When I helped start the Web Components effort, a goal was to end framework wars at the component level. About time:https://twitter.com/domenic/status/769344873027829760 …
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The value of frameworks is moving up the stack. Time to shed the "my component model is a special snowflake" bloat.
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...and no, this doesn't mean that Web Components are all-singing, all-dancing. Some fidelity with current practice *will* be lost. That's OK
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...and it's OK for same reason it was OK to not get 100% fidelity with everything you could w/ <table> + <img> to build rounded corners
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...the difference in weight & ecosystem-wide compatibility are overwhelmingly positive. They outweigh local benefits of alternatives.
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^^^, BTW, is why it was also a good idea to push Promises into the language (despite the massive personal costs to
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Global benefits are just that: hard to see from your particular patch. But they are also real and they do matter.
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So, in a world where the world's most popular computers have flaky network connections and slow CPUs, anything that sheds JS is _golden_.
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If your framework of choice isn't moving to Web Components for the leaf nodes, it's carrying too much weight in 2016.
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Frameworks without a path to Web Components are the 2016 equivalent of systems that still use <table> + <img> for rounded corners.
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Which is it say, it's cool. You can do that. It'll still work. Just don't expect for anyone to think of your thing as "modern" or "fast".
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As someone who regularly make bets on tech for teams, I appreciate the vision accompanied by rationale.
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WC for leaf nodes _makes sense_ and the talk about ergonomic tradeoffs for greater good is spot on.
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