That is certainly the difference between uibuilder and Dashboard & I agree that it can be a little daunting if you are not used to writing code.
What I would say is that you should start simply and take your time. Work through some simple examples using the default template so that you are familiar with how your front-end code talks to Node-RED and visa-versa.
Then work through some examples of sending slightly more complex data from Node-RED. For example a simple array of items and then an array of objects. Working out how you can display those in the front-end with minimal code. You will find lots of excellent Vue and bootstrap-vue tutorials on the web.
Next try sending some of the example messages you will find on the following page of the documentation:
Vue Components (totallyinformation.github.io).
I wouldn't try to make things look especially nice up to this point because you need to focus on the basics first and build up your knowledge bit-by-bit. I think you will be surprised at how little code you actually need in order to get a basic web app going.
Next you will need to experiment with bootstrap vue. Work through some of the documentation and examples so that you can see how it helps to build a good-looking and responsive page with minimal boilerplate.
I think that by then you will be ready to send some real-world data through and you'll probably hit some bumps then. That would be a good time to come back to the forum to get some more specific help.
Hope that helps. The trick is to start simple and do lots of playing and reading as you go.
If you look through some of my posts here on the forum, you will see snippets of the various interfaces I've built. But they are all pretty specific to my own setup so not really useful to share the code any more than I have done I'm afraid.
I followed a path much as I've outlined it to you above really. Trying out different things and seeing what works, getting in a mess, re-reading the docs that I thought I understood and rewriting code when I got myself in a tangle.
If you are starting from scratch, you may also wish to look at the forum posts and uib WIKI article on using the Svelte framework instead of VueJS. In some ways Svelte may be easier to work with.
