Vue templates are HTML that binds the DOM to component data
Answer: Vue templates are HTML. They declare how the rendered DOM should follow the component instance's data. Templates stay syntactically valid HTML. Spec-compliant browsers and HTML parsers can parse them.
Interpolation
The most basic data binding is text interpolation with Mustache syntax: double curly braces. Under the hood, Vue compiles templates into JavaScript. You can also write render functions, but those do not get the same compile-time optimizations as templates.
Parser defaults
defaultParserOptions sets delimiters to {{ and }}. baseParse takes the input string and returns a RootNode.
See also
Claims
- id: C1 claim: Vue uses an HTML-based template syntax. source: S1 evidence: "Vue uses an HTML-based template syntax"
- id: C2 claim: Vue templates are syntactically valid HTML. source: S1 evidence: "All Vue templates are syntactically valid HTML"
- id: C3 claim: The compiler's default interpolations use {{ and }} delimiters. source: S2 evidence: "delimiters: [
{{,}}],"
- id: C4 claim: baseParse turns a template string into a RootNode. source: S2 evidence: "export function baseParse(input: string, options?: ParserOptions): RootNode {"
Sources
- [S1] Template Syntax. Vue.js docs. https://vuejs.org/guide/essentials/template-syntax.html . License: CC BY 4.0. Accessed 2026-11-10.
- [S2] compiler-core parser. Vue.js core source. https://github.com/vuejs/core/blob/main/packages/compiler-core/src/parser.ts . License: MIT. Accessed 2026-11-10.
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