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 Responsible Responsive Design
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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 Mux Player Customizer
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
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