In this episode, we're kicking things off by setting up the autocomplete feature using Algolia's autocomplete package. We're not connecting it to MeliSearch just yet—instead, we'll start small and use some hardcoded data to make sure everything is working smoothly before we plug in the real search backend.
Here's what we do step by step:
Search.vue
component where all the autocomplete logic will live. We set up a placeholder in the template for the autocomplete to attach to.autocomplete.js
and set it up inside the new component, connecting it to our placeholder element.By the end of the video, we have a working autocomplete UI with static data, and we've covered the basics of how the Algolia autocomplete package expects sources and templates to be set up. This groundwork is crucial—we'll leverage all of this in the next episode, when we connect the autocomplete to our MeliSearch backend to get real, dynamic search results!