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Unable to import an API module into a nested component (Vue)

I've been struggling with a very odd bug(?) with regards to importing an API module into a nested component in a Vue app.
This is the simplest I could reduce the issue down to.
https://codesandbox.io/s/rough-tree-fqj7o
Essentially, the DogsCreate component renders the CreateDogsModal, which is importing the dogs module from the API directory.
As you can see, the codesandbox errors out even on the base URL with the error Cannot read property 'default' of undefined. If running this code locally not on codesandbox, the base URL renders ok, but if you go to /dogs/create, the error then becomes Failed to resolve component: CreateDogsModal.
The things I've found that fix this are:
Commenting out the API import statement in CreateDogsModal (not an option for us, we need to be able to create and import API modules)
Commenting out the TopNav component in main.js (...also not an option for us)
Importing the TopNav component in App.vue with a relative import or #/components/TopNav.vue works fine, but strangely importing CreateDogsModal and CreateTemplate in DogsCreate.vue with a relative import or #/components/[component-name].vue does not. Also, the latter would be somewhat acceptable as a long-term solution, but I'd prefer the #/components shorthand and that still leaves the root cause undetermined.
I'm using the default vue-cli webpack configuration and have checked via vue inspect that the alias seems to be set properly.
I've been spinning my wheels for a week trying to figure this out and just...cannot. Does anyone have any ideas for what may be happening?

It seems like a race condition in Webpack, using parallel builds, but I'm honestly not sure. I can see CreateDogsModal being pulled in from two places, starting from main.js:
'main.js'
- import 'App.vue'
- import '#/components/index.js'
- import and export 'CreateDogsModal.vue'
- import 'router/index.js'
- import '#/views/Dogs/DogsCreate.vue'
- import '#/components/index.js'
- import and export 'CreateDogsModal.vue'
One workaround is to remove the race by making the CreateDogsModal an async component in DogsCreate:
// DogsCreate.vue
import { defineAsyncComponent } from "vue";
import { CreateTemplate } from "#/components";
export default {
name: "DogsCreate",
components: {
CreateTemplate,
CreateDogsModal: defineAsyncComponent(() => import("#/components/CreateDogsModal.vue")),
},
};
demo

NuxtJS / Vue.js - Import external component

I am trying to add a widget/plugin/extension system to my existing web ui written with NuxtJS. I have a pages/view.vue single-file component where I would like to implement the extension system. My idea so far is to load dynamically component into the single-file component indicated via a query parameter e.g. /view?extension=example-a.
Idea 1
So far the best i could find is something like this: Include external javascript file in a nuxt.js page. I am just not sure, how the compiled their component, because I tried to build a webpack resource from my example-a component, but couldn't import it in the end like the example above. This was the error message [Vue warn]: Unknown custom element: <example-a> - did you register the component correctly? For recursive components, make sure to provide the "name" option.
Idea 2
Thought I could do it with the http-vue-loader, but I do not know where to start
Idea 3
Maybe I am thinking to far and there is even a easier solution.

You need to directly load all your component into your code. Then you can find your parameter from url in this.$route.query.extension (if you use vue-router) and then load component you want by <component :is="..."/> putting into 'is' a component you want.
<template>
<div>
<component :is="loadedComponent" v-if="loadedComponent !== null"/>
</div>
</template>
<script>
import exampleA from "./exampleA.vue";
import exampleB from "./exampleB.vue";
export default {
data(){
return {components:{'example-a':exampleA , 'example-b':exampleB }}
},
computed:{
loadedComponent(){
return this.components[this.$route.query.extension] ?? null;
}
}
}
</script>

prismjs not working between different routes using vuerouter in vuejs

I've imported prism.js globally in main.js file.
Code block syntax highlighting working fine in Home components, but after routing to another page using vue-router, there is no effect.
in main.js
// Global Import
import 'prismjs/prism.js'
import 'prismjs/components/prism-swift.min.js' // swift lang
import './theme/prism-swift-theme.css'
in my about page component...
<pre><code class="language-swift">
private func setupSubviews() {
let value = "Loading code block";
}
</code></pre>
Unable to understand what's wrong here. Is there any way I can import node_modules prismjs files globally? I thought keeping main.js will work fine, but it's not adding globally between routes...

Once you install it with npm the best approach is to import it whenever it is used in each component seperately with import Prism from 'prismjs'. Just make sure to use the Prism.highlightAll() method in the component where you're using prism after the DOM is rendered whether in mount() hook or in the updated Vuejs hook using nextTick method to make sure all the DOM is rendered before using prism. So in your case you should use it this way:
import Prism from "prismjs"
updated: function () {
this.$nextTick(function () {
Prism.highlightAll();
})
}
make sure you call highlightAll in yor components seperately and not globaly.

