Laravel Elixir Browserify Failed!: Unexpected token - Using VueJs

Question

can anyone help me solving this problem? I'm trying to learn how to use Laravel's elixir.browserify + vue.js but I can't make this work! I'm getting this error:

gulp-notify: [Laravel Elixir] Browserify Failed!: Unexpected token

D:\xampp\htdocs\pwebdev-project\resources\assets\js\components\skills.vue:1
<template>
^
ParseError: Unexpected token

Any idea what could be the problem? Do I need to specify somehere that I want to use vueify or I just need to npm install it like I did?

package.json

{
  "private": true,
  "devDependencies": {
    "babel-runtime": "^6.3.13",
    "gulp": "^3.8.8",
    "vue-hot-reload-api": "^1.2.2",
    "vueify": "^7.0.2"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "bootstrap": "^3.3.6",
    "font-awesome": "^4.5.0",
    "jquery": "^2.1.4",
    "laravel-elixir": "^4.0.0",
    "vue": "^1.0.11",
    "vue-resource": "^0.1.17"
  }
 }

gulpfile.js

var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');

elixir(function(mix) {
    mix.browserify('main.js');
});

main.js

var Vue = require('vue')
var Skills = require('./components/skills.vue')

new Vue({
    el: '#app',
    components: {
        'skills' : Skills
    }
})

and /components/skills.vue

<template>
    <div>
        <select v-model="skills_array" class="form-control" multiple>
            <option v-for="skill in list" value="@{{skill.id }}" >
                @{{ skill.name }}
            </option>
        </select>
        <input type="text" name="skills" hidden v-model="skills_array">
    </div>
</template>

<script>
    export default {
        created: function () {
            var data = [];
            for (var i = 0; i < this.list.length; i++) {
                data.push({
                    'id': this.list[i].id,
                    'name': this.list[i].name,
                    'selected': false
                });
            }

            this.list = data;
            this.skills_array = [];
        },
        props: ['list', 'skills_array']
    }
</script>

Answer 1

After some time looking around I found this repo (JeffreyWay) which states there is some lines I needed to add in my gulp file

Basically I needed this:

npm install laravel-elixir-vueify

And then in my gulpfile:

var elixir = require('laravel-elixir');

require('laravel-elixir-vueify');  ---> this line was missing

elixir(function(mix) {
    mix.browserify('main.js');
});

I tought elixir was already compatible with vueify :/ I hope this helps anyone. Sorry for making whoever tried to help me waste your time.