diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-02-29.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-02-29.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..216436d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-02-29.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: Experimenting with web components +date: 2024-02-29 +permalink: archive/2024/02/29/experimenting-with-web-components +tags: + - softare-development + - web-components + - front-end +cta: subscription +snippet: | + After speaking with Mark Conroy, I've been experimenting with web components. +--- + +After my Beyond Blocks episode with Mark Conroy, I've spent some time this week experimenting with web components. + +The team and I are building a new design system in Fractal and, as Drupal is our main application, we're using Twig as our templating language within Fractal so the changes are easier to port between systems. + +Web components are agnostic, so they work within different languages and frameworks. + +We also use other technologies, such as Vue.js, and third-party suppliers, so having an agnostic web component would reduce the time and effort needed to implement the design system across different technologies and applications. + +If we can make self-contained web components that include their own styling and behaviour, that also improves re-usability and reduces the maintenance overhead as there would be one canonical version for everyone to use - not just a reference implementation everyone would need to recreate. + +After this spike, I'm intrigued to see how we could use web components and what potential issues we can solve with them whilst reducing our implementation and maintenance efforts. + +Are you interested in web components, too? [Listen to the podcast episode with Mark Conroy][episode]. + +[episode]: {{site.url}}/podcast/11-mark-conroy