Vuejs Cannot read property 'use' of undefined error

Question

I'm trying to integrate a Datatable plugin (https://www.npmjs.com/package/vuejs-datatable) in my Vue application and I'm getting an error in my console.

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'use' of undefined
    at eval (vuejs-datatable.js?b015:1)
    at Object.eval (vuejs-datatable.js?b015:1)
    at eval (vuejs-datatable.js:4)
    at Object../node_modules/vuejs-datatable/dist/vuejs-datatable.js (app.js:10170)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:679)
    at fn (app.js:89)
    at eval (selector.js?type=script&index=0!./src/views/tables/data-table.vue:2)
    at Object../node_modules/babel-loader/lib/index.js!./node_modules/vue-loader/lib/selector.js?type=script&index=0!./src/views/tables/data-table.vue (app.js:1438)
    at __webpack_require__ (app.js:679)
    at fn (app.js:89)

My dataTable.vue file:

<template lang="html">

  <section class="data-table">
   <datatable :columns="columns" :data="rows"></datatable>
  </section>

</template>

<script lang="js">
import Vue from 'vue'
import DatatableFactory from 'vuejs-datatable'
export default {
  name: 'DatatablePage'
}
Vue.use(DatatableFactory)
</script>

And whenever i try to use 'Vue.use(PluginName)' when integrating a plugin, i get the similar error. I'm new to VueJS. Is there anything i need to do ?

Solution 1

Adding the following in weback.config.js seemed to do the trick:

module.exports = {
    resolve: {
        alias: {
            ...
            'vuejs-datatable': 'vuejs-datatable/dist/vuejs-datatable.esm.js',
            ...
        }
    },
}

Based on discussion here:

https://github.com/pstephan1187/vue-datatable/issues/50

Solution 2

You need to add plugin before your main Vue instance is initialized; See using vue plugins here, which says:

Use plugins by calling the Vue.use() global method. This has to be done before you start your app by calling new Vue().

For your case, move

import Vue from 'vue'
Vue.use(DatatableFactory)

to your main.js, so it looks like:

import Vue from 'vue'
Vue.use(DatatableFactory)

// some other code

new Vue({
...
})