Supper Club × Web Components and Lit with Justin Fagnani of Google

In this supper club episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk with Justin Fagnani about working with web components, using Lit, how routing and state are handled, thoughts on signals, and what is the future of web components? Sentry - Sponsor If you want to know what’s happening with your code, track errors and monitor performance with Sentry. Sentry’s Application Monitoring platform helps developers see performance issues, fix errors faster, and optimize their code health. Cut your time on error resolution from hours to minutes. It works with any language and integrates with dozens of other services. Syntax listeners new to Sentry can get two months for free by visiting Sentry.io and using the coupon code TASTYTREAT during sign up. Show Notes 00:49:11 Guest introduction 01:03:00 Sponsor: Sentry 02:02:11 Why do people use React when we have web components and lit? 03:57:14 Who is Justin Fagnani? Justin Fagnani Justin Fagnani (@justinfagnani) Justin Fagnani · GitHub Justin Fagnani - Fosstodon Lit (@buildWithLit) Lit Google App Maker 04:55:02 What are web components? The Extensible Web Manifesto 05:59:08 What is the shadow dom? 08:56:02 Was there an intention for a layer on top of web components? 13:22:09 What is Lit? 16:19:23 What are the benefits of using a library for web components? Custom Elements Everywhere 21:20:14 Why would write in React and not in web components? 24:24:18 How does CSS work with web components and Lit? 28:00:14 Using constructable stylesheets ::part Constructable stylesheets/ 29:58:18 Does Lit do anything with CSS? 32:01:01 Does Lit do routing? Lit Mobx 34:06:02 How does Lit work with state? 34:52:15 What about signals? 38:49:00 Is Server Side Rendering possible with web components? 41:03:07 What websites are using Lit and/or web components? 44:26:08 What’s the difference between Lit and Polymer? 45:44:17 What is the future of web components? 48:09:14 Supper club questions GitHub - w3c/csswg-drafts: CSS Working Group Editor Drafts 56:36:20 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× 55:27 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× The Last of Us | Official Website for the HBO Series | HBO.com

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