Using component without even declaring it

I am very new to Vue and I have read an article or two about it (probably vaguely).
Also, Since I have some understanding of react, I tend to assume certain things to work the same way (but probably they do not)
Anyway, I just started with Quasar and was going through the Quasar boilerplate code
In the myLayout.vue file, I see being used inside my template
<template>
<q-layout view="lHh Lpr lFf">
<q-layout-header>
<q-toolbar
color="negative"
>
<q-btn
flat
dense
round
#click="leftDrawerOpen = !leftDrawerOpen"
aria-label="Menu"
>
<q-icon name="menu" />
</q-btn>
based on my vaguely understanding, I thought for every component we are using to whom we need to pass props we need to import it as well but unfortunately I can't see it in my import-script area
<script>
import { openURL } from 'quasar'
export default {
name: 'MyLayout',
data () {
return {
leftDrawerOpen: this.$q.platform.is.desktop
}
},
methods: {
openURL
}
}
</script>
I would've thought the script to be something like
<script>
import { openURL } from 'quasar'
import {q-icon} from "quasar"
or at least something like that but here we only have
import { openURL } from 'quasar'
Also, Even if we remove the above snippet, our boilerplate app looks to be working fine so here are my two questions
Question 1: What is the use of import { openURL } from 'quasar' (like what it does)
Question 2: How can template contain <quasar-icon> or <quasar-whatever> without even importing it in script tag?

How can template contain <quasar-icon> or <quasar-whatever> without even importing it in script tag?
There are two ways to import components. The first way (which I recommend, and being most similar to React) is to import the component and add it to the components option inside the component that you want to use it within.
App.vue
<div>
<my-component/>
</div>
import MyComponent from 'my-component'
export default {
components: {
MyComponent
}
}
The second way is to import it globally for use within any Vue component in your app. You need only do this once in the entry script of your app. This is what Quasar is doing.
main.js
import Vue from 'vue'
import MyComponent from 'my-component'
Vue.component('my-component', MyComponent)
What is the use of import { openURL } from 'quasar' (like what it does)
I'm not familiar with Quasar, so I can't give you a specific answer here (I don't know what openURL does). You should check the Quasar docs.
openURL is being used as a method here. Perhaps it is being called from somewhere in the template (which you have excluded from the question).

A1) Import statement is 1 way (es6) way to split your code into different files and then import functions/objects/vars from other files or npm modules see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/import
A2) Vue allows 2 mechanisms to register components. Global and local. Globally registered components does not have to be imported and registered in every component before use (in template or render fn). See URL from comment above https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/components-registration.html#Global-Registration

How do I register a Vue component?

I have the following files. All I want to do is to be able to create different components that are injected. How do I achieve this using require.js? Here are my files:
main.js
define(function(require) {
'use strict';
var Vue = require('vue');
var myTemplate = require('text!myTemplate.html');
return new Vue({
template: myTemplate,
});
});
myTemplate.html
<div>
<my-first-component></my-first-component>
</div>
MyFirstComponent.vue
<template>
<div>This is my component!</div>
</template>
<script>
export default {}
</script>

I'm going to assume you're using webpack as explained in the Vue.js docs, or else your .vue file is useless. If you're not, go check how to set up a webpack Vue app first, it's what lets you use .vue files.
import Menubar from '../components/menubar/main.vue';
Vue.component('menubar', Menubar);
That's how you add e.g. a menubar component to the global scope. If you want to add the component to just a small part of your app, here's another way of doing it (this is taken from inside another component, but can be used in exactly the same manner on your primary Vue object):
import Sidebar from '../../components/sidebar/main.vue';
export default {
props: [""],
components: {
'sidebar': Sidebar
},
...
You can load components without webpack, but I don't recommend it, if you're gonna keep using Vue (which I strongly suggest you do) it's worth it to look into using webpack.
Update
Once again, really, really, really consider using webpack instead if you're gonna be continuing with Vue.js, the setup may be slightly more annoying but the end result and development process is waaaay better.
Anyway, here's how you'd create a component without webpack, note that without webpack you can't use .vue files since the .vue format is part of their webpack plugin. If you don't like the below solution you can also use e.g. ajax requests to load .vue files, I believe there is a project somewhere out there that does this but I can't find it right now, but the end result is better with webpack than with ajax anyway so I'd still recommend going with that method.
var mytemplate = `<div>
<h1>This is my template</h1>
</div>`
Vue.component('mycomp1', {
template: mytemplate
});
Vue.component('mycomp2', {
template: `
<div>
Hello, {{ name }}!
</div>
`,
props: ['name'],
});
As you can see, this method is A LOT more cumbersome. If you want to go with this method I'd recommend splitting all components into their own script files and loading all those components separately prior to running your actual app.
Note that `Text` is a multi line string in javascript, it makes it a little easier to write your template.
And as I said, there is some project out there for loading .vue files using ajax, but I can't for the life of me find it right now.