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What are slots and what are they used for?

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Slots allow a parent component to inject content into a child component. Three types:

vue
<!-- Card.vue -->
<template>
  <div class="card">
    <!-- Default slot -->
    <slot />

    <!-- Named slot -->
    <header>
      <slot name="header" />
    </header>

    <!-- Scoped slot: passes data to the parent -->
    <slot name="item" :data="internalData" :index="currentIndex" />
  </div>
</template>
vue
<!-- Usage -->
<Card>
  <p>Default slot content</p>

  <template #header>
    <h2>My title</h2>
  </template>

  <template #item="{ data, index }">
    <span>{{ index }}: {{ data.name }}</span>
  </template>
</Card>

Scoped slots let the parent decide how to render data from the child (render delegation pattern).

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