Developing Web Components with TypeScript: Native Web Development Using Thin Libraries

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J. KrauseDeveloping Web Components with TypeScripthttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6840-7_1

1. Introduction

Jörg Krause¹  

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Berlin, Berlin, Germany

 

Web Components are a set of W3C standards to make self-contained components: custom HTML-elements with their own properties and methods, encapsulated DOM, and styles. The technology is natively supported by all modern browsers and does not require a framework. The API has some quirks, though. I will explain these obstacles in great detail, but it’s helpful to know that you can make your life easier. A thin wrapper library to handle common tasks is the answer. This is the purpose of the @nyaf (Not Yet Another ...