VitePress framework preview

[wkande]

Having been a little disappointed by VuePress v2 we should next look at it little brother VitePress v0.2. It also uses Vue 3x and support Vue 3x components. It is much leaner and does not use the vue router but a custom implementation. The task is to build a small preview with some of the current documentation pages.

[wkande]

@tamra9991 @KenCarvAPI - This will delay the current VuePress v2 preview as I ran into difficulties with its Site build process.

[wkande]

This phase of the docs "next" release is completed with regards to VitePress. Vitepress v1 has the following advantages over the VuePress v2 release.

Pros:

• Faster builds supported by Vite.
• Actively supported and growing popularity over VuePress v2.
• Forces use of Vue 3 components rather than using plugins.
• CodeBlocks currently under development, showing up in release 12.
• Uses Vue 3 component architecture, except for its router.
• The VitePress router does work well.
• Very flexible custom theme development.
• Good landing page UI.
• Support for Algolia search.
• Dev builds can check links at build time.

Cons:

• No tab component, must build your own.
• Uses it own simplified router which is light weight but must be maintain by the VitePress developers.
• Sidebars must include a page title as they are not derived from $frontmatter.
• Limited changes to the default theme (not sure this is a bad thing).
• Uses Algolia search, but this may not be a con for some.

[wkande]

I will get a preview put up on Firebase on the next GitHub issue and a Slack discussion started as requested.