Use web components for what they’re good at

Use web components for what they’re good at

Dave Rupert recently made a bit of a stir with his post “If Web Components are so great, why am I not using them?” . I’ve been working with web components for a few years now, so I thought I’d weigh in on this. At the risk of giving the most senior-engineer-y “It depends” answer ever: I think web components have strengths and weaknesses, and you have to understand the tradeoffs before deciding when to use them....

Published in nolanlawson.com · by Nolan Lawson · 9 min read · August 28, 2023