Components have become the go-to method for structuring and composing UIs on the Web. Usually this means relying on a JavaScript framework such as React, Vue, or Angular. But it turns out that there is a standard mechanism for creating components built into browsers. Ben Farrell who wrote a book on this mechanism - Web Components - joins the panel to explain what they are, how they work, and why they are a great, light-weight alternative to JavaScript frameworks.

Panel * Aimee Knight * AJ O’Neal * Dan Shappir * Steve Edwards

Guest * Ben Farrell

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Links * Ben Farrell: Web Components in Action * lit-html * lit-html: Styling Templates * Combo Box-UI5 Web Components * Devchat.tv-JSJ 424: UI5 and web components with Peter Muessig * Ben Farrell: Web Components in Space * JavaScript Reaches the Final Frontier: Space

Picks * Aimee- You should expect "equal pay for equal work" at your new remote job * AJ- Keeping things fresh with stale-while-revalidate * AJ- Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath * AJ- Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline * AJ-OpenAudible * Ben- Medium by Adobe * Ben- Gravity sketch * Ben- Tvori * Dan- Web performance case study: Wikipedia page previews * Steve- 13-inch MacBook Pro

Special Guest: Ben Farrell.