November 15th, 2024 × #web-development#web-components#performance
Web Components Can’t Save Us with Scott Jehl
Scott Jehl discusses his background in web development and responsive design at Filament Group agency, opinions on web components for UI patterns, styling complexities, design systems, and how they are used in site builds today.
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
Sick Picks
- Scott: Enhance
Shameless Plugs
- Scott:
- Squarespace is hiring
- Web Components Demystified - Get 30% off with coupon code "syntax"
- Web Components Community Group
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