browser-window VS open-wc

This covers all but one of the lifecycle methods that you get access to with custom elements, and in actuality, these are what you'd use most of the time. The last one is adoptedCallback and you'd most likely encounter it in the context of elements [4]. Even though I don't have plans to go through it in the series, the concepts and the way we've covered them so far should give you a good idea on how to begin unpicking it if you do. Other than that, we have enough under our belt to delve even deeper into what web components have to offer.

All of this might feel like a lot of work to put some HTML on the screen and update a few attributes, and it is. Even though we've achieved fine-grained updates in our component, it took a fair bit of reasoning about the lifecycle methods to get there. The reason the custom elements API feels a little cumbersome is because it's low level by design to give you the most control. This means that you can do anything with it, including build your own abstractions on top of it.

There are other component-based abstractions that will give you the same effect with a lot less work, and some even give you the same level of fine-grained control. Though we'll look at a few UI frameworks alongside web components, the ultimate aim of this series is to demonstrate what the web platform is capable of, and get you to start thinking about the different tradeoffs you make when picking different tools. My hypothesis is that by understanding what the platform has to offer, you'll be in a much better position to evaluate the complexity you choose to take on when building experiences. Lastly, I'll leave you with a little spoiler of what's to come: web components are cool and they are here to stay.

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References

1. Zach Leatherman's component [GitHub]
2. MDN Web Components [Website]
3. Component Lifecycle Reference Diagram [Website]
4. Component Lifecycle Reference [Website]

npm init @open-wc@latest Need to install the following packages: @open-wc/[email protected] Ok to proceed? (y) y _.,,,,,,,,,._ .d'' ``b. Open Web Components Recommendations .p' Open `q. .d' Web Components `b. Start or upgrade your web component project with .d' `b. ease. All our recommendations at your fingertips. :: ................. :: `p. .q' `p. open-wc.org .q' `b. @openWc .d' `q.. ..,' See more details at https://open-wc.org/init/ '',,,,,,,,,,'' Note: you can exit any time with Ctrl+C or Esc ✔ What would you like to do today? › Scaffold a new project ✔ What would you like to scaffold? › Web Component ✔ What would you like to add? › Testing (web-test-runner) ✔ Would you like to use typescript? › Yes ✔ What is the tag name of your web component? … testing-components ./ ├── testing-components/ │ ├── .vscode/ │ │ └── extensions.json │ ├── demo/ │ │ └── index.html │ ├── src/ │ │ ├── index.ts │ │ ├── testing-components.ts │ │ └── TestingComponents.ts │ ├── test/ │ │ └── testing-components.test.ts │ ├── .editorconfig │ ├── .gitignore │ ├── LICENSE │ ├── package.json │ ├── README.md │ ├── tsconfig.json │ ├── web-dev-server.config.mjs │ └── web-test-runner.config.mjs ✔ Do you want to write this file structure to disk? › Yes Writing..... done ✔ Do you want to install dependencies? › Yes, with npm

Very much still a thing, https://open-wc.org/ is a good resource for examples and best practices.

I have this design system project for a company, I need to make web components and instead of using open-wc.org pre-built, I chose to go Vite.

Nice. We have data with meaning. Now let's create the presentation layer (aka the UI!) and then let's add interactivity to the UI, so we can have feedback when actually simulating an exam (aka the Frontend!). Since in ING we are advocates of Web Components, I always wanted to give this stack a try for side projects. I jumped right into open-wc.org and used the npm generator. Everything worked precisely as expected. It was a breeze since my Chapter is using lit every. single. day. So I could finally get some mileage myself, in writing lit. At work, as a Chapter Lead, I prefer to spend my time more effectively for the team, rather than coding new features by myself; my chapter does it better anyway (#proud).

I suggest following these best practices for creating a custom web element: https://open-wc.org/

Open Web Components is a great tool for accessing open-source web components and is very easy to set up with their quickstart guide and easy to understand documentation.

This application is one of many applications out there that are dipping their toes in the land of web components. Web components are still very new and ever-growing. While I have been developing on HAX-the-Web, I am also the Project Manager for HAXCamp 2022. < hax-camp > is an unconference dedicated to all things Web Components!This year's event is being student-run and we anticipate there being discussions about openwc, lit, performance, element composition, css, hax.psu, pedagogy, and design systems. If this work flow is something that you are interested in, I would encourage signing up for this event. It is much more than this, larger than you know and a way to connect with students, faculty, staff, and professional in the industry.