VueJs async template/component with placeholder - vue.js

Question

I am pretty new to VueJs, so I am still figuring things out.
Since our templates are stored in the database, I want my templates to load async. For my components I now use the component-factory approach.
var c = Vue.component('my-async-component', function(resolve, reject){
setTimeout(function(){
resolve({
template: '<div class="loader">loaded asynchronous: {{ pageName }}</div>',
data() {
return {
pageName: 'my Page'
}
}
})
},2000)
})
But is it possible to have some kind of placeholder while loading it? I know I can do something with But in that case I need to have a parent component and I would like this to be independent.
On a Vue-instance you can do stuff in the render function end hook it up to mounted like:
var app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
finish: false,
template: null
},
render: function(createElement) {
if (!this.template) {
return createElement('div', 'loading...');
} else {
return this.template();
}
},
mounted() {
var self = this;
$.post('myUrl', {foo:'bar'}, function(response){
var tpl = response.data.template;
self.template = Vue.compile(tpl).render;
})
}
})
Is this possible in a component? And is this still working when I have some nested divs (see an other question of mine: here)

Answer 1

Ok, I figured it out. I just needed to reed de VUE guide a little bit bettter.
I just followed the advanced async example from the docs and now I have a working example.
So I have my template like this:
<div id="app">
<my-async-component></my-async-component>
</div>
Then in my JS I declared the template like:
var c = Vue.component('my-async-component', function(){
return {
component: new Promise(function(resolve, reject){
// setTimeout to simulate an asynchronous call
setTimeout(function(){
resolve({
template: '<div class="loader">loaded asynchronous</div>'
})
},3000)
}),
loading: Vue.component('loader', {
template: '<p>loading...</p>'
}),
error: Vue.component('load-error', {
template: '<p>error loading component</p>'
}),
delay: 200,
timeout: 10000
}
})
var vm = new Vue({
el: '#app'
});
The loading and error components could also be globally registered components, so it's easy to reuse.
Hopefully I could help someone with this answer to my own question.