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The Case for Web Components: A Simpler, Framework-Free Future for the Web
Web Components offer a compelling alternative that embraces the strengths of modern web development while avoiding many of the pitfalls associated with frontend frameworks. Let's explore why Web Components might be the future of web development and how they solve the problems we often encounter with traditional frameworks.
Over the past few years, frontend frameworks like Svelte, Solid, and Vue have gained popularity for their ability to streamline web development and introduce new paradigms like reactivity and component-based architectures. In fact, because they don’t require runtime libraries or reactive systems to be shipped with the app, Web Components tend to result in smaller bundle sizes and faster load times. Since Web Components leverage the shadow DOM, they encapsulate styles and markup in a way that prevents them from bleeding into the rest of the page, creating highly performant and modular UI elements.
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