Hire the best Vue.js developers

The first step to determining the cost to hire a Vue.js developer will be to define your needs. Rates can vary due to many factors, including expertise and experience, location, and market conditions.

Cost factor #1: project scope

The first variable to consider when determining scope is the nature of the work that needs to be completed. Not all Vue.js projects are created equally. Creating a simple UI component plugin for WordPress will typically take less time than building a full-featured web application from scratch.

Tip: The more accurately your job description describes the scope of your project, the easier it will be for talent to give you accurate cost estimates and proposals.

Cost factor #2: Vue.js developer experience

Choosing the right level of expertise for the job is closely tied to how well you determined the scope of your project. You wouldn’t need an advanced Vue.js developer to create a custom slider for your landing page. On the other hand, creating an app for Android and iOS with Vue Native will require mobile app development expertise. 

Beyond experience level, you need to consider the type of experience the talent possesses. The following table breaks down the rates of the typical types of Vue.js developer you can find on Upwork.

Rates charged by Vue.js developers on Upwork

Level of Experience	Description	Hourly Rate
Beginner	Web fundamentals CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. Proficiency in Vue.js and front-end web development.	$30-50+
Intermediate	Beyond Vue.js, experience with additional JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular). Experience using Vue.js with back-end frameworks (e.g., Laravel) or ecommerce platforms (e.g., Magento).	$50-70+
Expert	Full-stack developers with experience across the technology stack. Experience managing a team and carrying a software product through the software development lifecycle.	$70-90+

Cost factor #3: location

Location is another variable that can impact a Vue.js developer’s cost. It’s no secret that you can leverage differences in purchasing power between countries to gain savings on talent. But it’s also important to factor in hidden costs such as language barriers, time zones, and the logistics of managing a remote team. The real advantage to sourcing talent remotely on Upwork is the ability to scan a global talent pool for the best possible person for the job. Location is no longer an obstacle. 

Cost factor #4: independent contractor vs. agency

The final variable regarding talent cost is hiring an independent contractor vs. an agency. An agency is often a “one size fits all” model, so you’ll often have access to a designer, a project manager, an engineer, and more. When hiring individuals you have total autonomy regarding who is responsible for which part of the project, but you’ll need to source each of those skills separately.

The trade-off between hiring individuals vs. hiring an agency is the level of administrative overhead you incur personally in coordinating tasks among all members of the team. Project scope and personal preference will determine which style is a better fit for your needs.

Common Vue.js Developer Mistakes

Ignoring reactive design principles: Ever wonder why we want our apps to be reactive? Developers are naturally aware of the technical answer to that question: to reap the benefits of asynchronous data flows. But what about the concerns of the end user? Will your reactive app still feel snappy and responsive under low latency conditions? If you’ve ever struggled to keep up with text as it jumps around sporadically until the rest of the application loads completely, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

That’s why it’s important to preserve the spirit of a modern reactive application through reactive design techniques. Simple techniques such as providing predefined sizes on elements or creating skeleton screens to front-load most of a webpage can help your websites look and feel reactive even under slow internet connections. 

Forgetting that HTML is case-insensitive: While it’s true that Vue.js templates are valid, parsable HTML markup, it’s important to remember that HTML is case-insensitive when matching attribute and tag names. That means that camelCase attributes such as :myProp=”ABC” will be matched as :myprop=”ABC” in HTML templates. A good rule of thumb to avoid mismatches like these is to use kebab-case (hyphen-delimited) in templates. You can still use camelCase in your JavaScript files as that’s the common convention for JavaScript development. In our earlier example, :myProp becomes :my-prop in templates.

Declaring data as a plain object when it should be a function: If you need only a single instance of a piece of data, as is often the case in web tutorials, declaring data directly as a plain object is fine. 

//data as a plain object data: { count: 0 }

But in real-world applications, you can generally expect many instances to be created using the same definition. You wouldn’t want the same data object being shared by reference across all instances created in your application. The whole purpose of using Vue is the ability to create reusable components. That’s why it’s important to remember that a component’s data option must be a function to ensure that each instance can maintain an independent copy of the returned data object:

//data as a function data: function () { return { count: 0 } }

Vue.js Tips and Best Practices

Leverage the Vue.js developer community

Vue.js was created with the idea that you should be able to build a web application out of reusable view components. This reusable component ecosystem is probably one of Vue.js’s biggest selling points, with plenty of open-source tools and UI components you can use within your applications. A passionate thriving community of developers is also available to help you learn more about the framework and answer your questions. 

Follow naming conventions

Naming conventions exist for a reason. If you are working with other developers, are developing a large app, or intend to open-source your code, using descriptive human-readable names for all your classes, objects, variables, and other elements is a must. When naming components, be sure to use multiword names to avoid conflicts with existing and future HTML elements. Since all HTML elements follow a single-word naming convention, this is the best way to ensure your components won’t conflict with an ever-evolving standard. 

Try server-side rendering

Vue.js supports server-side rendering (SSR), where components are first rendered into HTML strings on the server, sent to the browser, then fully loaded with interactive JavaScript. This approach comes with a number of advantages, including: 

• Improved SEO indexing. Search engine crawlers will see a fully rendered page and won’t potentially miss content while waiting for AJAX to load.

• Faster time-to-content. The user will see the server-rendered HTML page first while the JavaScript loads in the background on slow devices and internet connections.

Note that SSR does require a more involved build setup and deployment requirements, and it can be overkill for simple apps. But if speedy time-to-content is a must or your app is large enough to justify the additional work on the back end, SSR can help with SEO and user experience alike.