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Web Standards Make a Comeback with Lit and Web Components

Web Standards Make a Comeback with Lit and Web Components

Web standards are gaining traction again, and Lit is leading the charge. This lightweight library simplifies web components, offering a no-build, browser-native approach that’s both intuitive and powerful.

Web standards are regaining their share in the battle of web frameworks. At least I personally have the impression that the topic of web standards and basics will be covered more and more often in articles, especially in 2023.

Lit in particular has made the use of web components much easier. This unusual library has been available in version 3.0 for three months now. It’s idiosyncratic, because compared to the big frameworks, it doesn’t want to reinvent the web, but instead wants to use the possibilities of standards.

If you use Lit with JavaScript, no build steps are required. Everything runs directly in the browser. Understandable. Influencing. Not overloaded.

Material Web 1.0 is also based on this. However, some components are currently missing.

If you’re into web UIs, Lit is worth a look. It will not pose a threat to the major frameworks in the foreseeable future. But ultimately that is in our hands. 😊

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