Vue.js Failed to mount component: template or render function not defined

Question

I'm learning to use Vue.js with Laravel from this series the narrator doesn't get any error but I've encountered the following error while I click to change the route.

[Vue warn]: Failed to mount component: template or render function not defined.

Below code is from my app.js:

require('./bootstrap');

window.Vue = require('vue');

import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
Vue.use(VueRouter)

let routes = [{
    path: '/dashboard',
    component: require('./components/Dashboard.vue')
  },
  {
    path: '/profile',
    component: require('./components/Profile.vue')
  }
]

const router = new VueRouter({
  routes
})

Vue.component('example-component', require('./components/ExampleComponent.vue'));

const app = new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  router
});

Code snippet from my Dashboard.vue:

<template>
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row justify-content-center">
            <div class="col-md-8">
                <div class="card">
                    <div class="card-header">Dashboard Component</div>

                    <div class="card-body">
                        I'm an example component.
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</template>

<script>
  export default {
    mounted() {
      console.log('Component mounted.')
    }
  }
</script>

Code snippet from my master.blade.php layout:

//sidebar
<ul>
  <li>
    <router-link to="/dashboard" class="nav-link">Dashboard</li>
  <li>
    <router-link to="/profile" class="nav-link">Profile</li>
</ul>
//content
<div class="container-fluid">
  <router-view></router-view>
</div>

I'm running app at localhost:3000with browserSync and npm run watch. Does it has anything to do with error ?

Answer 1

Try adding .default to your component requires:

let routes = [{
    path: '/dashboard',
    component: require('./components/Dashboard.vue').default
  },
  {
    path: '/profile',
    component: require('./components/Profile.vue').default
  }
]

Answer 2

While not applicable to the specifics of this question, the error message above can also be encountered when failing to wrap one's HTML in <template>...</template> tags. This would cause vue to not detect a template, as none has been defined via tags or object properties.

For example, within Dashboard.vue, if one were to write (within Dashboard.vue):

<!-- EXAMPLE OF INCORRECT SYNTAX: missing <template> tag -->
<div class="container">
    <div class="row justify-content-center">
        <div class="col-md-8">
            <div class="card">
                <div class="card-header">Dashboard Component</div>

                <div class="card-body">
                    I'm an example component.
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<script>
  export default {
    mounted() {
      console.log('Component mounted.')
    }
  }
</script>

rather than:

<template> <!-- NOTE THE <template> tag, here -->
    <div class="container">
        <div class="row justify-content-center">
            <div class="col-md-8">
                <div class="card">
                    <div class="card-header">Dashboard Component</div>

                    <div class="card-body">
                        I'm an example component.
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</template> <!-- NOTE THE </template> tag, here -->

<script>
  export default {
    mounted() {
      console.log('Component mounted.')
    }
  }
</script>

one would receive the error message: Vue.js Failed to mount component: template or render function not defined