848: Web Components Can’t Save Us with Scott Jehl
Nov 15, 2024•51 min
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Episode description
Scott and Wes talk with Scott Jehl about the benefits, challenges, and use cases of web components, particularly in design systems and performance.
Show Notes- 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
- 00:55 Scott’s background and career
- 06:46 An overview of web components
- 09:06 Why should people care about web components?
- 13:16 Should you write your own web components?
- 14:39 Reactivity in web components
- 15:56 DOM parts
- 18:23 Styling web components
- 22:08 Brought to you by Sentry.io
- 22:33 CSS custom properties
- 24:28 Responsive video
- 28:27 The polyfill use case
- 30:55 Shadow DOM challenges
- 36:04 Web components in design systems
- 41:58 How are people using web components?
- 43:25 Web components and server-side rendering
- 45:00 Scott’s thoughts on build tools
- 47:33 Sick Picks & Shameless Plugs
- Scott: Enhance
- Scott:
- Squarespace is hiring
- Web Components Demystified - Get 30% off with coupon code “syntax”
- Web Components Community Group
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