vue-storybook-example

Storybook.js for Vue example

Live Demo

Step by step setup

This Storybok example is based on Vue CLI 3.0, some libraries required by Storybook are already installed by Vue CLI except babel-preset-vue that you should install it manually.

1. Create Vue project using Vue CLI

   vue create your-app
   cd your-app
   

2. Add @storybook/vue

   yarn add --dev @storybook/vue
   

3. Add babel-preset-vue

   yarn add --dev babel-preset-vue
   

4. Add Storybook run and build scripts to your package.json

   {
      "scripts": {
      	"storybook": "start-storybook -p 9001 -c .storybook -s public",
      	"storybook:build": "build-storybook -c .storybook -o .out -s public"
      }
   } 
   

   The -p command refer to the port number where the Storybook will be run.
   The -c command refer to the config directory.
   The -o command refer to directory where to store built files.
   The -s command refer to directory to load static / public files

5. Create .storybook directory as the config directory
6. Create .storybook/config.js as config file

   import { configure } from '@storybook/vue'
   import Vue from 'vue'
   
   // import your vue plugins
   import Vuex from 'vuex'
   
   // import your custom components
   import Button from '../src/stories/Button.vue'
   
   // install your vue plugins
   Vue.use(Vuex);
   // register your custom components
   Vue.component('my-button', Button);
   function loadStories() {
       // you can require as many stories as you need
       require('../src/stories');
   }
   configure(loadStories, module);
   

   Note: All custom components and Vue plugins should be registered before calling configure().

7. Create ../src/stories directory as the place your Storybook stories
8. Write your stories inside ../src/stories/index.js

   import Vue from 'vue'
   import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/vue'
   import Button from './Button.vue'
   storiesOf('Button', module)
   .add('Button as a template', () => (
       '<my-button>button as template</my-button>'
   )
   add('Button as a component', () =>({
       components: {'the-button': Button},
       template: '<the-button>button as component</the-button>'
   }));
   

9. Write your custom component, in this case ../src/stories/Button.vue

   <template>
       <button><slot/></button>
   </template>
   

10. Run your Storybook

    yarn storybook
    

11. To build your Storybook

    yarn storybook:build
    

    .out directory will be created with built files and ready to upload to your hosting server.

Add Support to SCSS

By default Storybook not support SCSS even project the created using Vue CLI support SCSS or other preprocesor CSS. This is because Storybook use different Webpack. You must extend Storybook Webpack's config by creating webpack.config.js inside .storybook directory and define SCSS or your other style loader.

//.storybook/webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");

module.exports = (baseConfig, env, defaultConfig) => {
    defaultConfig.module.rules.push({
        test: /\.scss$/,
        loaders: ["style-loader", "css-loader", "sass-loader"],
        include: path.resolve(__dirname, "../")
    });
    return defaultConfig;
};

Resolve URL (Path) Alias

With Vue CLI each time URL started with @ it will aliases to <projectRoot>/src. But since Storybook use different Webpack this URL alias will not work and your existing Vue components will not work. To fix this issue you should define URL alias setup manually by extend Storybook webpack's config.

//.storybook/webpack.config.js
const path = require("path");

module.exports = (baseConfig, env, defaultConfig) => {
    defaultConfig.resolve.alias = {
        ...defaultConfig.resolve.alias,
        "@": path.resolve(__dirname, "../src")
    };
    return defaultConfig;
};

Vue-Router

To enable vue-router you can implement addDecorator and use storybook-vue-router with the following steps:

1. Add storybook-vue-router

   yarn add -D storybook-vue-router
   

2. Add @storybook/addon-actions as storybook-vue-router require this addons.

   Note: If you're already installed it you can jump to next step

   yarn add -D @storybook/addon-actions
   

3. Use storybook-vue-router as decorator in your stories

   // .src/stories/index.js
   
   import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/vue'
   import StoryRouter from 'storybook-vue-router'
   
   import App from '@/App'
   
   //import your router
   import router from '@/router'
   
   storiesOf('App', module)
    .addDecorator(StoryRouter({}, router.options))
    .add('app', () => ({
        render: h => h(App)
    }));
   
   

4. Read storybook-vue-router-guide

Further Reading

Storybook Quick Start Guide

Storybook for Vue

Writing Stories

Custom Webpack Config

Using Addons