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> Vue.js component loader for [Webpack](http://webpack.github.io).

**NOTE: the master branch (9.0+) only works with Vue 2.x. For usage with Vue 1.x, see the [8.x branch](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-loader/tree/8.x).**

It allows you to write your components in this format:

![screenshot](http://blog.evanyou.me/images/vue-component.png)

The best way to get started is with [vue-cli](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli):

``` js
npm install -g vue-cli
vue init webpack-simple hello
cd hello
npm install
npm run dev
```

This will setup a basic Webpack + `vue-loader` project for you, with `*.vue` files and hot-reloading working out of the box!

For advanced `vue-loader` configuration, checkout the [documentation](http://vuejs.github.io/vue-loader/index.html).