Hot Paths

AI-generated appendix

This appendix was drafted with GPT-5.5 from the original chibivue book content. Treat these routes as guided learning paths; the original chapters and implementation code remain the source of truth.

chibivue is intentionally incremental, but that also makes it large. This appendix gives you shorter routes through the book when you want to learn the core ideas before reading everything in order.

Each route tells you what to read, what to implement or inspect, and when to stop. If a route feels too fast, jump to the linked original chapter and come back when the missing piece clicks.

Routes

Route	Time	Audience	You will understand
Beginner 30-minute hands-on	30 min	First-time readers who want the smallest possible win	How createApp, VNode rendering, reactivity, and a tiny compiler connect
Beginner 60-minute hands-on	60 min	Beginners who can spend one focused session	The full Minimum Example flow, from first render to SFC
Intermediate 60-minute hands-on	60 min	Readers who already know Vue or TypeScript	The runtime and compiler paths that make component updates work
Advanced 30-minute summary	30 min	Readers who want a compressed map before source reading	The whole book as 30 checkpoints

How to use these paths

1. Keep the original chapter open beside the route.
2. Time-box each section. Finishing the whole route matters less than preserving the big picture.
3. Use the implementation snapshots under book/impls when you want to compare your mental model with working code.
4. After a route, choose one original chapter and read it slowly. The hot path is the map, not the territory.

Source sections covered

• Getting Started
• Minimum Example
• Basic Virtual DOM
• Basic Reactivity System
• Basic Component System
• Basic Template Compiler
• Basic SFC Compiler
• Web Application Essentials
• Writing Vue.js in 15 minutes