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Getting Started with Web Components

By : Prateek Jadhwani
Book Image

Getting Started with Web Components

By: Prateek Jadhwani

Overview of this book

Web Components are a set of APIs that help you build reusable UI modules that can operate in any modern browser using just Vanilla JavaScript. The power of Web Components lies in their ability to build frontend web applications with or without web frameworks. With this practical guide, you will understand how Web Components can help you build reusable UI components for your modern web apps. The book starts by explaining the fundamentals of Web Components' design and strategies for using them in your existing frontend web projects. You will also learn how to use JavaScript libraries such as Polymer.js and Stencil.js for building practical components. As you progress, you will build a single-page application using only Web Components to fully realize their potential. This practical guide demonstrates how to work with Shadow DOM and custom elements to build the standard components of a web application. Toward the end of the book, you will learn how to integrate Web Components with standard web frameworks to help you manage large-scale web applications. By the end of this book, you will have learned about the capabilities of Web Components in building custom elements and have the necessary skills for building a reusable UI for your web applications.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Title Page
7
Implementing Web Components using Polymer and Stencil

Building Reusable Web Components

In the previous chapter, we talked about styling our Web Components, along with understanding how accessibility plays a vital role in creating a good component. We then talked about the Gold Standard Checklist and looked into unit testing. 

In this chapter, we will be looking deep into reusability and how we can publish our Web Components on a platform for maximum reusability. We will also cover a few examples on responsive Web Components. We did look into styling, and while the concept of responsive CSS is not something new, the use of responsive styles could make a component look even better and more reusable.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

  • The concept of reusability
  • Responsive Web Components
  • Publishing Web Components
  • Extending Web Components - slots