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title: Overview
page_title: Barcodes Overview - Components - Kendo UI for Vue
description: "Learn about the Kendo UI wrappers for Vue which are delivered by the Barcodes package."
slug: overview_barcode_wrappers_wrapper
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# Barcodes Overview

The Barcodes enable the user to easily generate images that represent QR (Quick Response) codes and barcodes.

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        </svg>
            <ComponentTitle>BarCode</ComponentTitle>
            <ComponentDescription>The Barcode represents data in a machine-readable format.</ComponentDescription>
        </Component>
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        <Component href="{% slug overview_qrcode_wrapper %}">
        <svg id="qrcode" viewBox="0 0 72 72">
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            <ComponentTitle>QRCode</ComponentTitle>
            <ComponentDescription>The QRCode helps generate Canvas and SVG images which represent QR codes.</ComponentDescription>
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## Basic Usage

The following example demonstrates how to initialize the Barcode and QRCode.

{% meta height:750 %}
{% embed_file barcode/overview/main.vue preview %}
{% embed_file barcode/overview/main.js %}
{% endmeta %}

## Installation

To initialize the Barcodes, either:

* [Use the CDN service]({% slug using_cdn %}), or
* [Use Webpack](#toc-initializing-with-webpack).

### Initializing with Webpack

1. Install Kendo UI and add a theme.

    ```sh
    npm install --save @progress/kendo-ui
    npm install --save @progress/kendo-theme-default
    ```

1. Install the Kendo UI Barcodes package for Vue.

    ```sh
    npm install --save @progress/kendo-barcodes-vue-wrapper
    ```

    The package also exports the following wrappers for individual components:

    * Barcode
    * QRCode

1. Import the Kendo UI packages to the App component. If you use the Kendo UI components more than once in your application, add all Kendo UI-related files to the `main.js` file. If you use the Kendo UI components once in your application, add the Kendo UI-related files the component where they will be referred.

    ```js-no-run
    import '@progress/kendo-ui' // This will import the entire Kendo UI library
    // As an alternative, you could import only the scripts that are used by a specific widget:
    // import '@progress/kendo-ui/js/kendo.dataviz.barcode' // Imports only the Barcode script and its dependencies
    // import '@progress/kendo-ui/js/kendo.dataviz.qrcode' // Imports only the QRCode script and its dependencies

    import '@progress/kendo-theme-default/dist/all.css'

    import { Barcode,
             QRCode,
             BarcodesInstaller } from '@progress/kendo-barcodes-vue-wrapper'

    Vue.use(BarcodesInstaller)

    new Vue({
        el: '#app',
        components: {
            Barcode,
            QRCode
        }
    })
    ```

## Suggested Links

* [Get Started with the Barcode]({% slug overview_barcode_wrapper %})
* [Get Started with the QRCode]({% slug overview_qrcode_wrapper %})