias: {

      'src': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),

      'assets': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/assets'),

      'components': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/components'),

      // adding our externals libs

      'semantic': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/semantic-ui-css/semantic.min.js')

    }

  }

nb : you can put there your other external libs aliases :

// adding our externals libs

      'moment': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/moment/min/moment-with-locales.js'),

      'numeral': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/numeral/min/numeral.min.js'),

      'gridster': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/gridster/dist/jquery.gridster.min.js'),

      'semantic': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/semantic-ui-css/semantic.min.js'),

      'stapes': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/stapes/stapes.min.js')

nb : use your own path there (normally they should look like those ones !)

...we are about to finish...

Next step is to add alias reference to the plugin provider, like we just do for jQuery =)

new webpack.ProvidePlugin({

      // jquery

      $: 'jquery',

      jQuery: 'jquery',

      'window.jQuery': 'jquery',

      // semantic-ui | TODO : is usefull since we import it

      semantic: 'semantic-ui-css',

      Semantic: 'semantic-ui-css',

      'semantic-ui': 'semantic-ui-css'

})

nb : here I use several names, maybe semantic is only sufficient ;-)

Again, you can add your lib/alias there :

new webpack.ProvidePlugin({

      // jquery

      $: 'jquery',

      jQuery: 'jquery',

      'window.jQuery': 'jquery',

      // gridster

      gridster: 'gridster',

      Gridster: 'gridster',

      // highcharts

      highcharts: 'highcharts',

      Highcharts: 'highcharts',

      // semantic-ui | TODO : is usefull since we import it

      semantic: 'semantic-ui-css',

      Semantic: 'semantic-ui-css',

      'semantic-ui': 'semantic-ui-css',

      // Moment

      moment: 'moment',

      Moment: 'moment',

      // Numeral

      numeral: 'numeral',

      Numeral: 'numeral',

      // lodash

      '_': 'lodash',

      'lodash': 'lodash',

      'Lodash': 'lodash',

      // stapes

      stapes: 'stapes',

      Stapes: 'stapes'

    })

Here are all the external libs I'm using in my own project (you can see gridster, which is a jQuery plugin - like semantic-ui is !)

So now, just one last thing to do :

• add semantic css :

  
  
  

  I do this by adding this line at the beginning of the main.js file :

  
  
  

  import '../node_modules/semantic-ui-css/semantic.min.css'

Then, after this line add :

import semantic from 'semantic'

Now you can use it.

Example in my Vuejs file:

<div class=dimension-list-item>

  <div class=ui toggle checkbox

    :class={ disabled : item.disabled }>

      <input type=checkbox

        v-model=item.selected

        :id=item.id

        :disabled=item.disabled>

      <label :class={disabled : item.disabled} :for=item.id>{{item.label}} / {{item.selected}}</label>

  </div>

</div>

This snippet create a simple cell for a list with a checkbox.

And in script :

export default {

  props: ['item'],

  ready() {    

    $(this.$el.childNodes[1]).checkbox()

  }

}

Here the result :

sample1

sample2

Normally, all should works fine.

I have just started to develop with Vuejs last week, so, maybe there
is a better way to to that ;-)