Simple data bind doesn't work in @next (disregard)

Dead simple example data bind doesn’t work on standalone text. If I bind with attributes it works. For example:

var app = new Vue({
  el: '#app',
  data: {
    message: 'hello'
  }
})

<div id="app">
  <span>{{message}}</span>
  <textarea :value="message"></textarea>
</div>

The span does not show the message or anything at all. The textarea does show the correct value of the message. Am I missing something?

[rw3iss]

Ah I think I know what’s happening… I think my server-side view preparation, written in handlebars, is stripping the Vue syntax! Duh! I noticed the client code in the browser source does not have the {{ message }}, but if I extract the code to a single .html page, it stays and shows the content as expected. Sorry for the confusion! Thanks for your help.

[chisumo2016]

I am having the same issue . var todoApp = new Vue({ el:‘#app’, data: { displayTitle: true, displayAddTasks: true, displayTaskStatistics: true, displayTasks: true, displayProgressBar: true } });