Are web components worth it?
Episode 8 of the Off The Main Thread podcast, hosted by Jake Archibald, Surma, titled "Are web components worth it?" was published on June 12, 2024 and runs 43 minutes.
June 12, 2024 ·43m · Off The Main Thread
Episode Description
In this episode, Jake and Surma chat about web components. Why they were invented, what they're useful for, and how they would improve.
Resources:
- Surma showers his eyeball.
- The old custom elements 'v0' spec.
- The old shadow DOM 'v0' spec.
- The old HTML imports spec.
- The initial version of Polymer.
- Lit (formally lit-html).
- HTML attributes vs DOM properties.
- Issue looking at ways custom elements could have
behavior. - The
ElementInternalsAPI, for making custom elements interact with forms. - The
isattribute. - WebKit's position on the
isattribute. - Programmatically assigning children to slots.
- Issue looking at ways to slot children that aren't direct children of the shadow host.
- Declarative shadow DOM.
- Custom element support in React 19.
- pinch-zoom custom element.
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