--- title: Build a headless table engine in Vue 3 | daily.dev description: A step-by-step guide to building a headless table engine in Vue 3 using the Composition API. The tutorial creates a reusable `useTableEngine` composable that... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Build a headless table engine in Vue 3 | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to building a headless table engine in Vue 3 using the Composition API. The tutorial creates a reusable `useTableEngine` composable that... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/nbNiGH8lA.png og:image:alt: Build a headless table engine in Vue 3 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Build a headless table engine in Vue 3 **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 22 min read · 4 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to building a headless table engine in Vue 3 using the Composition API. The tutorial creates a reusable `useTableEngine` composable that handles filtering, sorting, and pagination, then wraps it in a renderless `TableEngine.vue` component that exposes state via scoped slots. Three consumer views demonstrate the pattern: a classic HTML table, a card grid, and a direct composable usage — all sharing the same data logic while rendering completely different markup. The guide also covers tradeoffs between the renderless component approach and direct composable usage, and honestly addresses limitations like lack of virtualization and server-side pagination. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Medium](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-3pxcxwtng) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#vuejs](https://daily.dev/tags/vuejs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Build a headless table engine in Vue 3","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la"},"datePublished":"2026-06-09T09:51:09.538Z","dateModified":"2026-06-09T09:51:46.409Z","description":"A step-by-step guide to building a headless table engine in Vue 3 using the Composition API. The tutorial creates a reusable `useTableEngine` composable that...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/61d939bfd6af2343e40d504235a0415d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/61d939bfd6af2343e40d504235a0415d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"LogRocket","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LogRocket","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/logrocket","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/build-a-headless-table-engine-in-vue-3-nbnigh8la","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":4},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"vuejs","timeRequired":"PT22M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LogRocket","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Build a headless table engine in Vue 3"}]} ```